SWAMP RABBITS GET PARKER-JONES ON ASSIGNMENT
Third-year pro looks forward to the first action of the season, will wear #95
By: Mark Binetti, Greenville Swamp Rabbits
(GREENVILLE, S.C.) – The Greenville Swamp Rabbits, proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings, announced via a Swamp Rabbit Moving Transaction that forward/defenseman John Parker-Jones has been assigned to Greenville by the team’s AHL affiliate, the Ontario Reign.
Parker-Jones will make his Swamp Rabbits and 2024-25 season debut tonight against Orlando, wearing #95. The 6’7”, 230-pound two-way skater played most of the 2023-24 campaign with the Trois-Rivieres Lions, earning eight goals and 15 points in 55 games and 90 PIM. He also factored in six Kelly Cup Playoff contests, earning an additional 20 PIM in a first-round exit to the Norfolk Admirals. Parker-Jones also laced up in a pair of AHL games with the Laval Rocket, an affiliate of the NHL’s Montreal Canadiens.
Hailing from Brantford, Ontario, Parker-Jones, 24, enters this season with 94 career games as a professional, 22 coming in the AHL with Laval (2g-1ast-3pts, 34 PIM), and 72 in the ECHL with Trois-Rivieres (15g-11ast-26pts, 110 PIM). Before turning professional, he skated one season of Canadian college hockey with the University of Windsor (15gp, 2g-5ast-7pts) and four in the Ontario Hockey League with the Peterborough Petes (141gp, 12g-14ast-26pts).
The Swamp Rabbits now return home for part of a “three-in-three” series, beginning at home on December 6th and 7th against the Orlando Solar Bears and Atlanta Gladiators. Puck drop for both games at Bon Secours Wellness Arena is slated for 7:05 p.m. EST, followed by a 3:00 p.m. EST weekend finale on Sunday, December 8th, at Gas South Arena in another rematch with Atlanta.
About the Greenville Swamp Rabbits …
Acquired by Spire Sports + Entertainment (SS+E) in 2020, the Greenville Swamp Rabbits hockey team has been providing family-friendly, live entertainment at Bon Secours Wellness Arena since 2010. Formerly, the Greenville Road Warriors and the Swamp Rabbits are the highest-level professional minor league franchise in South Carolina. The Swamp Rabbits are the proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s LA Kings and the AHL’s Ontario Reign. Greenville is an ECHL Premier ‘AA’ Hockey League member.
