BY: Mark Shelley, Greenville Swamp Rabbits
GREENVILLE, S.C. – The Greenville Swamp Rabbits, proud ECHL affiliate of the Florida Panthers, announced today that the club has made a pair of additions, signing forward Anthony Beauchamp and defenseman Connor Russell to contracts.
Beauchamp, 23, joins the Swamp Rabbits after departing the University of Toronto of USports, where he was in the midst of his third season within the collegiate ranks. In 41 collegiate games, the forward has posted 15 points (5g, 10a). Before his collegiate days, Beauchamp played four seasons in the QMJHL with the Baie-Comeau Drakkar, the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles, and the Gatineau Olympiques.
Russell, 25, joins Greenville after a seven-game start to the season for USports side Brock University. Before his time at Brock, the Guelph, ON native spent two seasons with the University of Ottawa, where he totaled 10 points (0g, 10a) in 37 games.
Greenville travels to Gas South Arena on Friday and Saturday for the first two of three games against the Atlanta Gladiators, culminating with a Sunday meeting between the two sides at Bon Secours Wellness Arena at 3:05 p.m.
