Canadian left winger Milan Lucic, 37, has signed a contract to play
the remainder of the 2025-26 season with the Fife Flyers, the
Scotland-based EIHL club announced on Wednesday.
A Stanley Cup
champion with over 1,100 NHL games under his belt, Lucic has only
played nine games at the pro level over the past two and a half
seasons. This is his first contract to play overseas.
A native of
Vancouver, B.C., Lucic played junior hockey with the hometown Vancouver
Giants of the WHL, helping that team to a Memorial Cup championship
on home ice in 2007.
Selected in the
second round, 50th overall, by the Boston Bruins in the
2006 NHL Entry Draft, Lucic played 1,177 NHL regular-season games for
the Bruins, Los Angeles Kings, Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames
between 2007 and 2023, recording 586 points and 1,301 penalty
minutes. He also had 77 points in 136 playoff games, and helped
Boston to a Stanley Cup in 2011, which he also captured in Vancouver.
Lucic was injured
just four games into the 2023-24 season, while back playing with the
Bruins. He was placed on long-term injury reserve and missed the rest
of the season due to a domestic incident and a stint on the NHL/NHLPA
Assistance Program.
Finnish Ex-Avalanche Goalie Signs In Scotland
Finnish goaltender Sami Aittokallio, 32, has signed a one-year
contract with the Glasgow Clan, the
Scottish-based EIHL club announced on Thursday.
After a season off,
he had a professional try-out with the St. Louis Blues at the start
of this season – he recorded one assist in five AHL games before
that was terminated.
Lucic joins a Fife
team that currently sits dead-last in the 10-team British league with
three wins in its first 20 games. The team’s roster includes
ex-NHLers Simon Després and David Booth, although
Booth, who signed with the Flyers in
November, has yet to play a game. Also on the Flyers’ roster is
38-year-old Canadian left winger Garet Hunt, who was Lucic’s
teammate on the Memorial Cup champion Giants.
According to the
Flyers’ announcement, Lucic will wear uniform No. 8 with his new
team. When exactly he makes his debut with the team depends on the completion of paperwork, presumably related to a work visa.
World Traveller David Booth Moves From Australia To Britain
From NHLer to Melbourne Ice, veteran winger David Booth now joins Scotland’s Fife Flyers, seeking to ignite their struggling season.
