As exclusively announced this morning by Graham Merry in the Basingstoke Gazette, the Bison are pleased to confirm the news that Gosport-born forward Paul Petts has signed on for another season with the Herd.

Petts, who stands at 6’ 0”, weighs 76kg and shoots right handed, has played for the Bison at U16, U18 and U20 level in addition to 47 appearances for the Buffalo. During the 2015/16 & 2016/17 seasons he also iced on 19 occasions for the Solent Devils.

Although only 24 years old, Paul has already made 121 senior Bison appearances across 4 seasons, totalling 11 goals + 16 assists, with 54 penalty minutes.

Paul had this to say on extending his career with the Stampede,

“It’s been a long year off not being able to do anything and I’m looking forward to being in front  of all you noisy fans again”,

Head Coach Tait commenting on re-signing Paul said,

“Having Pettsy back is great for us. He fits into his role well and regardless of who he’s out on the ice with plays the game the right way. I know I rely on him in any situation to make the right decisions”. 

Paul will one again wear the number 19 jersey for the Herd in 2021 / 22 and his light, dark and home warm-up jerseys are now available for supporters to have the opportunity to purchase and loan back to the club Paul’s jersey through our ever popular Jersey “Own & Loan” scheme, if you are interested in applying for one of Paul’s jerseys please send your application to hello@bstokebison.co.uk

And include in the title the players name of whom shirt you are applying for and which shirt you would like to own & loan.

Own & Loan ” Terms and Conditions”:

After 48 hours all applications will be reviewed.

Selection will be based on the following criteria in order;

  1. Direct family member of the player (email confirmation from the player will be required as evidence).
  2. Random draw made by the organisation from all applications received.
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