The Vermilion County Bobcats of the Southern Professional Hockey League have signed defenseman Dante Suffredini to a Training Camp Agreement contract for the 2021-22 season.
The 26-year-old Suffredini made an impression at the Bobcats’ Free Agent Camp in August as a “smooth-skating blueliner,” and comes to the Bobcats after graduating from Trine University in 2020.
“Dante skates well and has a very good ability to jump into the play,” explained Bobcats head coach Mike Watt. “He can move the puck and be the fourth man in the attack.”
Suffredini spent four seasons at the junior level in the North American Hockey League with the Soo Eagles, Janesville Jets and Johnstown Tomahawks. He committed to UMass-Boston in 2016, where he played for two years before transferring to Trine. He accumulated 14 points in 48
games at the Division-III level between the two schools.
Suffredini joins Declan Conway, Colan Fitzgerald, Nick Gullo and Dakota Ulmer as invitees from Free Agent Camp to Main Camp in October.
Vermilion County Bobcats season tickets are on sale now at vcbobcats.com. The Bobcats will play 56 games in the SPHL this season, 28 of them on home ice at David S. Palmer Arena in Danville.
The Vermilion County Bobcats are entering their first season of operation in the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL).
Now entering its 18th season, the Southern Professional Hockey League is comprised of 11 member teams located throughout the southeastern and midwestern United States.
Headquartered in Huntersville, North Carolina, the mission of the SPHL is to provide a quality family-friendly
entertainment product structured inside an economic model that is viable for small and mid-size markets and arenas. For more information about the SPHL, visit the league’s website at thesphl.com.
