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The GalxC Cooling Services Basingstoke Bison are pleased to announce that Marcus Mitchell is to join the Herd on a full time basis following his excellent performances for us during our pre-season games.
The 24 year old, 6’ 2”, 82 kg, Mitchell is a product of the Guildford youth set up, having begun his hockey career with the Guildford Firestars in the 2012/13 season, he spent the next 8 seasons playing for either the Guildford Phoenix or the Guildford Fire Kings.
Marcus was part of the treble winning NIHL 2 Phoenix team last season, making a total of 25 appearances, contributing 29 points (5+24) and collecting 51 penalty minutes.
He caught the eye of a number of NIHL 1 teams and made the decision to join the Oxford City Stars for the 2022/23 season, however before Mitchell could pull on a jersey for them he was snapped up by the Bison, originally as injury cover.
Head Coach Ashley Tait commenting on Marcus joining us said,
“Marcus has been skating with us on and off for a few years now and we felt giving him an opportunity pre-season would benefit us both. He’ll be the first to admit he has a lot to learn but his work rate and willingness to do what’s asked is second to none and I think he brings us something we don’t have”.
Ashley continued,
“We’d like to thank Oxford for their help and understanding in allowing Marcus to make the step up to the Planet Ice National League”.
While Marcus had this to say about the move,
“I’m very grateful for this opportunity. Playing in front of the loudest fans really is an amazing feeling. I am very excited to get the season underway after a great pre-season with the team”.
Marcus will wear the number 13 jersey for his debut season with the Herd 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 Marcus’s jersey through our ever popular Jersey “Own & Loan” scheme, if you are interested in applying for one of Marcus’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
Own & Loan ” Terms and Conditions”:
Marcus’s jerseys are available on a first come first served basis unless a direct family member of the player (email confirmation from the player will be required as evidence) requests one.
Tickets are available to purchase for Saturday nights game versus Peterborough Phantoms,at the following link: https://iceaccount.co.uk/basingstoke-bison?Reference=Bison-Website
