Red-hot Luke gives Blaze a boost with new deal
GREAT Britain ice hockey forward Luke Ferrara has signed a new two-year contract extension with Coventry Blaze.
The 26-year-old moved to the Genting Casino-sponsored team from the Sheffield Steelers in 2017 and in each of his three years with the Coventry organisation has bettered his previous season’s points tally.
This culminated in a sensational 2019/20 campaign where his 33 regular season goals led the Elite League – the first time a British player has earned that accolade.
In the 47 regular season games, Ferrara also collected 21 assists for a total of 54 points (fourth best in the league).
In nine Challenge Cup appearances, he added three goals and four assists for seven points and was selected as part of the league’s first All-star team.
In total Ferrara has amassed 173 Elite League competition games with the Blaze scoring 66 goals with 65 assists for 131 points.
He has been an associate captain for the past two years and a regular pick for the Great Britain team – helping his country gain promotion to the top group of the World Championships in 2018 and remain there in 2019. Head coach Danny Stewart said: “Getting Feds back is a massive boost to our plans for next season and the foreseeable future.
“He’s bought into the jersey and club 100 per cent and is the type of player and person that we want here.
“He gets better every season and it was great to see his hard work pay off last season. Bringing Feds back is a great start to our aim of retaining a big chunk of our players from last season.”