Clan seek to lure Beca and Pitt back to Glasgow
MATT BECA and Scott Pitt are players in demand but Braehead Clan are hoping to tempt them back to Glasgow and are ready to fight their former head coach, Ryan Finnerty, for their services.
The duo are on the list of recruits Clan chiefs are hoping will return to Scotland following the last campaign.
Pitt , 29, has enjoyed three fruitful spells in purple since joining from Eispiraten Crimmitschau in 2014, with the former AHL man hitting more than 80 goals for the Elite League club.
For right wing Beca, a poor maiden season at Braehead was not a reflection on the Canadian who became one of Finnerty’s top performers last term.
It is understood t he ex-Clan head coach, who is now in charge at Manchester Storm, is keen to take his two former stars down to Altrincham ahead of the new campaign.
There is also interest from clubs in Austria and Slovakia
But SportTimes has learned that Braehead have been in dialogue with the pair over a potential return to Scotland to work under new gaffer John Tripp with the man himself speaking to the t wo Clansmen.
Despite both wishing to explore other options in Asia and Europe, hopes are still high that if they are to remain in the UK for another year, Clydeside will be their destination.
Hockey and Operations Director Gareth Chalmers said: “Both Matt and Scott were fantastic for us last season and they are certainly two players both John and myself would like back.
“Understandably after the season they both had, they wanted to explore their options in Asia and Europe, that’s part of the sport and something we have accept.
“We’d like them both back, and feel that they can be an integral part of the club we’re trying to build here, so it’s really about seeing how things pan out.
“We decided that we would only like two or three of last season’s imports back, but it would be nice to retain some continuity.
“At the same time if that doesn’t work out we’ll have an exciting new team on the ice come August.” to