No Doughts about Aidans return
The Streatham RedHawks are pleased to announce the return of forward Aidan Doughty for the 26/27 season!
A product of the Isle Of Wight junior system, standing 6’ 2”, Aidan is a player who has always had an eye for the net through both junior and senior careers in UK hockey. With his quality at a young age seeing him land a roster spot overseas in the WSHL of North America. Aidan brings plenty of experience at this level of UK hockey, having spent time in Solent following the closure of the IOW rink. Before 5 seasons in the National league with the Basingstoke Bison and Berkshire Bees.
He returns for his 3rd season on the high road in a row(and his 4th overall after a season here in 2017/18) coming off a season where he lead the team in points during the regular season with 22goals and 17 assists for 39 points. Landing among the top 10 scorers in the league overall.
Aidan is happy to be back with Streatham for another season.
“I’m Glad to be back next year, we finished last season on a high so I can’t wait to hit the ground running and compete for more silverware.”
Aidan has shown himself to be a clutch performer for the RedHawks over the past 2 seasons scoring some big goals. With none being bigger than the game winner against Chelmsford with seconds left on the clock, that helped secure the Challenge cup. A result of Aidan using his size to cause net front chaos, something he specializes in. But Aidan can also score from further out, with a very accurate wrist shot, which was used to score 2 of the most important goals in Streatham’s season scoring in the South 1 play off final, before netting the game winner in the game against Blackburn to win the National Play Off Title.
Coach Paynter is pleased to have such a key piece of last seasons championship winning roster back on the high road.
“Doughts in my opinion is the best 2 way forward in the league, he doesn’t always steal the headlines, but he is the sort of player that does all the little things well and consistently, he is solid defensively, quality on the penalty kill, wins face offs and has shown this last year the offensive impact he can make. He is the sort of player that every coach wants, he just goes about his business quietly and under the radar.
Retaining him for this season was a priority and when speaking to other players, the questions was commonly asked, “Is doughts coming back” for me this shows how much of a bit part of our team he is on the ice and in the locker room.
This was reaffirmed by him winning the Players Player award at last years awards night.
He leaves it all out there, battles for the right reasons and comes up big offensively when it’s needed. I’m thrilled to have him back for another year”
Own and Loan details to be confirmed, please keep an eye on our socials for further details in the near future.
