Broomfield, CO - The Rocky Mountain Rage have
re-signed left winger Scott Wray, who was on pace for his fourth
consecutive 30-goal season last year before missing the final quarter
of the campaign due to an injury. The Rage now have 15 players under
contract for the upcoming 2008-09 Central Hockey League season.
Wray got off to a torrid start when he registered 40 points through the
team's first 20 games last season and was named the CHL's October
Player of the Month. He set a single-game team record with six points
on Nov. 10 - part of a two-game, 10-point scoring binge - and was one
of two Rocky Mountain players along with Brent Cullaton named a starter
for the Northern Conference All-Stars.
Wray's
season and the team's took a turn for the worse when he suffered a knee
injury on Feb. 16 that kept him out of the final 16 games. At the time
of the injury, Wray was third in the league with 28 goals and tied for
ninth with 61 points overall.
"'Wrayzer' was all we hoped for and
more last year before he got injured," said Rage Head Coach and General
Manager Tracy Egeland. "Not only his goal scoring ability, but his work
ethic and desire to win were sorely missed down the stretch. He's
worked very hard re-habbing his knee, and I'm optimistic he'll be ready
to go come the start of the season."
"I was recently told I can
skate again, and it's going really well and getting stronger every day.
I'm just working hard to make sure it's 100% when the season starts,"
said Wray when asked about his knee.
"I'm excited about our
team," he continued. "I feel like we have some unfinished business from
last year and expect to go a lot further toward our ultimate goal."
Prior
to joining the Rage last season, Wray spent a large chunk of his first
nine years as a pro playing for the CHL's Amarillo Gorillas. He helped
lead Amarillo to back-to-back appearances in the Southern Conference
Finals in 2003-04 and 2004-05 before posting career highs in 2005-06
with 38 goals and 38 assists on the way to his first All-Star Game
appearance. In 2006-07, Wray had another All-Star campaign in the
United Hockey League where he recorded 74 points (37g-37a) for the
Elmira Jackals and Port Huron Flags.