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For more information, contact: Joel Silverberg, Director of Broadcasting (865) 525-7825, joel@knoxvilleicebears.com.
The Knoxville Ice Bears have signed forward Matt Dorsey for the 2026-27 season. Dorsey enters his fourth pro season—all in the SPHL—and has 141 career games in the league to his name.
Dorsey joined Roanoke last offseason, appearing in 30 games for the Rail Yard Dawgs while scoring a career-high 11 goals and adding 12 assists. He spent the previous two seasons in Evansville, playing 104 games during that span with 14 goals and 31 assists to go along with 147 penalty minutes. He was a part of Evansville’s 2025 President’s Cup championship team.
Collegiately, Dorsey spent three years at the University of Windsor, playing 22 games his final year with five goals and three assists. He joined the Thunderbolts towards the end of the 2022-23 campaign after college and played in seven SPHL games to wrap up the year. He spent his junior career in the BCHL and WHL, winning a BCHL title in 2018 with the Wenatchee Wild.
The Ice Bears open their 25th anniversary season Friday, October 16 at home against Evansville at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum.
ABOUT The Knoxville Ice Bears: The Knoxville Ice Bears organization began in 2002 and was an inaugural charter member of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) in 2004. As four-time SPHL Champions and five-time regular season champions, the Ice Bears are an experienced and established organization, offering the city and its visitors a balanced product of highlight-reel hockey, unique and exciting intermission activity and endless fan interaction, presenting the most affordable, family-friendly way to enjoy sports and entertainment. Season, Partial Season and Flex Tickets are now on sale. For more information, visit www.knoxvilleicebears.com or call (865) 525-7825.
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