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For more information, contact: Joel Silverberg, Director of Broadcasting (865) 525-7825, joel@knoxvilleicebears.com.
The Knoxville Ice Bears are promoting assistant coach and former captain Jason Price to the role of associate head coach. Price has served as the team’s assistant coach for the past two seasons and has appeared in 371 Ice Bear games as a player.
“I’d like to thank the ownership group, General Manager Dave Feather and Coach [John] Gurskis. I’m very grateful for this promotion,” said Price. “Johnny and I work well together and have the same beliefs on developing players and creating good habits that can help these players grow in our game and beyond. I can’t wait to get started this season and see what we can accomplish.”
The SPHL’s highest-scoring defenseman in franchise history, Price was named the SPHL Defenseman of the Year in 2022 and was named to the All-SPHL Team in 2022 and 2016. He captained Knoxville’s 2015 President’s Cup-winning squad and has appeared in more SPHL games than any player with 720.
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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