Turning 30 in November Matt Turner makes a welcome return to the Raiders for his seventh season in Gold and Blue in which time he has played in 272 games for the Raiders (including 208 league appearances). That sees him ranked an impressive 12th in all time appearances and clearly eligible for the legends team
The next announcement is of course, as anticipated on virtually every form of social media, the vastly experienced Dan Scott who also joins from treble winning Basingstoke Bison. Dan’s performances last season saw him selected to the NIHL All Stars first line and Basingstoke’s joint player of the year recipient. He becomes the second Dan
Raiders are delighted to “welcome back” 25 year old Aaron Connolly the captain of last season’s treble winning Basingstoke Bison team. Aaron’s first hockey games were for the joint Romford & Invicta Under 10 team The Thames Terrors. Aaron is a proven winner, leader and motivator having won trophies with each of his senior teams.
JJ Pitchley makes a welcome return to the Raiders to start his fifth season in Gold and Blue. Now 24, JJ made his debut aged 17 away to Milton Keynes Thunder September 2011 and his first goal came a week later in a win over Slough ENL Jets. Since then he has gone on to