Lisoway signs deal with Rapid City
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- Published on Saturday, August 18, 2018
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
Quintin Lisoway has agreed to his first pro contract, signing with the Rapid City Rush of the ECHL.
The 22-year-old forward from Neepawa is joining the club following the recent conclusion of his Canadian college hockey career at the University of Manitoba.
Lisoway has spent the last two seasons with the U of M Bisons, totaling 32 points (19 goals -13 assists) in 53 games. Prior to his college experience, he had also played major-junior hockey with the WHL’s Brandon Wheat Kings and QMJHL’s Acadie-Bathurst Titan, as well as in the MJHL.
In a media release issued by the Rush, head coach Daniel Tetrault noted that Lisoway has a lot to offer the team.
“What stood out to me most about Quintin is his leadership ability. He had a great junior career and put up great numbers in college, so it was a no-brainer to bring him on,” Tetrault said. “Quintin is a defense-first player up front, so we’ll task him with shutting down the opposition’s forwards, but in his college career, he found a scoring touch, so we’ll put him in all situations. I’m very excited to see what he brings to the team in training camp.”
Lisoway, meanwhile, expressed his excitement for the opportunity to play for this organization and bringing his skill set to the next level.
“I’m looking forward to playing more hockey, and the challenge of the professional level,” Lisoway said. “I like the way the organization is heading in my conversations with coach [Daniel] Tetrault. I have a ton of familiarity with the team already, having already played with Shaquille Merasty in college, so that will help with my transition. On the ice, I bring the ability to score in different ways. I’m more of a scorer now, but in junior, I developed defensively, and that led to leading in plus/minus my first year in college. Defensive play is a big part of my game, so all in all, I play well 200 feet up and down the ice.”
The Rapid City Rush is a professional hockey team, based out of Rapid City, South Dakota. Originally part of the Central Hockey League, the Rush joined the ECHL in 2014.
Editors note: The original version of this article indicated that ECHL stood for East Coast Hockey League. While this was the name of the League from its inception in 1988 through the end of the 2002-03 season, the name was changed to just ECHL in 2003 when the League added seven expansion teams in the western United States.
