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THE CENTRE HASTINGS ICE MINERS

The Centre Hastings Ice Miners are a Sr. A team, new this season to the EOSHL. Owners, Adam
Gray, President, retired professional hockey player in the English Premier League, and Josh Bird,
CFO, Marketing Director and former player of the Ice Miners ASHL team, both men are locally

grown in the heart of Centre Hastings, with a strong sense of community, thrilled to have the
communities rallying around them and are excited to incorporate themselves and give back to
the communities that raised them. They have partnered up to bring high level, Semi professional
hockey back to the Centre Hastings area. Priding themselves in their dedication to the team,

players, and staff.

They are here to give local homegrown talent a chance to continue to enjoy playing the game,
develop their skills, and give players the opportunity to move up in their hockey career, even a

possibility to play professionally or stick around home and compete at the highest level. They
have signed an affiliation contract with the Elmira River Sharks of the Federal Prospect Hockey
League in the Elmira, N.Y.
A special message from the owners. Thank you so much for the early and continued support of our

dream and goals. We cannot wait to have all the screaming, cheering fans in the Mine Shaft this
coming season. Special shout out to the
Moore’s, owners of Tim Horton’s Marmora and Madoc, Gabrielle Ascott Images and Sleeman
Breweries for the partnerships!

Thanks, Adam and Josh