Marchment inks deal with Solar Bears

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Orlando Solar Bears have announced the club has agreed to terms with forward Jake Marchment for the 2019-20 season.

The Solar Bears are the ECHL affiiliate of the National Hockey League's Tampa Bay Lightning and the American Hockey League's Syracuse Crunch.

Marchment played the majority of the 2018-19 season with the Utah Grizzlies, posting 37 points (15g-22a) and 41 penalty minutes in 52 games, and netted one goal in three playoff contests. Marchment also skated in five games with the San Diego Gulls of the American Hockey League, notching two assists and 12 penalty minutes.

The 24-year-old has skated in 181 career ECHL contests for the Grizzlies, Colorado Eagles, Indy Fuel and Allen Americans, recording totals of 124 points (49g-75a) and 148 penalty minutes. He has also skated in nine games in the AHL for the Gulls and San Jose Barracuda, generating two assists and 34 penalty minutes.

Prior to turning pro, the Courtice, Ontario native played major junior hockey for the Erie Otters and Belleville Bulls of the Ontario Hockey League, where he amassed 100 points (45g-55a) and 158 penalty minutes in 168 games.

Marchment is the cousin of former Solar Bears player and current Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Mason Marchment, and the nephew of former NHL player and current San Jose Sharks development coach Bryan Marchment. He was a sixth-round selection (157th overall) of the Los Angeles Kings in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.