McKinney makes it four at Guildford

Andy McKinney has agreed his fourth season with Guildford Flames.

McKinney, who joined the club from Manchester Phoenix, previously played in the Elite League for Hull Stingrays during the 2011/12 season.

Flames’ boss Paul Dixon said: “We’ll be playing against some very high calibre opposition and we don’t want to challenge ourselves further by trying to play short-staffed if we can possibly avoid that.

“It also adds a bit of flexibility for roster selection on the night if everyone is fit for match duty. In this context, having a really versatile guy like Andy available to us is very valuable.

“He can cover for anyone at forward and he will play a gritty brand of hockey no matter where we ask him to step in.”

(Image permission: John Uwins)