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The Lee Valley Lions are delighted to welcome back netminder Aaron Mallet, who returns to the team after three years away.

30-year-old Mallet played junior hockey at Haringey and Milton Keynes before joining the Lions ahead of the 2012-13 campaign. He played 46 games for the Lions over three seasons before taking some time out of the game.

Aaron returned to hockey in the 2016-17 season with Haringey, playing 17 games, before again taking last year out of the sport.

He is now back in the Lions net and will form a goaltending tandem with James Andrew, who was announced earlier today.

Click here to view Aaron’s career statistics courtesy of eliteprospects.com.

We will announce the signings of two defencemen tomorrow – stay tuned!

Aaron Mallet in net during his first spell with the Lions (Photo © Julianne Bonner)

The Lee Valley Lions are delighted to confirm our first goaltender for this season, as James Andrew signs up for his third season with the club.

27-year-old Andrew started his junior career in Peterborough, before then playing two seasons for the University of London Dragons in BUIHA competition while studying in London.

James signed for the Lions ahead of the 2016-17 campaign and, despite playing his first full season of senior ice hockey, made impressive steps forward during the season and was named the club’s Most Improved Player.

He returned in 2017-18, splitting time in net with Brett Shepherd and Robyn Maby.

James now stays on for his third campaign for the Lions, and will partner another netminder who will be revealed at 7pm tonight – stay tuned!

Click here to view James’ career statistics courtesy of eliteprospects.com.

James Andrew returns to the Lions for his third consecutive campaign (Photo © Phil Hutchinson)

The Lee Valley Lions are delighted to announce our next new face for the 2018-19 season, as forward Jordan Sullivan joins the team.

However Jordan is not really a new face at the Den; he played junior hockey for the Lions from 2004 until 2014, starting off in the Under 12s before making his way up through the age groups to the U18s.

He then moved up north in the summer of 2014 to attend the University of Sheffield. Whilst there, Jordan played 45 games for the Sheffield Bears and Sheffield Bears ‘B’ sides in BUIHA (British Universities Ice Hockey Association) competition, scoring 14 goals and 19 assists for a total of 33 points. Jordan was a team-mate of former Lions forward Max Gerstein during his time there.

He also represented the University of Sheffield in their prestigious Varsity game against Sheffield Hallam University in 2015.

Jordan is now back in London and ready to make his senior bow with the Lions.

Click here to view Jordan’s university statistics courtesy of the BUIHA website.

The Lee Valley Lions are delighted to welcome back Joe Berry for the 2018-19 season, after two years away from the Den.

The combative 30-year-old forward has played 10 seasons in total for the Lions over two separate spells with the club; first from 2005 to 2009, and then from 2010 to 2016. He is one of only three players to spend 10 or more seasons at the Lions – the other two being club legend Eddie Joseph and current player-coach James Joseph.

After taking the 2016-17 season out of hockey, Joe returned to the sport last season with the Lions’ London rivals, the Haringey Huskies. Now he has returned to East London, becoming the Lions’ fourth new signing of the summer.

Berry has played 127 career league games in a Lions jersey, scoring 63 goals and assisting on a further 52 for a total of 115 points, while picking up 311 penalty minutes. These numbers put him in the club’s all-time top 20 lists for each of the above categories.

Click here to view Joe’s career statistics courtesy of eliteprospects.com.

The club also hopes to announce more signings in the next week – stay tuned for further announcements!

Joe Berry celebrating a goal during his second spell with the Lions.

The Lee Valley Lions are delighted to announce defenceman James O’Brien as the next addition to our squad for the upcoming season.

O’Brien, who will make his senior debut this season, was part of the Coventry Blaze U20 side that won the EIHA Under 20 league last year. James played all ten of his side’s games last season, tallying one assist and taking four penalty minutes.

All of James’ junior career prior to last season was spent at Milton Keynes, where he rose through the ranks from the U16 “B” side, up to the U16s and then to the U18s. He was captain of the Milton Keynes U18 side in the 2016-17 season, scoring one goal and one assist.

You can see James’ statistics here courtesy of eliteprospects.com.

James is the first of two signings to be revealed this weekend – keep an eye out for a returnee to the Lions who will be announced tomorrow!