The ECHL South Carolina Stingrays have fourteen players listed on their
Season-Ending Roster, one is former Vernon Vipers goaltender Ty Taylor.
Season-Ending Rosters may include up to 20 players. Season-Ending Rosters cannot include any players who did not sign an ECHL contract in 2025-26.
The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a minor professional ice hockey league based in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, with teams across the United States and Canada. Competitively, it is a tier below the American Hockey League (AHL). The league serves as a farm system to the AHL and the National Hockey League (NHL).
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Taylor split the 2025-26 season with the SPHL Pensacola Ice Flyers, ECHL South Carolina Stingrays & American Hockey League Hershey Bears.
Taylor started the 2025-26 season with the ECHL Rapid City Rush. The Rush invited Taylor to training camp on a tryout in early October 2025, Taylor was released October 8th 2025 before the SPHL Pensacola Ice Flyers added Taylor to the teams opening roster October 16th 2025. Taylor left the Ice Flyers, signing with the ECHL South Carolina Stingrays December 7th 2026. The American Hockey League Hershey Bears signed Taylor to a professional tryout contract February 18th 2026, was released/returned to South Carolina February 20th 2026.
Taylor started the 2024-25 season with the ECHL Utah Grizzlies. Taylor was invited to the Grizzlies training camp in October 2024 on a try-out. Taylor never played a game with the Grizzlies was released before the 2024-25 season started. Taylor split the 2024-25 season with the SPHL Evansville Thunderbolts, ECHL Orlando Solar Bears & ECHL Reading Royals.
Taylor played three seasons at the University of New Hampshire from 2018-2021 before transferring to Grant MacEwan University for the 2021-22 season, for his final year of college hockey. Taylor signed his first professional contract with the ECHL Orlando Solar Bears February 24th 2022.
Taylor was drafted 214th overall in Round 7 by the Tampa Bay Lightning at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. The Lightning traded Taylor March 6th 2024 to the Anaheim Ducks, the Ducks then traded Taylor March 6th 2024 to the Edmonton Oilers in a three team trade. Taylor has yet to play a game with the Oilers.
Taylor played two seasons in Vernon from 2016-2018. In 60 games with the Vipers, Taylor went 36-17-5 with 8 shutouts and a 2.38 GAA Taylor holds the franchise record for most shutouts in one season with 7 during the 2017-18 season. Taylor along with Michael Garteig & Brad Thiessen hold the BCHL record with most shutouts in a season with 7 each.
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