Monsters Return Former Viper Bishop To ECHL:

The AHL Lake Erie Monsters have returned former Vernon Vipers forward Hunter Bishop to the ECHL South Carolina Stingrays.  The Stingrays loaned Bishop to the Monsters on January, 8th before returning to South Carolina on January, 18th.  Bishop went pointless in three games with the Monsters. 

Bishop is in his first season in the ECHL after signing with South Carolina on October, 1st 2012. In 40 games this season with South Carolina Bishop has collected (19-20-39). Bishop played parts of the last three years with the ECHL Wheeling Nailers & the AHL Hamilton Bulldogs before missing the entire 2011-12 season with an undisclosed injury. Bishop played parts of three seasons in Vernon (2005-2008). Bishop left Vernon after two seasons and played in just four games at the University of North Dakota during the 2006-07 season before returning to Vernon during the Christmas break playing the remainder of the 2006-07 season playing his final season with the Vipers (2007-2008) before playing the next two years at Ohio State University. In 140 regular season games with the Vipers Bishop collected (93-84-177). On March. 18th 2010 the Montreal Canadiens signed Bishop as a free agent to a two year contract. Bishop attended the Habs training camp the last three seasons before being sent down to the American Hockey League's Hamilton Bulldogs.

Hunter Bishop's Player Profile:

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=80970

This is posted on the Stingrays website:

Hunter Bishop Returns to Stingrays

South Carolina Stingrays Press Release

Published on January 18, 2013

North Charleston, SC – The South Carolina Stingrays, celebrating 20 seasons of hockey in the Lowcountry and proud ECHL affiliate of the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL), announced today that forward Hunter Bishop has returned to the team from the Lake Erie Monsters of the American Hockey League (AHL).

Bishop, 25, appeared in three games with the Monsters earning no points. The Fairbanks, Alaska native is second on the Stingrays with 31 points (15 goals, 16 assists) in 35 games. Missing last season due to injury, Bishop competed in 34 AHL contests with the Hamilton Bulldogs in 2010-11 grabbing four goals and four assists for eight points. Prior to turning pro, Bishop attended Ohio State University for two seasons (2008-10) and skated in four games with the University of North Dakota in 2006-07 totaling 59 points (29 goals, 30 assists) in 79 games.