TULSA, Okla. – The Tulsa Oilers, ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Anaheim Ducks and the American Hockey League’s San Diego Gulls, announced the re-signing of defenseman Duggie Lagrone for the 2025-26 season. 
Lagrone, 31, rejoins the Oilers after posting 30 points (4g-26a) and +16 rating in his third season with Tulsa. Missing just one game last season, he has appeared in 214 of a possible 216 contests since joining the Oilers, recording 95 points (18g-77a) and a +44 rating in that stretch.
The Plano, Texas native has recorded 30 or more points in each of his three seasons with the Oilers, finishing with a positive plus-minus and a playoff berth in every campaign. During the 2021-22 season, he led all Oilers’ blueliners with 10 goals and finished as the team’s lone “Iron Man” appearing in all 72 regular-season games.
After spending one season in the Elite Ice Hockey League with Nottingham, Lagrone returned to Tulsa in 2023-24, leading the Oilers with a +20 rating in 71 games, while adding a career-high 31 assists.
Lagrone began his collegiate career at Colorado College, appearing in 33 games with the Tigers before transferring to SUNY-Geneseo for his final two seasons of eligibility. In his two seasons with the Knights, Lagrone recorded 52 points (13g-39a) in 55 games, eventually winning two SUNYAC Championships and earning NCAA III All-USCHO First Team Honors.
Prior to college, he played in both the United States Hockey League and North American Hockey League with the Des Moines Buccaneers and Fairbanks Ice Dogs respectively. Lagrone won the 2014 Robertson Cup with Fairbanks, notching nine points (1g-8a) and a +9 rating in 14 postseason games, capping a 104-game, 44-point (13g-31a) Ice Dogs career.
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