Solar Bears ink defenseman Braydon Barker

ORLANDO, FLA — The Orlando Solar Bears have announced the club has agreed to terms with defenseman Braydon Barker on an ECHL Standard Player Contract for the 2021-22 season.

Barker, 24, completed his collegiate hockey career during the 2020-21 campaign with the Concordia University Wisconsin Falcons, recording 26 points (1 goal-25 assists) in 21 games to lead all NCAA Division III defensemen in scoring. Barker was also named to the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association All-Conference Team.

The 6-foot-2, 190-pound blueliner departs the Falcons as the program’s all-time leading scorer with 92 points (16 goals-76 assists) in 93 career games. Barker’s 76 career assists are also a school record. Barker was twice named to the NCHA All-Conference Team (2017-18; 2020-21) and earned American Hockey Coaches Association All-American Second Team honors as a freshman.

The native of Red Deer, Alberta also played Junior A hockey for the Olds Grizzlys of the Alberta Junior Hockey League, producing 20 points (6 goals-14 assists) in 83 career games.

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