GREENVILLE, S.C. – The Greenville Swamp Rabbits, ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Los Angeles Kings and American Hockey League’s Ontario Reign, announced that the team has signed veteran defenseman Peter Tischke for the 2026-27 season.

Tischke joins the Swamp Rabbits after playing against the team as a South Division rival for the last three seasons, the most recent pair with the Jacksonville Icemen. He suited up 53 times with the Icemen, logging 15 points (3g-12a), and played an additional four games with the AHL’s Rochester Americans, earning an assist.

From Hinsdale, Illinois, Tischke enters his eighth season of professional hockey, and his sixth in the ECHL. In the AHL, he has 82 games and 12 points to his credit with the Americans and Colorado Eagles, and he has skated in 202 ECHL contests, where he’s earned 53 points with the Icemen, Savannah Ghost Pirates, Cincinnati Cyclones and Utah Grizzlies.

Before turning professional, Tischke played four seasons of college hockey with the University of Wisconsin and three United States Hockey League seasons with the Chicago Steel. As a Badger, he was named to the Big Ten Honorable Mention All-Star Team twice (2017, 2018), and earned the 2019 Big Ten Sportsmanship Award.