Leeds Knights coach Ryan Aldridge discusses the signing of new defenceman Bow Neely on the eve of the 2023-24 NIHL National season
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00:00 We spoke earlier in the week about obviously you had got a couple of injuries on the D
00:08 on your D core coming into the opening weekend but you've gone some way to sort of solving
00:13 that issue for this weekend. New addition in the shape of Bo Neely, can you tell us
00:18 a bit about him and how come he's ended up being with the Leeds for the start of the
00:22 season?
00:23 He's a player I've been talking to for a while. He played for me at Okanagan Academy, he was
00:30 my captain there, he's a solid defenceman, great human being. He went on to play in Austria
00:38 under 20s for the Okanagan and then last year he played in the ACDC, NCDC sorry. But he's
00:45 a solid hockey player and again a solid person, he'd be good for our line-up and yeah just
00:51 looking forward to getting him on the ice.
00:53 Another young guy coming in, got a good engine presumably, a good skater, what are his strengths?
00:58 He's a great skater, closes the gap, he plays exactly how I'd like my D to play. So yeah
01:04 his strengths to get him in at this point in the season is massive for us.
01:10 It gives you those options that you're looking for currently at the back end doesn't it?
01:14 Yeah absolutely, we need more depth and I've been planning on him coming in for the last
01:19 6 or 8 weeks and to finally get him over the line is good. He'll be a top defenceman for
01:27 us that's for sure.
01:28 Thanks.
01:29 Thanks.
01:29 Thanks.