Steelers Sign Patrick Harper

and he plays tonight Vs Coventry Blaze


With Brett Neumann being side-lined the Steelers have moved to sign 25 year old American Patrick Harper until the end of the season.

Born in New York Harper studied at Boston University and played along side Brien Diffley

In 2016, Harper was drafted by Nashville in the 5th round, 138th overall. 

Patrick went on to play a season and a half in the AHL and ECHL before heading to Europe and to HPK in Liiga (Finland)

The following season saw a move to Sweden and Mora HK followed by Kristianstads IK


This year Patrick played back in North America for South Carolina Stingrays where he scored 16 points in 31 games

Head coach Aaron Fox said “Patrick is coming in with a very interesting resume.