Bears Re-Sign Forward Dylan Margonari

September 13, 2017

The Hershey Bears announced today that the club has re-signed forward Dylan Margonari to a one-year, American Hockey League contract. The announcement was made by Vice President of Hockey Operations, Bryan Helmer. 

Margonari, 25, returns to the Hershey organization after skating with the club's ECHL affiliate, the South Carolina Stingrays, in the 2016-17 campaign. In his rookie season, Margonari appeared in 32 games with the Stingrays, scoring 17 points (11 goals, six assists) and posting 18 penalty minutes. The native of Greensburg, PA had his season cut short when he sustained an upper body injury on Jan. 28.

The 6-foot-1, 190-pound forward signed with Hershey last summer after appearing in a pair of games with the Bears on a professional tryout at the end of the 2015-16 season. In April of 2016, Margonari dressed in Hershey's final two games of the regular season before joining the Stingrays, where he appeared in four 2016 Kelly Cup Playoff contests. 

Margonari had a strong collegiate career at Minnesota State University, Mankato from 2012-16. The speedy forward scored 66 points (38 goals, 28 assists) in 143 games with the Mavericks. He led Minnesota State University, Mankato to a pair of conference championships and was a member of the league's all-academic team his senior season. 

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