Release from 01.07.2025

Vienna signs Linden Vey | Jason Seed stays in Bolzano

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Canadian Linden Vey will join the Vienna Capitals for the next two seasons. The 33-year-old center has numerous successes to his name: Among others, he won the Swiss championship, the KHL and the Spengler Cup. The 139-time NHL player, who has also played in the DEL, was also a member of the Canadian bronze medal team at the 2018 Olympic Games. The Pioneers Vorarlberg have also added North American reinforcements for the coming season, while HCB Südtirol Alperia has extended the contract with defenceman Jason Seed.

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The 33-year-old Canadian Linden Vey brings impressive international experience to the Vienna Capitals. The center started his career with the Medicine Hat Tigers in the WHL, where he won the Bobby Clarke Trophy as the league's top scorer in 2010-11. Drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in 2009, Vey played a total of 139 NHL games (44 points) for the Kings, Canucks and Flames and 295 AHL games (243 points) between 2011 and 2017.

Vey moved to Europe in 2017 and made an immediate impact in the KHL with Barys Astana. He subsequently also played for ZSKA Moscow, SKA St. Petersburg and Avangard Omsk. The highlight was winning the 2019 Gagarin Cup with ZSKA. The playmaker also impressed in Switzerland (ZSC Lions, Fribourg-Gottéron) and Germany (Adler Mannheim). His successes include the Swiss championship, the KHL title and the 2024 Spengler Cup victory with Fribourg. Vey has a total of 360 KHL games (271 points), plus Olympic bronze in 2018 with Team Canada.

Linden Vey: "My wife and I were looking for the best place where we could raise our family and where I could continue to play hockey at a high level. After our discussions with the Capitals' management, we quickly realized that Vienna was the ideal place to continue my career. I'm a center who draws the game to me and delivers consistently in every situation. I'm looking forward to my time with the Vienna Capitals and will try to set the best example for the organization every day."

Pioneers announce two more additions
The Pioneers Vorarlberg are continuing to build their squad for the new season and have secured two North Americans in Louie Roehl and Cole Gallant. The 27-year-old US-American Louie Roehl strengthens the defense of the Pioneers. In the last three seasons he played for the Wheeling Nailers in the ECHL, where he developed from assistant captain to team captain. Cole Gallant is a 27-year-old forward with dual US-Canadian citizenship. After five years at Western Michigan University (160 games, 98 points), the center gained plenty of experience in the ECHL - most recently with the Toledo Walleye, with whom he reached the final of the Kelly Cup Playoffs.

Jason Seed stays in Bolzano
Italian international defenseman Jason Seed will continue to play for HCB Südtirol Alperia next season. It will be the 33-year-old's second season in the white and red jersey. Seed came to Bolzano last year after previously playing two years in Cortina. In his first win2day ICE Hockey League season, he proved to be a solid and reliable defenseman, collecting 21 points in 59 games (4 goals, 17 assists). He also finished the season with a plus/minus rating of +18, third best on the team. Two months ago, Seed also participated in his second Division IA World Championship with the Italian national team, with whom he advanced. He contributed two assists and a plus/minus rating of +5.