Saints' Defensive Duo Joins South Carolina
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NORTH CHARLESTON, SC – The South Carolina Stingrays and Head Coach Cail MacLean announced today that the team has signed St. Lawrence defensemen Derek Keller and Jeff Caister. In keeping with club policy, terms of the agreements were not disclosed.
Keller, 23, joins the Stingrays after completing his senior
season at the St. Lawrence University. The Wilkie, SK native
appeared in 133 games for the Saints scoring 13 goals and 24
assists for 37 points. Prior to St. Lawrence, the 5-foot-10,
175-pound defenseman played for the Battlefords North Stars of the
SJHL where he was a member of two ITECH championship teams and
received the Outstanding Defenseman Award twice. Keller also
played baseball where he was a member of two league and provincial
championship teams.
Caister, 25, skated in 42 games with St. Lawrence earlier this
season before signing with the Stingrays scoring 18 points (6g,
12a). In two seasons with the Saints, the 6-foot-2, 185-pound
defenseman dressed in 79 games contributing eight goals and 19
assists for 27 points. Caister began his college career at Wayne
State University competing in 73 contests and netting 47 points
(5g, 42a) before transferring to St. Lawrence because the program
was dropped. Before moving to the college ranks, the Mississauga,
ON native was a member of the GTHL Major championship team in
2002-2003.
