Leeds Knights coach Ryan Aldridge on new signing Bow Neely

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.