The Bespoke Guardians Swindon Wildcats are pleased to confirm that Dean Skinns has put pen to paper on a contract extension which’ll see him stay in Swindon for another 12 months.
Dean joined the Wildcats last summer from the MK Lightning and contributed massively in our Autumn Cup success last season. Forming a close tandem with Scottish shot-stopper Renny Marr, they split time over the course of the campaign which saw the Wildcats take part in almost 70 games.
Throughout his career, Dean has been a stalwart of the second-tier level thanks to spells with Guildford, Bracknell, Basingstoke, Slough & Milton Keynes. As well as this, he had a two-season spell in Swindon under then Head Coach Ryan Aldridge.
Along the way, he’s contributed to league, cup & playoff winning teams and also had an All-Star nomination at EPL level.
Speaking after confirming his Netminding tandem for the season, Head Coach Aaron Nell said:
“Bringing Dean in last summer was a move we really wanted to make. Knowing how many games we’d be playing we had to give Renny some support and I think over the course of the season that move really paid off.
This year we wanted to continue that and it was a quick conversation with Skinnsy, he was superb at times last year and I have no doubt he’ll be as reliable as needed when we call upon him throughout the new season.
Renny & Dean will give us the chance to win every night and at this level, that’s what you need from your netminders. They can both produce moments of magic between the pipes and I’m really happy to have them both back again this season.
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