8th year veteran defenseman Jeff May(11) returns to Ducs d’Angers of France’s Ligue Magnus, a team he skated with in the 2012/2013 season.
Originally a Detroit Red Wings‘ 5th round pick in the 2005 draft (#151 overall) he was never signed.
Instead he bounced around from signing an ato with Norfolk Admirals to start his rookie season 2008/2009, played three games, was released, got added to Las Vegas Wranglers‘ roster for 23 ECHL games, before being grabbed by Providence Bruins on a pto for another 11 AHL games but was again released before San Antonio Rampage would ink him to a minor league contract and to finish it off Phoenix/Arizona Coyotes stepped in at the end of his first year to offer him a 3-year entry level deal.
Not too shabby.
He would be reassigned to start his sophomore campaign in southern Texas and played 102 games with the Rampage over the next two seasons scoring 3 goals and 12 assists with a hurting -25 rating.
To start his fourth year he was immediately reassigned down the ladder back to Las Vegas, where he had a career year skating in 50 games, netting 7 goals, 20 assists and a +14 plus/minus on a team that made in all the way to the Kelly Cup Finals.
He even had a pair of goals, 5 helpers and a +2 rating in 19 postseason contests.
After his big league contract was up, he decided to head for his first journey of French pro hockey but would return to Nevada for a third time, where he was able to post a career high 11 goals, 14 assists and 25 points while serving as the team’s assistant captain.
For his strong showing he received a pair of call-ups to Texas Stars, then Hershey Bears.
He averaged 30 assists in four of his five WHL years with Prince Albert Raiders and Lethbridge Hurricanes.
For 2014/2015 he signed with Ontario Reign and had another strong season but seemed to once again excel nicely in the postseason with 7 assists in 19 games.
With his departure for the upcoming campaign it could be the last of North American hockey the 28-year old has seen.