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Swindon Wildcats capture Robin Kovar

The Swindon Wildcats have bolstered their squad by adding Czech icer Robin Kovar.

Kovar has most recently been at the financially-troubled Manchester Phoenix, a club he joined in 2013 but has been without a club since departing the Phoenix earlier on this season.

He started his career in the HC Vsetin junior system and then iced for two years for the Vancouver Giants.

After that he would return to Czech hockey, plying his trade in all three divisions, before moving on to HK 32 Liptovsky Mikulas in Slovakia and netted 31 points in 51 games.

Head coach Aaron Nell said of his arrival: "I'm delighted to be able to sign a player of Robin’s quality for the remainder of the season. It’s all happened very quickly since we found out about Mark’s injury but it’s an important move for the team to get back to full strength import wise.”

“Robin has played in this country for a while now so we know what we are getting. He’s really going to help us offensively; he’ll bring a lot of creativity to our line-up and really help our powerplay.”

“Robin gets the best out of the players around him and with Jan going back to D getting a right handed centre-man was important. It will give us a lot more options going forward”.

In 187 EPL league games, Robin has posted 291 points totalling 116 goals and 175 assists at an average of 1.56 points per game, as well as leading the league in scoring in the 15-16 season.

Nell added, “I know Robin is excited to get started and he’s going to be an important player for us for the rest of the season and in the playoffs”.

Kovar will be eligible to go straight into the Wildcats' squad against Telford.