Sam Duggan is the seventh member of Cardiff Devil’s 2025 Continental Cup winning roster to commit to another season with the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) club.
The British forward is returning for a seventh season.
Duggan, 26, joined the Devils in November 2018 and has played over 400 all-competition games for the Welsh club.
Born in Reading, he began his career at Bracknell but played four years in Sweden from the age of 16.
Part of the Great Britain team who earned promotion to the top tier of the World Championship by winning Division I Group A in May, Duggan has lifted the EIHL play-off trophy twice with Cardiff in 2019 and 2022.
“Sam is one of my favourite players we have ever had in Cardiff,” said Devils managing director Todd Kelman.
“He brings so much to this team, some of what the fans see on the ice and so much that they never see in the locker room and away from the rink.”
Duggan scored four goals and four assists in 52 league games last season as well as two play-off goals as Devils reached the final where they lost to Nottingham Panthers in double overtime.
He was a part of Cardiff’s league-best penalty killing unit which recorded an 83.23% success rate.
“He is a glue guy for this club and part of that is because of the work ethic he puts in every shift and the positive energy he brings with him wherever he goes,” added Kelman.
“I wish all players loved coming to the rink as much as he does.
“He scored some big goals for us in play-offs, and I think there is more of that to come next season.”
The 2025-26 season will start in September, though Cardiff begin their pre-season campaign against French side Gap Raptors on 16 August.
The side – now coached by Paul Thompson after the departure of Pete Russell – have already re-signed defencemen Evan Mosey and Gleason Fournier, and forwards Ryan Barrow, Kohen Olischefski, Josh MacDonald and player of the year Joey Martin who will return for a 10th season.
They have also added a new signing in American defenceman Brandon Estes from Danish League side Odense Bulldogs.