THUNDER SIGN UMASS-LOWELL CAPTAIN PIERSON BRANDON

Monday, March 31st

GLENS FALLS – The Adirondack Thunder, proud ECHL affiliate of the New Jersey Devils and Utica Comets, have announced that the club has signed defenseman Pierson Brandon to a standard player contract.

Brandon, 24, just finished his final season with NCAA (D1) UMass-Lowell where he served as the team’s captain and totaled eight points (6g, 2a) in 34 games with the River Hawks.

Prior to joining UMass-Lowell this season, the Irvington, New York native spent the previous four years at Colgate University where he also served as the team’s captain during the 2023-24 season. The 6-foot-1, 196-pound defenseman helped Colgate University capture an ECAC Championship in the 2022-23 campaign and was voted to the ECAC All-Rookie Team and named ECAC Best Defensive Defenseman during the 2020-21 season.

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