THE Basingstoke Bison have now set a date when they will retire the number 20 shirt of top British forward Tony Redmond.
A special presentation will take place on the ice before the game against the Telford Tigers on Saturday December 5.
Redmond will become only the third player in the club’s history to be given this great accolade and the first British player, as the other two are Canadians Kevin Conway and Don Yewchin.
The popular Scottish-born forward first came to Basingstoke in 1992 to join his older brother Kenny, who was already at the team.
It proved to a brilliant first season as the team won the league crown and Redmond was also part of the Bison’s Benson and Hedges Plate winning teams of 1999 and 2000.
He was also the Basingstoke Gazette Sports Personality of the Year in 2005.
The Scot was the first and still the only player to have made 500 league appearances for the club which were played over 14 seasons.
He is Basingstoke’s all-time leading British goal and points scorer, but a back injury forced him to call time on his glittering career last season.
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