Sheffield Scimitars have confirmed they will not be icing import Pasi Raitanen this coming season and goaltending duties will be shared instead by home-grown Paul Jones and Mark Lee.
Chairman Martin Birch said: "It's great to see (coach) Ron Shudra staying with our local talent between the posts.
"Paul proved he had all that it takes last season when he got his chance after the injury to Pasi.
"Now he can go on and grow into one of the best netminders in the league.
"Mark Lee will ensure that Paul does exactly that because he too already qualifies as one of the league's best netminders and he is not going to want to just sit on the bench."
Shudra added: "We have probably the strongest British netminding tandem in the EPL. Paul and Mark have both excelled in their time in the EPL. Paul was thrown into the last half of last season and did a great job getting us to our Finals weekend.".
"Mark comes to us via Romford after a short stint in North America. He has previously played for Newcastle in the Elite League. He had some great outings for Romford last season especially against the top teams."
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