FISHERS- The Fuel have announced on Saturday that they have re-signed forward Dustin Manz to a standard player contract for the upcoming 2026-27 season.
Manz, 26, returns to Indy for his third full ECHL season and second with the Indy Fuel. Last year with the Fuel, he played in 71 games where he scored 44 points.
The Michigan native ended last season with the Bloomington Bison, where he played in 19 games, scoring three total points. He also spent 20 games with the Rapid City Rush and 11 games with the Wheeling Nailers.
Before his professional career, the 5’10 forward spent two seasons with the American International College. During the 2022-2023 season, he had ten goals and fourteen assists.
He also spent two seasons with Lake Superior State University, where they were NCAA champions in 2021. He was alternate captain that year.
Manz has also spent two seasons in the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) with the Prince George Spruce Kings. In 2018-2019, he played in 58 games and scored 33 goals and tallied 37 assists, leading the team in points. With ten points in seventeen playoff games that year, Manz helped the Spruce Kings win a BCHL championship.
VIEW MANZ’S CAREER STATS HERE
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