Incumbent netminder returns to Bucs' cage and brings valuable experience as last line of defense...LAST SEASON: Posted three victories in 11 matches (eight starts)...Notched 9.42 goals against average, making 160 saves in 592-plus minutes for .632 saves percentage...Also recorded 17 ground balls and caused pair of turnovers...PERSONAL: James Mellitt Hitchings was born on August 27, 1987 in Newton, Mass. ...Son of James and Peggy Hitchings...Three-sport performer at Dover-Sherborn High, where he also played ice hockey and golf...Lists favorites as chicken (food), Dumb & Dumber (movie) and the Buffalo Sabres (sports team).