The Carolina Hurricanes have signed goaltender Antoine Bibeau to a one-year, two-way contract. Bibeau was limited by injury to four games in 2019-20, two with the AHL’s Colorado Eagles and two with the NHL’s Colorado Avalanche. In 184 regular-season games in the AHL over six seasons with Colorado, San Jose and Toronto, Bibeau has a
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The Florida Panthers have signed forward Scott Wilson to a one-year, two-way contract. Wilson tallied 11 goals and 11 assists for 22 points in 37 AHL games with the Rochester Americans last season, his sixth pro campaign. He also skated in six games with the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres, recording one goal and one assist. A
The Cleveland Monsters have signed defenseman Thomas Schemitsch to an American Hockey League contract for the 2020-21 season. A fifth-year pro, Schemitsch has spent the last four seasons with the AHL’s Springfield Thunderbirds. In 2019-20, he tallied four goals and 11 assists for 15 points in 57 contests. Originally a third-round pick by Florida in
It’s one goal down, more to go, for Nick Paul. After signing a two-year deal with the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday, Paul secured the first multi-year contract of his NHL career. “This was a goal of mine. I hit this goal but now it’s onto the next goal,” Paul said. “The mindset is still hungry.”
The Nashville Predators have signed forward Rem Pitlick to a one-year, two-way contract for the 2020-21 season. Pitlick, 23, is coming off a rookie pro season in which he recorded 20 goals and 16 assists for 36 points in 63 games with the AHL’s Milwaukee Admirals. He finished tied for 10th among all AHL rookies
The Minnesota Wild have signed defenseman Ian McCoshen to a one-year, two-way contract. McCoshen played 63 games in the AHL with Springfield and Rockford last season, registering two goals and 10 assists for 12 points. The four-year pro from Anaheim, Calif., has appeared in 171 career AHL contests and has notched six goals and 32
The Vancouver Canucks have signed center Jayce Hawryluk to a one-year, two-way contract. Hawryluk, 24, skated in 26 NHL games between Florida and Ottawa last season, totaling three goals and seven assists for 10 points. He also appeared in six games with the AHL’s Springfield Thunderbirds, tallying one assist. Over four pro seasons, Hawryluk has
The St. Louis Blues have agreed to terms on new one-year, two-way contracts for forward Austin Poganski and defenseman Mitch Reinke. Poganski, 24, recorded 10 goals and 20 assists for 30 points in 56 games with the AHL’s San Antonio Rampage last season. He also made his NHL debut with the Blues on Dec. 10,
The Carolina Hurricanes have signed forwards Jeremy Bracco, David Gust and Sheldon Rempal to one-year, two-way contracts. Bracco, 23, registered four goals and a team-leading 30 assists for 34 points in 44 games with the AHL’s Toronto Marlies last season, and participated in the 2020 AHL All-Star Classic. In three pro seasons, Bracco has amassed
The Ottawa Senators have re-signed goaltender Joey Daccord to a three-year contract through the 2022-23 season. The first two years are a two-way deal, and the third year is one-way. Daccord, 24, appeared in 24 games with the AHL’s Belleville Senators in 2019-20, going 15-6-2 with a 2.61 goals-against average, a .915 save percentage and
There were talks four years ago between the Springfield Thunderbirds and the St. Louis Blues about a potential partnership, but nothing came of it. Four years later, the Las Vegas Golden Knights purchased the San Antonio Rampage of the American Hockey League, leaving the Blues without an AHL affiliate. That is when talks between the
The Ottawa Senators have re-signed forward Rudolfs Balcers to a one-year, two-way contract. Balcers, 23, recorded 16 goals and 20 assists for 36 points along with a plus-20 rating in just 33 games with the AHL’s Belleville Senators in 2019-20, earning his second trip to the AHL All-Star Classic in three seasons. He had a
The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed defenseman Gabriel Carlsson to a two-year contract extension through the 2021-22 season. The deal is a two-way contract for the 2020-21 season and a one-way NHL contract in 2021-22. Carlsson, 23, matched his career highs with two goals, 10 assists and 12 points in 41 games for the AHL’s
The Carolina Hurricanes have signed forward Steven Lorentz to a two-year, two-way contract through the 2021-22 season. Lorentz completed his third pro season and first full AHL campaign in 2019-20, recording 23 goals and 23 assists for 46 points in 61 games with the Charlotte Checkers. He also ranked eighth in the AHL in plus/minus
The Toronto Marlies have signed forward Rich Clune to a one-year AHL contract. Clune enters his 14th professional season in 2020-21 and his sixth with the Marlies. He skated in 16 games for Toronto last year, notching three goals and one assist while serving as an alternate captain. A Toronto native, Clune has played 501
The Florida Panthers have re-signed goaltender Philippe Desrosiers to a one-year, two-way contract. Desrosiers appeared in a career-high 29 games with the AHL’s Springfield Thunderbirds in 2019-20, going 16-10-2 with a 3.05 goals-against average and ranking 12th in the league with a .916 save percentage. Desrosiers also ranked eighth in the league in shots faced
The Cleveland Monsters have signed forward Tyler Sikura to an American Hockey League contract for the 2020-21 season. Sikura has spent the last three seasons with the AHL’s Rockford IceHogs. In 2019-20, he posted 14 goals and a career-best 20 assists for 34 points in 63 games, good for the team scoring lead. In 209
The New York Islanders announced today that free-agent forward Austin Czarnik and returning defenseman Grant Hutton have agreed to terms on two-year contracts. Czarnik played 32 games for the AHL’s Stockton Heat in 2019-20 and recorded 16 goals and 17 assists for 33 points, tied for fourth on the team in scoring. He added two