Lightning Round: Hugo Alnefelt signs a three-year entry level contract with the Lightning
He won’t join the Crunch next week though
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As the Tampa Bay Lightning announced yesterday, Swedish goaltender Hugo Alnefelt has signed a three-year entry level contract with the team, beginning in the 2021-22 season. Alnefelt was selected as the 71st overall pick in the 2019 NHL Draft. Initially the Lightning announced that Alnefelt will join the Syracuse Crunch on a tryout contract next week, but later they refuted their own statement.
We have signed Hugo Alnefelt to a three-year entry level contract beginning with the 2021-22 season.
On Feb. 28, Maddie Rooney will play at Madison Square Garden as part of the Professional Women s Hockey Players Association Dream Gap Tour.
For the 23-year-old goalie, it s an incredible opportunity to play in New York City at the world s most famous arena. Unfortunately, her preparation for the game hasn t exactly been ideal. Since the pandemic wreaked havoc on our daily routines in March 2020, competitive action has been scarce. To be exact, Rooney says, since March 2020, I have played exactly seven periods of hockey. Those were at PWHPA scrimmages against local boys teams, high school teams and junior teams. Then at [national team] camp we played six games, but as a goalie I had to split that.