Goalie Arturs Silovs has agreed to a two-year contract with the Vancouver Canucks, the NHL team announced on Tuesday.
The Canucks withheld the deal’s financial details.
Born in Riga, Latvia, Silovs, 23, played in ten playoff games for the Vancouver Canucks the previous season following an injury to starter goalie Thatcher Demko that was not made public in the first game of Vancouver’s first-round series against Nashville.
He finished the second round with a record of 5-5, 2.91 goals against average, and.898 save percentage while Vancouver fell to Edmonton in seven games.
During the regular season, the six-foot-four, 203-pound goalie with a 2.47 goals against average and a.881 save percentage was 3-0-1 with Vancouver.
With the Abbotsford Canucks of the American Hockey League, he played in 34 games and finished with a record of 16-11-6, 2.74 GAA, and.907 save percentage.
Since being chosen by the Canucks in the sixth round (156th overall) of the 2019 NHL draft, Silovs has a 6-2-1 NHL record with a 2.62 goals against average and a.898 save percentage.
Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin stated in a release that “Arturs helped us out a lot when called upon last year as he continues to grow and develop as a goalie.” “We anticipate that he will join training camp and compete for a full-time role with the major league team. We will keep working with him to help him hone his abilities and give him all the resources he needs to advance in his young career.
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