American right winger Karson Kuhlman, 29, has
signed a one-year contract with Rögle BK, the SHL club
announced on Sunday. The
signing comes just three days after Rögle
announced the signing of former NHL defenseman Mark Friedman.
“Karson
brings a lot of experience, including a season in Europe,”
said Rögle
sports director Hampus Sjöström. “He
is a versatile player who can contribute in all forms of play. He is
committed and good at finding pucks around the
net.”
A
graduate of the University of
Minnesota-Duluth, where
he captained the team to a national championship in his senior year,
Kuhlman
was
never drafted but signed as a free agent with the Boston
Bruins in the spring of 2018.
He
then spent
the next six seasons shuttling between the NHL and AHL
for the Bruins, Seattle Kraken,
Winnipeg Jets and New
York Islanders. He recorded 30 points in 147 NHL games and four
points in 17 playoff games.
Last
season, Kuhlman
played for Lukko in the Finnish Liiga, where he recorded 49
points in 71 regular-season and playoff games and was named Liiga’s
player of the month in December.
Rögle
has been one of the SHL’s more successful teams over the past five
seasons but is coming off a year where it finished seventh in the
regular season and was eliminated in the play-in round. In addition
to Kuhlman and Friedman, the team also has under contract for
2025-26 former
NHLer Fredrik Olofsson.
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Former NHL D-Man Mark Friedman Signs Two-Year Deal In Sweden
Canadian defenseman Mark Friedman, 29, has signed a two-year contract
to play for Rögle BK, the
SHL club announced on Thursday.
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