Lehigh Valley Phantoms‘ 2nd year goalie Martin Ouellette(1) re-signed for a return despite appearing in only 8 AHL games posting a decent 3-2 record.
Originally a Columbus Blue Jackets‘ 7th round pick in the 2010 draft (#184 overall), he was never signed as they had sort of a logjam of prospects for net.
The 6’2″ 194 lbs. back stop would play the bulk of his games as a rookie reassigned to the ECHL with affiliate Reading Royals.
He put up a 17-10 record with a 2.91 GAA and .907 SV%.
As a sophomore goaltender on a 1-year extension he still would only get into 9 games with another decent showing of a 5-3 record but once again the majority of his time between the pipes would come in the lower league.
Not to worry he posted an identical 17-10 record from his first campaign but upped his numbers nicely with 2.10 GAA and .922 SV%. He also had 4 shutouts.
The 24-year was most recently up to close out the regular season and even recorded back-to-back shutouts but was sent down to help the Royals with their push for the Kelly Cup.
They won their 1st round over the #1 seed, are dangerous and he has a 4-1 record.
He’ll find himself for a third season an unrestricted free agent and depending upon how far they can push into the playoffs will easily affect where he signs next.