New York Islanders‘ undrafted huge 6’5″ 232 lbs. rookie left wing Ross Johnston(56) is part of a growing number of players to skate three leagues in a single season.
Most of his games have been with affiliate Bridgeport Sound Tigers at 37 AHL contests getting a goal and 3 assists but mostly being a tough to play against punishing style blue liner.
He has 64 penalty minutes and one-third of that time was 4 fighting majors, so he has no problem mixing it up.
It continues a pattern started through four year in juniors starting with Moncton Wildcats and ending last season with Charlottetown Islanders.
In his last three campaigns he was pretty much a 30 point guy from back at the point.
Five months into his first year pro he was reassigned down to Missouri Mavericks, possibly to regain some confidence.
He ended up spending pretty much the month of February there scoring rather nicely with 4 goals and 7 assists in 13 ECHL games before going back up.
As the parent club solidified their postseason position they saw it as a time to cycle some of their promising youngsters into the system to see how they do.
In his one NHL game he skated 22 shifts for 16:17 total ice and took 4 minutes of penalties but still was a 0 rating in a 5-2 loss.
The 22-year old signed a three-year entry level deal and this is definitely a good early look to get.