Jesse Puljujärvi, who lost his NHL position, signed a contract with AHL club Charlotte.
Jussi Vainikka,
STT Sports
Ice hockey player Jesse Puljujärvi’s career continues in North America. AHL club Charlotte Checkers says they have signed a trial contract with Puljujärvi.
At the weekend, it turned out that the NHL club Pittsburgh Penguins had put Puljujärvi on the transfer list. When no NHL club picked up the Finns, the agreement between Pittsburgh and Puljujärvi was terminated.
Charlotte Checkers is a cooperation club for the NHL team Florida Panthers. Charlotte has not played other Finns this season.
Lake Puljujärvi, who has visited a big hip surgery the other summer, has played 26 matches in the Pittsburgh Penguins this season with 3+6 games. In addition, Tornio has played in AHL Pittsburgh’s cooperation club Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins with a score of 1+2.
The AHL agreement in Puljujärvi can be considered as a surprise as he was rolled back to the European troughs. In the SM League at least Puljujärvi’s former club Oulu Kärpät was According to Kaleva interested in getting him in his ranks.