Oilers sign Swedish centre Carl Berglund to entry-level contract

UMass Lowell forward Carl Berglund (18) skates during the first period of an NCAA hockey game against Vermont on Friday, Nov. 4, 2022, in Lowell, Mass. The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Carl Berglund to a two-year entry level contract. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Greg M. Cooper

EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Carl Berglund to a two-year entry level contract.

The 23-year-old had 12 goals and 15 assists in 36 games in his senior NCAA season at UMass Lowell.

Berglund, a six-foot-two, 207-pound centre from Hammaro, Sweden, has 36 goals and 53 assists in 114 career games with the River Hawks.

Berglund spent the 2018-19 season with the USHL's Sioux Falls Stampede. He five goals and 11 assists in the regular season and added a pair of goals in the playoffs to help the Stampede to a Clark Cup title.

He has also signed an American Hockey League amateur try-out agreement and will report to the Oilers’ affiliate in Bakersfield, Calif.

This report by ´ºÉ«Ö±²¥was first published March 22, 2023.

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