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Arizona Coyotes ink No. 11 overall pick Conor Geekie to 3-year deal
Conor Geekie, #11 decide by the Arizona Coyotes, poses for a portrait in the course of the 2022 Higher Deck NHL Draft at Bell Centre on July 07, 2022 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Picture by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Photos)
(Picture by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Photos)
The Arizona Coyotes put pen to paper with one among their first-round draft picks on Monday.
The group introduced that it has reached an settlement with ahead Conor Geekie on a three-year entry-level contract.
Geekie was chosen by the Coyotes No. 11 total within the 2022 NHL Draft earlier this month after Arizona traded up with San Jose Sharks to draft the ahead.
“We’re more than happy to signal Conor to an entry-level contract,” Coyotes normal supervisor Invoice Armstrong mentioned in a press launch. “He’s an enormous, expert, two-way middle with good imaginative and prescient and a robust hockey IQ. We look ahead to watching his improvement.”
The 6-foot-4, 205-pound ahead registered 70 factors on 24 targets and 46 assists to associate with 49 penalty minutes in 63 regular-season video games for the Winnipeg ICE of the WHL final season.
Geekie additionally posted 3-8-11 and 14 PIM with a plus-3 score in 15 playoff video games for Winnipeg.
Previous to being draft eligible in the course of the 2020-21 marketing campaign, Geekie ranked second amongst all WHL rookies in factors with 23 on 9 targets and 14 assists.
In his three seasons within the WHL (2019-22), the 18-year-old Geekie totaled 93 factors on 33 targets and 60 assists along with 71 penalty minutes.
Geekie was additionally ranked fifth by Central Scouting amongst North American skaters.
