COLUMBUS, OHIO – The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed goaltender Anton Forsberg to a one-year, two-way NHL/AHL contract extension through the 2016-17 season, club General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen announced today. As is club policy, terms were not disclosed.
Forsberg, 23, led the American Hockey League’s Lake Erie Monsters to a 2016 Calder Cup championship after posting a 9-0-0 record with a playoff-best 1.34 goals-against average, .949 save percentage and two shutouts in 10 contests. He made 23 saves in a 1-0 Cup-clinching overtime win over the Hershey Bears in Game Four on June 11.