MONTREAL – Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin, announced on Thursday that the team has agreed to terms on a three-year, entry level contract (2015-16 to 2017-18) with goaltender Michael McNiven.
In 24 regular season games with the OHL’s Owen Sound Attack in 2014-15, the 6’1’’ and 212 lbs goaltender displayed a 15-8-0 record. Two of his wins were shutouts. In 1,334 minutes of ice time, McNiven maintained a 2.79 goals against average and a .914 save percentage, stopping 661 of the 723 shots he faced.
A native of Winnipeg, McNiven has played only one other game at the junior level, in 2013-14 with Owen Sound, allowing one goal on 18 shots in 31 minutes of ice time.