The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have signed forward Cole Cassels to an AHL contract for the remainder of the 2019-20 season, the team announced on Saturday.
Cassels, 24, was playing for the AHL's Belleville Senators on a tryout contract this season, where he scored three goals and five assists in 24 games. He began the season on an ECHL deal with the Utah Grizzlies, where he recorded two goals and eight assists in seven games.
Cassels was a third-round pick by the Canucks in 2013. The 6-foot, 180-pound center played three seasons for the Canucks' AHL affiliate Utica Comets from 2015-18, appearing in 202 games and scoring 15 goals and 29 assists.