SAN JOSE – San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) General Manager Doug Wilson announced today that the club has acquired prospect center Maxim Letunov and a 2017 sixth round draft selection from the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for San Jose’s 2016 fourth round and 2017 third round (previously acquired from Detroit) draft selections.
Letunov led the University of Connecticut men’s hockey team in scoring as a freshman, posting 16 goals and 24 assists for 40 points. Amongst all NCAA freshman, he finished 5th in scoring, playing in all of the school’s 36 games..
Letunov was named to the Hockey East All-Rookie Team and a Hockey East Second Team All-Star, becoming the first Husky to record a 40 point season since 2011-12 and just the fourth player to hit the mark during the Division I era (1998-present).