The Saint John Sea Dogs have a new goaltender.
“We’re very happy to add Patrick to our team,” said Sea Dogs general manager Anthony Stella in a news release. “With his CHL and playoff experience, we feel he’s the right person to help mentor our younger goaltenders and take on a leadership role.”
In 97 career OHL games, Leaver posted a 46-37-6 record to go along with a 3.43 goals against average and a .897 save percentage. He's also appeared in 11 playoff games.
As expected, the Sea Dogs announced the signing of overage netminder Patrick Leaver on Tuesday, who joins the club after playing the past two seasons in the Ontario Hockey League with the Oshawa Generals and Guelph Storm.
In 97 career OHL games, Leaver posted a 46-37-6 record to go along with a 3.43 goals against average and a .897 save percentage. He's also appeared in 11 playoff games.
The Perth, ON native split last season between Oshawa and Guelph.
Leaver will join forward Peter Reynolds and defenseman Mathis Gauthier as the team's trio of overage players.
It's unclear who will join Leaver in the Sea Dogs crease. Saint John had three goaltenders still in camp last week: returnee Olivier Brideau (who has since been traded to Rimouski), prospect Justin Robinson and Ontario free agent Sebastian Monaco.
Leaver joins a long list of veteran goaltenders the Sea Dogs have traded for or signed since the team won the QMJHL championship in 2017. It'll be interesting to see how Saint John handles its goaltending situation moving forward with a new general manager (Anthony Stella) and goaltending coach (Max Essiambre).
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