World News – CA – Penguins sign minor league forward Frederick Gaudreau and goaltender Maxime Lagace

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On Saturday, the team signed forward Frederick Gaudreau and goaltender Maxim Lagace to one-year two-way contracts worth $ 700,000 each

Gaudreau, 27, appeared in 42 AHL games with the Milwaukee Admirals last season and scored 28 points (11 goals, 17 points) Bromont, Que. native Gaudreau (6 feet, 179 pounds) spent the first six seasons of his professional career as a member of the Nashville Predators organization In 84 career regular-season games with the Predators, he had eight points (three goals, five assists)

A member of the Predators who lost the 2017 Stanley Cup final to the Penguins, Gaudreau scored game-winning goals in Nashville’s only wins in this series, Games 3 and 4

Lagace, 27, was one of the American League’s top goaltenders in 2019-20, finishing second in wins with a 22-7-3 record in 33 games with the Providence Bruins. , Lagace was 22-7-3 with an average 237 goals against, 919 save percentages and five shutouts, also the AHL’s second-best total last season

A native of Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Quebec, Lagace has spent most of his professional career in the AHL His only NHL experience came in the form of 17 games with the Vegas Golden Knights in 2017- 18 and 2018-19 In these contests, he has a 6-8-1 record, an average of 392 goals against and an 868 save percentage

Seth Rorabaugh is a staff writer for Tribune-Review You can contact Seth by email at srorabaugh @ triblivecom or via Twitter

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