Tony DeAngelo has signed a one-year take care of SKA Hockey Membership of Saint Petersburg of the KHL. “I’m excited to be right here,” DeAngelo mentioned when conducting his first interview on Monday. He’ll put on the quantity 24 on his jersey, in response to the group announcement.
At 28, he was positioned on the commerce block earlier within the 12 months and infrequently served as a wholesome scratch the final couple of seasons. He posted 11 factors in 31 video games with Carolina in 2023-24, averaging a career-low 14:20 of ice time per recreation. He performed a season with the Flyers earlier than that, enjoying 70 video games a notching 42 factors.
Tony DeAngelo’s profession has been marked by controversy, beginning with suspensions in junior hockey for violating the OHL’s Harassment and Abuse/Range Coverage and abuse of officers. His skilled profession has additionally seen disciplinary actions, together with a 2021 buyout by the Rangers after experiences of a bodily altercation with teammate Alexandar Georgiev.
There was hope that maybe he may get on with an NHL group this season however when he wasn’t added to an NHL camp on a PTO, the writing was on the wall that he must go abroad.
DeAngelo, 28, turned a UFA this summer season after his second run with the Carolina Hurricanes. Not too long ago, DeAngelo turned the third former NHLer to signal with SKA this low season, becoming a member of Sergei Plotnikov, Mikhail Grigorenko, Nikita Zaitsev, and Evgeny Kuznetsov.
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