The St. Louis Blues President Blues have announced that they have signed Thunderbirds goaltender Joel Hofer to a two year extension of his current contract. The deal is worth about 775 thousand dollars a year.
Hofer, 22, was drafted by the Blues in the fourth round, 107th overall, of the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. This season, the 6’5, 179-pound goaltender has appeared in 22 games for the Blues’ AHL affiliate, the Springfield Thunderbirds, posting a 10-8-4 record while his .922 save percentage and his 2.39 goals-against average rank sixth and seventh, respectively, in the AHL overall.
Meantime, the next action for the Thunderbirds will be Friday night at the Mass Mutual Center when they take on the Bridgeport Islanders.
(Photo Credit Lucas Armstrong, Springfield Thunderbirds Media)