Maple Leafs sign Ovchinnikov to three-year, entry level contract

March 31, 2022 - 4:26pm

Sibir Novosibirsk's Dmitry Ovchinnikov (L) and HC Spartak Moscow's Eduard Gimatov fight for the puck in their 2021/2022 KHL Regular Season ice hockey match at Megasport Arena. Stanislav (Krasilnikov/TASS)

The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed forward Dmitry Ovchinnikov to a three-year, entry-level contract Friday morning.

We’ve signed forward Dmitry Ovchinnikov to a three-year entry level contract.#LeafsForever

— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) February 18, 2022

The 19-year-old will join the Leafs immediately after the approval of his Canadian work permit. The Leafs selected Ovchinnikov in the fifth round of the 2020 NHL Draft.

Ovchinnikov split his time between the KHL and MHL, Russia’s major junior hockey league, this season. In the MHL, he gathered 13 goals and 16 assists in 22 games for Sibirskie Snaipery Novosibirsk. Ovchinnikov also played 17 games in the KHL for Sibir Novosibirsk in 2021-22, notching one goal and two assists.

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