The Edmonton Oilers have signed goaltender Connor Ungar to a one-year, two-way contract, the club announced Thursday.

Ungar, 24, is entering his third year in the Oilers organization after signing him to a two-year, entry-level contract in March 2024, and his new deal will carry a $850,000 cap hit, the team reported. He had just wrapped up his rookie season at Brock University, where he was named the USPORTS Rookie of the Year, posting a 20-6 record, a .932 save percentage and a 2.15 goals-against average.

He spent the 2024-25 season with the Fort Wayne Komets, the Oilers’ ECHL affiliate, posting a 19-12-4 record, a .903 save percentage, and a 2.74 goals-against average. This past season he played for four teams, the AHL’s Bakersfield Condors, the Komets, and the ECHL’s Greensboro Gargoyles and the Orlando Solar Bears, both on loan.

Everywhere he went, he had success.

With the Condors, he posted a 9-2-2 record, a .923 save percentage, and a 2.51 goals-against average.

With the Komets, he posted a 2-0-0 record, a .944 save percentage, and a 1.44 goals-against average.

With the Gargoyles, he posted a 2-1-1 record, a .945 save percentage, and a 1.42 goals-against average.

Lastly, with the Solar Bears, with whom he played the most games last season, he posted a 7-8-3 record, a .913 save percentage and a 2.66 goals-against average.

The Oilers had a minor-league logjam of goaltenders, which prompted his loaning to multiple teams. The Komets had Nathaniel Day and Samuel Jonsson, the latter of whom had a tremendous season that earned him ECHL All-Star Game honours. The Condors, meanwhile, had Matt Tomkins play 42 games, while Connor Ingram and later Calvin Pickard all picked up AHL action.

Tomkins is under contract for one more year, while Day and Jonsson each have two years left on their entry-level contracts. While nothing is set in stone, it’s not unreasonable to think he could challenge for significant minutes with the Condors next season, given his age and the promise he showed this past year.

Zach Laing is Oilersnation’s managing editor and The Nation Network’s news director. He can be followed on X at @zjlaing, or reached by email at zach.laing@bettercollective.com.