According to a team announcement, the Pittsburgh Penguins have signed defenseman Jack St. Ivany to a three-year contract, paying St. Ivany an AAV of $775K at the NHL level. The contract will keep the young defenseman in the only organization he has ever known until the end of the 2026-27 NHL season.
Originally drafted with the 112th overall pick of the 2018 NHL Draft by the Philadelphia Flyers, St. Ivany opted to forego signing his entry-level contract with the Penguins’ interstate rivals, and instead continue his playing career at the collegiate level. Totaling 115 games played split between Yale University and Boston College during his tenure in the NCAA, St. Ivany put up 12 goals and 60 points in total.
The California native would wait until well into the offseason of the 2022-23 NHL season before finally inking his entry-level deal with the Penguins. Since then, St. Ivany has appeared in 117 games for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins with another 14 coming in Pittsburgh, scoring 23 and one point, respectively.
Over the life of the new contract, St. Ivany should still regularly factor in at the top of the depth chart at the AHL level, serving as injury insurance at the top level with the Penguins. However, if St. Ivany were to have a productive training camp this upcoming September, he could earn a spot on the team’s bottom pairing.
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