Rangers’ Sop signs with AHL’s Iowa Wild
DES MOINES, Iowa – Iowa Wild General Manager Matt Hendricks today announced the American Hockey League (AHL) club has signed forward Matthew Sop to a one-year, one-way AHL contract.
The 21-year-old Kitchener, Ont. product recorded 90 points (43-47-90), 59 penalty minutes (PIM) and a plus-19 rating in 67 games with the Kitchener Rangers during the 2023-24 season. He also added six points (3-3-6), 8 PIM, and a minus-6 rating in 10 playoff games with Kitchener.
Following the 2023-24 campaign, Sop earned the Leo Lalonde Trophy as the OHL’s Overage Player of the Year.
Selected in the seventh round (135th overall) by the Rangers in the 2019 OHL Priority Selection, Sop totaled 169 points (76-93-169), 107 PIM, and a plus-25 rating across 203 games played.
NEWS: Iowa Wild General Manager Matt Hendricks today announced that the American Hockey League club has signed forward Matthew Sop to a one-year, one-way AHL contract.#ItStartsInDSM @exploreminn
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— Iowa Wild (@IAWild) June 17, 2024
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