The Calgary Flames have signed college free agent Sam Morton to a one-year contract.
The deal for the 2024-25 season is US$950,000, the Flames announced Monday.
The 24-year-old from Lafayette, Colo., will join Calgary’s American Hockey League affiliate, the Calgary Wranglers, on an amateur tryout contract for the remainder of this season.
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Morton was named the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) player of the year with a conference-leading 24 goals and 10 assists in 37 games for Minnesota State.
His nine power-play goals tied for eighth in NCAA Division 1 men’s hockey.
The six-foot, 185-pound centre compiled a career 47 goals and 42 assists in 144 games for Minnesota State.
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