34-year-old former NHLer lands AHL contract after successful PTO
After signing a professional tryout contract (PTO) with the Rochester Americans in late-October, former NHLer Matt Bartkowski has landed an American Hockey League contract for the remainder of the 2022-23 season.
Bartkowski, 34, became an unrestricted free agent in July after spending the 2021-22 season with the AHL's Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. The Pittsburgh native was looking to return to the NHL and signed a PTO with the New York Rangers before the start of training camp. He was unable to earn a roster spot and one day before the beginning of the 2022-23 season, the Rangers released Bartkowski.
In 20 games this season for Rochester, Bartkowski has five points (one goal, four assists), four penalty minutes and is a plus-five.
The former seventh round pick of the Florida Panthers has appeared in 256 career games with Boston, Vancouver, Calgary and Minnesota over parts of 11 seasons in the NHL.
.@AmerksHockey defenseman Matt Bartkowski has signed a @TheAHL Standard Player Contract for the remainder of 2022-23 season. pic.twitter.com/BBQXlJNFrJ— Amerks PR (@AmerksPR) December 30, 2022
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Mikko Rantanen | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Jake Debrusk | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Dylan Guenther | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Ivan Barbashev | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Jack Eichel | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Brock Nelson | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Valeri Nichushkin | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Clayton Keller | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Anthony Cirelli | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Jonathan Drouin | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Roman Josi | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Kirill Marchenko | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Kyle Palmieri | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Sebastian Aho | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Leon Draisaitl | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Matt Duchene | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Samuel Girard | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Claude Giroux | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Oliver Kylington | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 21 | 17 | 4 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 30 | |
Devils | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 30 | |
Hurricanes | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 29 | |
Golden Knights | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 27 | |
Flames | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 27 | |
Stars | 19 | 13 | 6 | - | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||