Hutchinson signs PTO with Devils | ANNOUNCEMENT

The New Jersey Devils and President/General Manager Tom Fitzgerald announced today that the team has signed goaltender Michael Hutchinson to a Professional Tryout (PTO) contract. Hutchinson will join New Jersey when all players report to training camp on September 18.

Hutchinson, 34, spent the 2023-24 season in the Detroit organization and recorded two clean sheets with a 14-14-3 record for Grand Rapids of the American Hockey League (AHL). The right-handed catcher-goaltender has played in 241 career AHL games since 2010-11, posting a 120-85-26 record, a .914 save percentage and a 2.62 goals-against average with 17 clean sheets.

Born March 2, 1990, Boston selected Hutchinson in the third round, 77th overall, of the 2008 NHL Draft. The 6’3″, 200-pound goaltender earned his first NHL win against Boston on April 10, 2014, after recording 32 saves on 33 shots. He has a record of 57-62-18 in 154 career NHL games, with time spent in Winnipeg, Florida, Toronto, Colorado, Columbus and Detroit. He has a goals-against average of 2.94 and a save percentage of .902, with six clean sheets. He had a career-high 21 wins with Winnipeg in 2014-15. That same year, he helped the Jets secure a spot in the postseason, posting a 14-3-2 record and a save percentage of . 0.939 in the period from 24 October 2014 to 21 January 2015