Connor Ingram will not participate in the Utah Mammoth’s training camp and is expected to be placed on waivers, general manager Bill Armstrong said Wednesday.
The 28-year-old goalie played 22 games for Utah last season before entering the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program on March 9. He went 9-8-4 with a 3.27 goals-against average and .882 save percentage.
Ingram was cleared from the program on Aug. 20.
He won the Masterton Trophy, which recognizes the player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to hockey, for the 2023-24 season. He’d also entered the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program in 2021 due to depression and what had been an undiagnosed obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
Karel Vejmelka and Vitek Vanecek are expected to form the Mammoth’s goalie tandem this season.
Selected by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the third round (No. 88) of the 2016 NHL Draft, Ingram is 39-44-15 with a 3.14 GAA, a .902 save percentage and seven shutouts in 102 regular-season games with the Nashville Predators, Arizona Coyotes and Utah. He played four Stanley Cup Playoff games (three starts) for the Predators in 2022 and was 0-3 with a 3.64 GAA and .913 save percentage.