{"id":532084,"date":"2026-03-12T19:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T19:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/532084\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T19:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T19:48:09","slug":"flames-sign-college-free-agent-tyson-gross-to-two-year-entry-level-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/532084\/","title":{"rendered":"Flames sign college free agent Tyson Gross to two-year entry-level contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tyson Gross has inked a deal with his hometown team.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/hockey\/nhl\/teams\/calgary-flames\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Calgary Flames<\/a>\u00a0announced Thursday that the college free agent has signed a two-year entry-level deal carrying an average annual value of $975,000.<\/p>\n<p>Gross, 23, recorded a team-leading 41 points (18 goals and 23 assists) in 36 games as a junior at St. Cloud State University during the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n<p>Serving as captain in his third season, Gross was named a finalist for NCHC Player of the Year, Forward of the Year and Defensive Forward of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>A native of Calgary, Gross played his final collegiate game on March 7 when his Huskies lost in the first round of the NCHC playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>SIGNING DETAILS<\/p>\n<p>Length: 2 years<\/p>\n<p>Contract Type: Entry-Level Deal<\/p>\n<p>Salary Cap Hit: $1,950,000<\/p>\n<p>Total: $975,000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tyson Gross has inked a deal with his hometown team. The\u00a0Calgary Flames\u00a0announced Thursday that the college free agent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":532085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-532084","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-calgary","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-calgary","10":"tag-canada"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}