{"id":769019,"date":"2026-06-29T14:43:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T14:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/769019\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T14:43:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T14:43:23","slug":"pair-of-mooseheads-signed-to-nhl-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/769019\/","title":{"rendered":"Pair of Mooseheads signed to NHL contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oleg Kulebiakin will return to the Halifax Mooseheads next season feeling good about his days ahead.<\/p>\n<p>The 17-year-old rookie was one of a pair of Mooseheads players who found themselves signed to NHL contracts after this weekend\u2019s entry draft.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the Russian skater was chosen by Tampa Bay in the second round of the NHL Entry Draft, going 52nd overall.<\/p>\n<p>Last season, the forward led the Mooseheads in scoring with 73 points in 64 games during the regular season, catching the eyes of Lightning management.<\/p>\n<p>He wasn\u2019t alone in the draft either with Mooseheads teammate Shawn Carrier going in the 7th round to the Colorado Avalanche.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/chl.ca\/lhjmq\/en\/article\/nhl-entry-draft-20-qmjhl-prospects-selected-in-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">signings come as the Mooseheads are set make the 20th overall selection in this year\u2019s CHL<\/a> Import Draft on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The Mooseheads have two open import roster spots where they can sign international talent for the upcoming season.<\/p>\n<p>The Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League holds the first overall pick.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Halifax as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=halifax.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778170930_778_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oleg Kulebiakin will return to the Halifax Mooseheads next season feeling good about his days ahead. The 17-year-old&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":769020,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-769019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769019","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=769019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/769020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=769019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=769019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=769019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}