{"id":251666,"date":"2026-07-25T04:47:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T04:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/251666\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T04:47:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T04:47:06","slug":"wilkes-barre-scranton-penguins-sign-cam-johnson-the-echls-top-goaltender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/251666\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins sign Cam Johnson, the ECHL\u2019s top goaltender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins signed goaltender Cam Johnson to a one-year American Hockey League contract for the 2026-27 season on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson, 32, is one of the top goaltenders in the ECHL and has led the Florida Everblades to four of the past Kelly Cup championships.<\/p>\n<p>Last season, the left-handed Johnson appeared in 49 regular season games and posted a 31-9-9 record, a 1.84 goals against average, a .923 save percentage and three shutouts. Those figures allowed him to claim the Nick Vitucci Award as the ECHL\u2019s top goaltender.<\/p>\n<p>In the postseason, Johnson played in 20 games and had a 16-4 record, a 1.88 goals against average, a .923 save percentage and three shutouts while leading the Everblades to a championship. Individually, Johnson claimed the June M. Kelly Award as postseason MVP.<\/p>\n<p>Barring injuries or other absences to the Pittsburgh Penguins\u2019 goaltenders under NHL contract, Johnson will likely be assigned to the Everblades, the Penguins\u2019 new ECHL affiliate.<\/p>\n<p>The undrafted Johnson is entering his 10th professional season. In 2016, he attended the Pittsburgh Penguins prospect development camp as an invitee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins signed goaltender Cam Johnson to a one-year American Hockey League contract for the 2026-27 season&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251667,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-251666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}