{"id":482530,"date":"2026-02-21T20:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T20:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/482530\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T20:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T20:03:08","slug":"release-blackhawks-sign-olivier-rodrigue-to-one-year-two-way-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/482530\/","title":{"rendered":"RELEASE: Blackhawks Sign Olivier Rodrigue to One-Year, Two-Way Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Blackhawks today announced that the team has agreed to terms with goaltender <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/olivier-rodrigue-8480885\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Olivier Rodrigue<\/a> on a one-year, two-way contract that runs through the 2025-26 season ($775,000 salary cap hit).<\/p>\n<p>Rodrigue, 25, appeared in two NHL games with the Edmonton Oilers during the 2024-25 campaign, logging a 0-1-0 record, a 3.10 goals-against average and a .862 save percentage. He also competed in a career-high 41 American Hockey League (AHL) games with the Bakersfield Condors last season, posting an 18-16-8 record, a 3.12 GAA, a .897 SV% and one shutout.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-1, 175-pound goaltender has played in 131 career AHL regular-season games, all with the Condors, from 2021-25, compiling a 61-52-17 record, a 2.92 GAA, a .905 SV% and two shutouts. He\u2019s also made two career trips to the Calder Cup Playoffs, earning a 0-1-0 record, a 1.89 GAA and a .936 SV% in two postseason appearances. Additionally, Rodrigue notched a 7-7-1 record, a 3.57 GAA and a .907 SV% in 15 games with the ECHL\u2019s Wichita Thunder during the 2021-22 season.<\/p>\n<p>The native of Chicoutimi, Quebec, was originally selected by Edmonton in second round (62nd overall) of the 2018 NHL Draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chicago Blackhawks today announced that the team has agreed to terms with goaltender Olivier Rodrigue on a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-482530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}