The Buffalo Sabres have signed forward Jake Richard to a two-year, entry-level contract, the team announced Thursday.<\/p>\n
Richard, 21, was a sixth-round draft pick by the Sabres in 2022. He recently completed his junior season at the University of Connecticut, where he tallied 27 points (10+17) in 38 games.<\/p>\n
Richard was a key offensive contributor throughout his time at UConn. He helped the Huskies reach their first NCAA Tournament berth in program history in 2024-25, when he ranked second on the team with 43 points (15+38) in 34 games. His scoring prowess has also made him an annual standout at Buffalo\u2019s summer development camps.<\/a><\/p>\n Richard\u2019s two-way development, meanwhile, received praise from Buffalo development coach Tim Kennedy while speaking to Sabres.com in March.<\/p>\n \u201cHis 200-foot game has improved whether it\u2019s on the forecheck, the backcheck, his defensive-zone play,\u201d Kennedy said.<\/p>\n Richard concludes his collegiate career with 88 points (32+56) in 108 games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Buffalo Sabres have signed forward Jake Richard to a two-year, entry-level contract, the team announced Thursday. Richard,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-671264","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\/671264","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=671264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}