NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. – The South Carolina Stingrays, proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL\u2019s Washington Capitals and AHL\u2019s Hershey Bears, have announced that goaltender\u00a0Jesper Vikman has been re-assigned to the club from Hershey by the Washington Capitals.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vikman comes to South Carolina after he was acquired by Washington in a trade with the Vegas Golden Knights on March 5. The Capitals traded forward Nic Dowd to the Golden Knights in exchange for Vikman, a second-round pick in the 2029 NHL Draft and a third-round pick in the 2027 NHL Draft (originally from San Jose).\u00a0<\/p>\n
This season with Vegas\u2019 AHL affiliate, the Henderson Silver Knights, the 24-year-old went 8-7-3 with a 3.41 goals-against average and an .866 save percentage in 18 games. He has not made an appearance for Hershey after he was re-assigned to the Bears on March 5. In 41 games in the AHL across the last four seasons, the Stockholm, Sweden native is 16-18-6 with a 3.48 goals-against average and an .880 save percentage.<\/p>\n
The 6-foot-4, 205 pound backstop spent the majority of last season with the Tahoe Knight Monsters, posting a 24-15-3 record with a 3.19 goals-against average and an .897 save percentage. In his first full professional\u00a0season in 2023-24, Vikman appeared for the Savannah Ghost Pirates and went 7-8-0 with a 3.01 goals-against average and an .899 save percentage. In his ECHL career, Vikman is 31-23-3 with a 3.14 goals-against average and an .897 save percentage.<\/p>\n
Selected by Vegas in the fifth round of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, Vikman played two seasons in the Western Hockey League (WHL) for the Vancouver Giants from 2021-23 where he had a 36-36-3 record, a 3.19 goals-against average and a .903 save percentage. He was named to the B.C. Division\u2019s First All-Star Team in 2022-23.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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