Power forward acquired in Stastny trade from Jets will report to
San Antonio, gets three-year deal that begins with 2018-19 season
ST. LOUIS -- The Blues have added a fourth college player to their arsenal with the signing of power forward Erik Foley to a three-year entry-level contract on Thursday.
Foley's signing comes on the heels of the Blues inking two-year entry-level deals with forwards Nolan Stevens and Austin Poganski and free agent defenseman Mitch Reinke.
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Erik Foley signed a three-year entry level contract with the Blues.
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Foley, who just finished his junior season at Providence College, was acquired in the Feb. 26 trade deadline day deal with the Winnipeg Jets, along with a 2018 first-round pick, for center Paul Stastny.
Foley, 20, will report to San Antonio of the American Hockey League on an amateur tryout contract after undergoing a physical examination in St. Louis, and his entry level deal won't kick in until the 2018-19 season.
Foley, listed at 6-foot, 185 pounds, led the Friars with 35 points (16 goals, 19 assists) in 38 regular-season games and was named to the Hockey East First All-Star team.
Foley played in 110 career games at Providence and finished with 88 points (38 goals, 50 assists).
A Mansfield, Massachusetts native, Foley appeared in seven games with the UNited States at the 2016-17 World Junior Championships and helped the team capture the Gold Medal.
Prior to his collegiate career, Foley spent a year with the United States Hockey League's Cedar Rapids RoughRiders and was a teammate of Reinke's with the RoughRiders in 2014-15, where Foley was named to the league's all-rookie team.
Foley was originally drafted by the Jets in the third round (78th pick) of the 2015 NHL Draft.
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