Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins sign former Blues defenseman Dmitri Samorukov
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have signed former St. Louis Blues defenseman Dmitri Samorukov to a one-year American Hockey League contract for the 2023-24 season.
A native of Volgograd, Russia, the left-handed Samorukov (6-foot-3, 188 pounds) spent the 2022-23 season with the St. Louis Blues organization, primarily with their AHL affiliate, the Springfield Falcons. In 68 AHL games, Samorukov had a career-best 20 points (four goals, 16 assists). He also appeared in two games with the Blues last season and did not record a point while averaging 14:53 of ice time per contest.
Samorukov, 24, was a third-round pick (No. 84 overall) in the 2017 NHL draft by the Edmonton Oilers and played in one NHL game for that organization (with no points) during the 2021-22 season.
Seth Rorabaugh is a TribLive reporter covering the Pittsburgh Penguins. A North Huntingdon native, he joined the Trib in 2019 and has covered the Penguins since 2007. He can be reached at srorabaugh@triblive.com.
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