Dutch-Canadian winger Daniel Sprong, 28, has signed a one-year contract with CSKA Moscow, the KHL club announced on Wednesday.

Born in the Netherlands, Sprong has lived and played hockey in North America since the age of eight. This is his first professional contract to play hockey in Europe.

Sprong played junior hockey for the QMJHL’s Charlottetown Islanders and was selected in the second round, 46th overall, by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft.

Sprong made the Penguins out of training camp as an 18-year-old but, after scoring two goals in 18 games was sent back to junior. Between 2015 and 2025, he recorded 166 points and 68 penalty minutes in 374 NHL regular season games with the Penguins, Anaheim Ducks, Washington Capitals, Seattle Kraken, Detroit Red Wings, Vancouver Canucks and New Jersey Devils. He also had three points in 14 playoff games with Washington, Seattle and New Jersey.

The 2023-24 season was chaotic for Sprong, who started in Vancouver before being traded back to Seattle, getting sent down to the AHL for 19 games before being traded to New Jersey at the deadline.

Goalie Spencer Martin Signs In KHL Canadian goaltender Spencer Martin, 30, has signed a two-year contract with CSKA Moscow, the KHL club announced on Wednesday.

CSKA, colloquially known in North America as the Red Army team, is a perennial powerhouse in Russia but last season finished fifth in the KHL’s Western Conference and was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs.

The club has had a busy off-season trying to improve its roster. In addition to Sprong, the team has also acquired Nikolai Kovalenko, Rhett Gardiner, Denis Zerov and goaltender Spencer Martin this month, with Egor Sokolov being signed and traded away in the process. In addition, it has under contract for 2025-26 ex-NHLers Denis Guryanov, Nikita Nesterov, Nikita Okhotyuk and Vladislav Kamenev.

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