Dec 28, 2022
SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota Wild General Manager Bill Guerin today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has reassigned defenseman Andrej Sustr (AHN-dray SHOO-stuhr) to the Iowa Wild of the American Hockey League (AHL).
Sustr, 32 (11/29/90), has recorded six points (1-5=6), a plus-three rating and 25 penalty minutes (PIM) in 20 games with Iowa this season. The 6-foot-7, 216-pound native of Plzen, Czechia, notched six points (1-5=6) and 16 PIM in 38 NHL games during the 2021-22 season, appearing in contests for the Tampa Bay Lightning (15 games) and Anaheim Ducks (23 games), and posted 12 points (2-10=12) and eight PIM in 25 games with the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL. Sustr owns 69 points (11-58=69) and 163 PIM in 361 career games during eight NHL seasons with Tampa Bay (2012-18, 2021-22) and Anaheim (2018-19, 2021-22) and has recorded five points (2-3=5) in 46 Stanley Cup Playoff games with the Lightning. He has notched 28 points (6-22=28) and 87 PIM in 104 career AHL games with Syracuse (2012-14, 2021-22), San Diego (2018-19) and Iowa (2022-23).
Sustr was signed as a free agent by Minnesota to a one-year, two-way contract on July 13, 2022.
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