Ottawa Senators president of hockey operations and general manager Steve Staios announced today that the team has signed forward Garrett Pilon to a two-year, two-way contract extension. The contract carries a value of $775,000 in the National Hockey League and $275,000 in the American Hockey League for the 2024-25 season, and $775,000 in the NHL and $300,000 in the AHL in 2025-26.
Born in Mineola, New York the 26-year-old Pilon dressed in 62 regular-season games for the Senators’ AHL affiliate in Belleville during the 2023-24 campaign, collecting 47 points (18 goals, 29 assists) and being named the team’s most valuable player. Pilon also registered five points (three goals, two assists) over seven Calder Cup Playoff games.
Drafted by the Washington Capitals in the 3rd round of the 2016 NHL Entry Draft (87th overall), Pilon spent the first five seasons of his professional career playing mostly with the Capitals’ AHL affiliate in Hershey, PA and winning a Calder Cup Championship in 2022-23. Over his 321-game AHL career, Pilon has notched 203 points (71 goals, 124 assists) along with 99 penalty minutes. He also made three NHL appearances with Washington and scoring once.
Fans can put a deposit down now to lock in a group experience for one of the B-Sens’ six guaranteed dates for the 2024-25 season, with more information on 2024-25 season seat memberships or 2024-25 Business Elite memberships, available via the Belleville Sens website, or by emailing tickets@bellevillesens.com.
About the Belleville Senators
The Belleville Senators are the American Hockey League affiliate of the National Hockey Leagues’ Ottawa Senators and have been operating in the AHL since the 2017-18 season. The Senators play their home games out of the CAA Arena at the Quinte Sports and Wellness Centre and have graduated more than 60 players to the NHL since moving from Binghamton, New York.
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