The Southern Southern Stringers announced on Tuesday that goalkeeper Garin Bjorklund had been reassigned from South Carolina to the Hershey Bears.
Bjorklund, 22, is in his third season of professional hockey. He leads South Carolina The goalkeepers with a file of 21-4-3, an average of goals of 2.02 and a percentage of stops of 0.927 in 29 games played in 2024-25.
The native 6-2, 174 pounds from Calgary, in Alberta, is in the last year of an entry-level NHL contract with the Washington Capitalswho selected him in the sixth round (179th in total) of the NHL 2020 draft. He has not yet played Ahl game in his professional career.
In three Echl Seasons, Bjorklund has a record of 36-15-4 with a GAA of 2.66 and .905 SP in 57 games.
Before becoming pro, Bjorklund spent parts of four seasons with the Western hockey league Medicine Hat Tigers, appearing in 96 WHL games in a career.
With three victories last week, the Stinggrays (46-14-3-2) extended their victories sequence at 11 games and is currently in first place in ECHL with 97 points. They are three points ahead of the Florida Everblades For first place in the League and only need two points to guarantee home advantage in the first round of the Kelly Cup qualifiers.
South Carolina will win the advantage of ice ice for the first round if the Icemen by Jacksonville Lose in the regulations on Wednesday or if the rays of Sting-Stting-Swegers won Friday in Kalamazoo.
This spring, the stinggrays are heading for the Kelly Cup qualifiers for the 29th time in the 32 seasons of the team. They will try to win their fourth Kelly Cup championship this season.
Stingways rays go to Kalamazoo this week to face the Wings Friday. The drop of washer is defined for 7 p.m. he.
