RED WINGS AGREE TO TERMS WITH PETR MRAZEK ON TWO-YEAR CONTRACT

The Detroit Red Wings have agreed to terms with goaltender Petr Mrazek on a two-year contract.

Mrazek, 24, appeared in a career-high 54 games for the Red Wings in 2015-16, posting a 27-16-3 record, 2.33 goals-against average, 0.921 save percentage and four shutouts. Mrazek earned NHL Second Star of the Week Honors on Jan. 11, after posting a 3-0-0 record, 0.67 goals-against average, 0.978 save percentage and one shutout during three-straight starts this season. In 94 career games since making his NHL debut in 2012-13, Mrazek has compiled a 46-30-8 record, 2.29 goals-against average, 0.920 save percentage and nine shutouts. He has also made 10 career NHL postseason appearances, owning a 4-6 record, 1.88 goals-against average, 0.931 save percentage and three shutouts. The 6-foot-2, 183-pound netminder was originally a fifth-round draft pick (141st overall) by Detroit in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.

A native of Ostrava, Czech Republic, Mrazek made 87 appearances with the American Hockey League’s Grand Rapids Griffins from 2012-15, compiling a 54-27-4 record, 2.21 goals-against average, 0.913 save percentage and seven shutouts during the regular season while backstopping the Griffins to a Calder Cup championship in 2013 with a 15-9 postseason record alongside a 2.31 goals-against average, 0.916 save percentage and four shutouts. Prior to his professional career, Mrazek logged 132 games for the Ottawa 67’s of the Ontario Hockey League from 2009-12, going 75-37-10 with a 3.00 goals-against average, 0.916 save percentage and 10 shutouts. He represented the Czech Republic at the 2012 IIHF World Junior Championship, earning honors as the tournament’s best goaltender after posting a 2.49 goals-against average and a 0.927 save percentage in six games. Mrazek has also been tabbed to represent his country at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey this September in Toronto.
Petr Mrazek, Goalie
Born Feb 14 1992 — Ostrava, Czech Rep.
Height 6.02 — Weight 183 — Shoots L

Selected by Detroit Red Wings round 5 #141 overall 2010 NHL Entry Draft

Photo by Tim Jarrold – In Play! magazine

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