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Senators sign defenceman Filip Roos to a one-year, two-way contract

July 2, 2024

Ottawa Senators president of hockey operations and general manager Steve Staios announced today that the team has signed defenceman Filip Roos to a one-year, two-way contract for the 2024-25 season. The contract carries a value of $775,000 in the National Hockey League and $150,000 in the American Hockey League.

A native of Gothenburg, Sweden, Roos has spent the past two seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks organization, splitting time between Chicago and their American Hockey League affiliate in Rockford, Illinois. In 2023-24, Roos set AHL career highs in assists (14) and points (16), while also collecting two goals. Throughout his North American pro career, Roos has three points (two goals, one assist) in 21 NHL games, along with 27 points (five goals, 22 assists) in 98 AHL games.

Before coming to North America, the 25-year-old played in his home country of Sweden, suiting up for Skelleftea in the SHL in 2021-22, while also playing for BIK Karlskoga, Frolunda, and IF Troja-Ljungby at various levels.

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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