Carter Mazur’s time is up with the University of Denver hockey program, with the Detroit Red Wings announcing Tuesday they’d signed the sophomore winger to a three-year, entry-level contract starting with the 2023-24 season.
Mazur, DU’s leading scorer this season with 22 goals in 40 games, is one of three Pioneers to have professional contract signings announced over the past two days. Senior captain Justin Lee (six goals, seven assists) signed an AHL deal with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins for the 2023-24 season, while fifth-year senior Kyle Mayhew agreed to a deal with Colorado Eagles, the Avalanche’s AHL affiliate.
Lee and Mayhew, both defensemen, will play out the remainder of the 2022-23 season on professional tryouts with their respective American Hockey League clubs. Mazur will join the Grand Rapids Griffins, also of the AHL, for the rest of the season on an amateur tryout.
The 6-foot, 173-pound Mazur played for the United States in both IIHF World Junior Championships in 2022, including the one canceled due to COVID-19 in December 2021. Chosen by the Red Wings with the 70th overall pick of the 2021 NHL draft, he was named one of Team USA’s three best players in the August tournament after scoring a team-high five goals.
The Pioneers’ season came to an abrupt end last week with an upset loss to Cornell in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The team finished the season 30-10-0 and won the program’s 15th regular-season conference title.
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