The San Diego Gulls have signed a center Ryan Carpenter and the protector Roland McKeown on two-year American Hockey League contracts, and defensemen Dillon Heatherington again Anthony Costantini on one-year contracts.
Carpenter joins the Gulls after playing in 62 games with the NHL’s San Jose Sharks in 2023-24, scoring five goals and seven assists. He also recorded three goals and three assists in five games with the AHL Barracuda.
In 262 AHL games over 10 seasons with San Jose, Hartford and Worcester, Carpenter registered 68 goals and 112 assists for 180 points. He played in the AHL All-Star Classic in 2016, and helped the Barracuda to the Western Conference Finals in 2017. In 2015-16, Carpenter was awarded the Yanick Dupre Memorial Award for his outstanding contribution to the San Jose community.
Carpenter also played 392 games in the NHL with San Jose, Vegas, Chicago, Calgary and the New York Rangers, tallying 32 goals and 52 assists for 84 points.
McKeown posted six goals and 17 assists, along with a plus-16 average, in 69 games with the AHL’s Milwaukee Admirals in 2023-24. The eight-year pro collected 31 goals and 118 assists for 149 points to go along with a plus-108 average in 461 AHL contests with Milwaukee, Colorado and Charlotte.
McKeown also appeared in 60 postseason games, won a Calder Cup championship with Charlotte in 2019 and helped Milwaukee reach the conference finals in 2023 and 2024.
A second-round pick by Los Angeles in the 2014 NHL Draft, McKeown has three assists in 16 NHL games with Carolina and Nashville.
Heatherington posted three goals and seven assists in 60 games with the AHL Senators in Belleville in 2023-24, his ninth pro season.
In 478 AHL games with Belleville, Texas, Lake Erie/Cleveland and Springfield, Heatherington compiled 22 goals and 105 assists for 127 points. He won the Calder Cup title with the Monsters in 2016 and returned to the finals with the Stars in 2018.
Selected by Columbus in the second round of the 2013 NHL Draft, Heatherington has tallied two assists in 23 NHL games with Dallas and Ottawa.
Costantini spent most of his rookie season in the ECHL in 2023-24, appearing in 55 games with Tulsa. He recorded two assists in eight contests with the Gulls.
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