Penguins sign 2020 5th-round pick Raivis Ansons to entry-level pro contract

Chris Adamski
Monday, May 2, 2022 5:56 p.m. | Monday, May 2, 2022 5:56 p.m.

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The Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday announced the entry-level signing of 2020 fifth-round pick Raivis Ansons, a 20-year-old forward from Latvia who has been playing junior hockey in Canada.

The Pittsburgh Penguins signed 2020 fifth-round pick Raivis Ansons to a three-year entry-level contract, the team announced Monday.

The 20-year-old Ansons this week will embark on the QMJHL playoffs for the major-junior Saint John Sea Dogs. Ansons, a leftty-shooting forward, had career-highs in goals (18), assists (42), points (60) and plus-minus (plus-29) over 56 games in his third junior season. Ansons, 20, is from Riga, Latvia — the same town as veteran Penguins center Teddy Blueger.

The 6-foot-1, 191-pound Ansons has 101 points in 125 games over three QMJHL seasons. He is the second of the Penguins’ 2020 draft class to sign an entry-level deal, joining fourth-round pick Lukas Svejkovsky.

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