Rangers Agree to Terms with Forward Matt Rempe
NEW YORK, November 3, 2021 – New York Rangers President and General Manager Chris Drury announced today that the team has agreed to terms with forward Matt Rempe on a three-year, entry-level contract.
Rempe, 19, has scored four goals in 10 games this season for the Seattle Thunderbirds of the Western Hockey League (WHL). His four goals are tied for the third-most on the team.
Over the past four seasons, the 6-7, 207-pound Rempe has split his time between the Thunderbirds and the Spruce Grove Saints of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL).
With Seattle, he has compiled 17 goals and 23 assists for 40 points in 65 games. He set WHL career-highs in 2019-20 when he registered 12 goals and 19 assist for 31 points in 47 games. In 2019-20, he was named the “Most Improved Player” on the Thunderbirds.
A Calgary, Alberta native, Rempe has skated in 45 games with Spruce Grove, tallying four goals and eight assists for 12 points.
Rempe was selected by the Rangers in the sixth round (165th overall) of the 2020 NHL Draft.
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