Islanders sign Dunham to backup goaltending job

The New York Islanders have signed goaltender Mike Dunham to a one-year contract. The nine-year veteran joined the Islanders as a training camp invitee earlier in the month and played in the teams’ first three pre-season games.

“It became clear in the past few weeks that signing Mike was a priority,” said Islanders General Manager Garth Snow, a teammate of Dunham’s at the University of Maine. “He possesses all the characteristics that we look for in a player and has already shown that he’ll be an asset to our club.”

Over a nine-year NHL career with New Jersey, Nashville, the Rangers and Atlanta, the 34-year old Dunham has a goals-against average of 2.69 and a .908 save percentage. Last season with the Thrashers, Dunham was 8-5-0 with a 2.77 GAA and .893 save percentage.

One Response to “Islanders sign Dunham to backup goaltending job”

  1. craig philips Says:

    haha i think tootoo shouldn’t be getting under theese guys skin…but all the predators
    told tootoo is to grind it out look come on see his brandonwheatkings stats u see a whl scorer..but kovalchuk is an nhl scorer wich makes him prone to get grinded by the tough goons

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