Islanders re-sign Henrik Tikkanen to one-year contract

Islanders re-sign Henrik Tikkanen to one-year contract

The New York Islanders have re-signed Henrik Tikkanen to a one-year, two-way contract, the club announced Friday afternoon. Tikkanen, 25, split the 2025-26 season between the AHL’s Bridgeport Islanders and the ECHL’s Worcester Railers. The 6’8″ netminder spent most of the year in Bridgeport, posting a 17-9-1 record, one shutout, and an .897 save percentage in 29 games; he also went 5-2-1 with a .929 save percentage in eight games with Worcester …

Morning Notes: Tikkanen, Calvert, Suvanto

The New York Islanders re-signed goaltender Henrik Tikkanen to a one-year, two-way contract worth $850,000 at the NHL level on Wednesday, per Puckpedia. The 25-year-old, a seventh-round pick in the 2020 draft, returns as organizational depth in a crease fronted by Ilya Sorokin and Semyon Varlamov, and has yet to appear in an NHL game. What makes Tikkanen stand out is his size. The native of Lohja, Finland, is among the tallest goaltenders in pro…