The Pittsburgh Penguins have inked a prospect of their own, signing Frederik Tiffels to a two-year entry-level contract. Tiffels will forego his final year at Western Michigan to turn pro and join the Penguins’ organization.
A sixth-round pick in 2015, Tiffels put up three solid years in the NCAA and has a chance to outperform his draft status. Scoring 21 points in 37 games this season, he apparently did enough to deserve an NHL deal from the Penguins, who have had a lot of success with NCAA players in recent history. Bill Guerin, the new GM of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins has been a big part of the recruitment process for college players, and will now get to use Tiffels along with Zach-Aston Reese—if he doesn’t make the NHL club out of camp that is—next year.
Tiffels joins Daniel Sprong and Dominik Simon from the 2015 Penguins draft class, one that looks like it was effective even without a first-round pick.