Brayden Edwards has signed a two-year American Hockey League contract.
The Lethbridge Hurricanes say the 2004-born forward has signed the deal with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, the AHL affiliate of the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins.
The 20-year-old from Abbotsford, B.C. was acquired by Lethbridge’s WHL team in January 2022 from the Winnipeg ICE. Edwards was drafted by the ICE in the sixth-round (127th overall) of the 2019 WHL Prospects Draft.
He laced up his skates in 247 career WHL games with time split between Winnipeg and Lethbridge. For the Hurricanes, he skated in 236 regular season games, becoming a key figure on the roster. In his time with Lethbridge, Edwards scored 82 goals and dished out 117 assists. He added 10 goals and 14 assists in 28 career playoff contests.
His leadership skills led him to serve as an alternate captain for the ‘Canes for two seasons. During the 2024-25 season, Edwards had a career high 77 points with 31 goals and 46 assists. In 16 playoff games, he scored six goals and recorded 11 assists to help Lethbridge make it to the Eastern Conference Championship Series, where they were ultimately eliminated by the Medicine Hat Tigers.
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Edwards led the ‘Canes in post-season points while finishing second during the regular season. In 2024-25, he matched his career-high with 31 goals, becoming the first Hurricane to score 30 or more goals in consecutive seasons since Dylan Cozens.
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The forward wrapped up his Lethbridge career sitting tied for 23rd all-time in team history for games played at 236, 21st all-time in goals at 82, tied for 25th all-time in assists with 17, and finished tied for 24th in all-time points with 199. At the end of the 2023-24 season, Edwards was named the Hurricanes Hardest Working Player and was named the co-winner of the team’s Most Valuable Player Award in 2024-25.
He is set to join the Penguins for the 2025-26 AHL season.
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