Avalanche acquires Wedgewood | Colorado avalanche

The Colorado Avalanche Hockey Club announced today that the organization has acquired a goaltender Scott Wedgewood from the Nashville Predators in exchange for goaltender Justus Annunen and Colorado’s sixth-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft.

Wedgewood, 32, played five games and started four times for Nashville during the 2024-25 season after signing a two-year contract with the club on July 1, 2024. In those five appearances, he has posted a 1-2-1 record, an .878 Sv% and a 3.69 GAA. His last appearance with the Predators was in relief on November 25th, when he stopped all 15 shots he faced.

A native of Brampton, Ontario, Wedgewood appeared in 135 career games from 2015 to 2025, posting a 49-50-23 record, a .905 Sv%, a 3.01 GAA and six shutouts with the Predators, Dallas Stars, Arizona Coyotes and set up New Jersey Devils. In the 2021–22 season, Wedgewood appeared in a career-high 37 contests while playing for New Jersey, Arizona and Dallas in the same season, and went on to post career-bests of .915 Sv% and a 2.72 GAA ( at least 5). GP) during his first full season with the Stars in 2022-23. The goaltender has also played in three Stanley Cup playoff contests in 2023.

Wedgwood was a Black Ace for the Tampa Bay Lightning when they won the Stanley Cup in 2019-20.

Since turning pro, Wedgwood also amassed 191 AHL games, posting a 94-59-24 record, a .906 Sv%, and a 2.54 GAA from 2012 to 2020 (as well as one game in the 2022 season -23 as a conditioning player). ). His minor league experience also included 49 games in the ECHL during this period. The 1.80 meter tall, 90 kilogram goalkeeper played for the Plymouth Whalers of the OHL for four seasons from 2008 to 2012. He represented Team Canada at the IIHF World Junior Championships during his final major junior season, winning bronze.

He was originally drafted by the Devils in the third round (84th).^Th overall) in the 2010 NHL Draft.

Annunen, who was drafted in the third round (64th).^Th overall) from Colorado in 2018, appeared in 29 games for the Avalanche during the 2021-25 season, compiling a 16-9-2 record with a .902 Sv%, a 2.81 GAA and two shutouts. He has started nine games for Colorado this season, posting a 6-4-0 mark between the posts.