The Hershey Bears announced on Saturday morning that they have signed Capitals 2019 fifth-round draft pick Martin Has to an AHL contract for the 2022-23 season.
Has played the majority of his hockey over the past three seasons in both the QMJHL and OHL with the North Bay Battalion, Guelph Storm, and Shawinigan Cataractes. The 21-year-old defenseman also represented Czechia at the 2021 World Junior Championship.
We've signed defender Martin Has to an AHL contract for the 2022-23 season. The 21-year-old was a fifth round selection of the Capitals in 2019.https://t.co/XKk1Vd1Hsa pic.twitter.com/hjSK8WCxin
— Hershey Bears (@TheHersheyBears) October 8, 2022
The Prague native was taken by the Caps 153rd overall in 2019. He was part of the same draft class as Connor McMichael, Brett Leason, and Aliaksei Protas. If he were to play an AHL game for the Bears this season it would be his professional debut.
The Capitals have not yet signed Has to an entry-level contract. He was part of the second major round of cuts at this year’s Training Camp.
Here’s the full press release from the Hershey Bears:
BEARS INK MARTIN HAS TO AHL DEAL
(Hershey, PA- October 7, 2022) – The Hershey Bears, the American Hockey League affiliate of the Washington Capitals, announced today that the club has signed defenseman Martin Has to an AHL contract for the 2022-23 season. The announcement was made by Hershey’s vice president of hockey operations Bryan Helmer.
Has, 21, appeared in 57 games last season for the Shawinigan Cataractes of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, scoring 20 points (8g, 12a). He also collected an additional six points (2g, 4a) over 16 postseason appearances as Shawinigan claimed a QMJHL championship.
The native of Prague, Czech Republic also played 21 games in the Ontario Hockey League in 2019-20 with North Bay and Guelph, posting six assists. The 6’4″, 207-pound defender was selected in the fifth round, 153rd overall, in the 2019 NHL Draft by Washington.
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