VEGAS (October 4, 2024) – General manager of Vegas Golden Knights Kelly McCrimmon announced today, October 4, that the team has signed up Tanner Pearson to a one-year contract for the 2024-25 NHL season with an average annual value of $775,000. Pearson previously participated in the team’s training camp on a professional tryout agreement.

Pearson, 32, has played in four of Vegas’ five preseason games, scoring three points (2 G, 1 A) with a +4 rating. Pearson previously spent parts of 11 seasons in the NHL, playing a total of 644 games for the Los Angeles Kings, Pittsburgh Penguins, Vancouver Canucks and Montreal Canadiens. The forward played in 54 games with the Canadiens last year and recorded 13 points (5 G, 8 A). Prior to his time in Montreal, Pearson played five seasons in Vancouver and recorded a career-high 45 points (21 G, 24 A) during the shortened 2019-20 season. The Kitchener, Ontario native began his NHL career with the Kings and totaled 144 points (69 G, 75 A) in 325 games over six seasons in Los Angeles, three of which came with defenseman Brayden McNabb.

Pearson has additional experience in 51 games during the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The winger helped the Kings win the Stanley Cup in 2014 when he earned 12 points (4 G, 8 A) in 24 of the club’s 26 games during the postseason run. Pearson was drafted in the first round by the Kings (30^e overall) of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft.

Tanner PearsonCome on
Place of Birth: Kitchener, ON
Height: 6-1
Weight: 207 pounds.
Age: 32
Shoot: left
Notes:
-Played in each of the first four preseason games in Vegas and collected three more points (2 G, 1 A) with a +4 rating
-Spent parts of 11 seasons in the NHL, totaling 644 games with the Los Angeles Kings, Pittsburgh Penguins, Vancouver Canucks and Montreal Canadiens
-Spent last season with Montreal playing in 54 games while scoring 13 points (5 G, 8 A)
-Collected a career-high 45 points (21 G, 24 A) during the shortened 2019-2020 campaign with the Canucks
-Has experience in 51 postseason games and won the Stanley Cup with Los Angeles in 2014
-Drafted by Los Angeles in the first round (30^e overall) of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft

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