After he was unable to make the Tampa Bay Lightning roster on a tryout contract, veteran goaltender Ray Emery is getting another opportunity to play professional hockey this season.
It just won't be in the NHL at the moment.
The AHL's Ontario Reign, the AHL affiliate of the Los Angeles Kings, announced on Saturday that Emery has signed a professional tryout contract with the team.
Emery, 33, spent the past two seasons serving as Steve Mason's backup with the Philadelphia Flyers and appeared in 31 games during the 2014-15 season. The team elected not to re-sign him after the season, one of Emery's worst in the NHL, and allowed him to hit the unrestricted free agent market where he remained unsigned until he was given a tryout deal with the Lightning. The Lightning brought him for a look after their backup, Andrei Vasilevskiy was sidelined with an injury in training camp. They instead acquired Kevin Poulin to be the backup to Ben Bishop.
In 287 career games at the NHL level Emery has a 145-86-28 record with the Ottawa Senators, Anaheim Ducks, Chicago Blackhawks and Flyers.
He last played in the AHL during the 2010-11 season when he appeared in five games for the Syracuse Crunch.
