Hershey Bears sign Garin Bjorklund to one-year AHL contract
Hershey added Garin Bjorklund for 2026-27, giving its crease another left-catching option after a year split between the Bears and Stingrays.
The Hershey Bears added Garin Bjorklund to their crease for 2026-27, signing the 24-year-old goaltender to a one-year AHL contract. Bryan Helmer, Hershey’s vice president of hockey operations, announced the deal.
Bjorklund is a 6-foot-2, 195-pound left-catching goalie from Grande Prairie, Alberta, and Washington selected him in the sixth round, 179th overall, of the 2020 NHL Draft. He split last season between Hershey and South Carolina. In 17 AHL appearances for the Bears in 2025-26, he went 5-9-3 with a 3.72 goals-against average, an .876 save percentage and one shutout. In eight games for the Stingrays, he went 5-2-0 with a 2.05 goals-against average, a .935 save percentage and one shutout, then added nine Kelly Cup Playoff appearances for South Carolina.
Bjorklund has played 19 career AHL games with Hershey, posting a 7-9-3 record, a 3.46 goals-against average, an .882 save percentage and one shutout. Across 65 career ECHL games with South Carolina, he has gone 41-17-4 with a 2.59 goals-against average, a .909 save percentage and three shutouts. He made his AHL debut on March 26, 2025, stopping 26 shots in a 4-1 win at Bridgeport, then returned to Hershey after the Capitals loaned him back to the club on Feb. 5, 2026.
The Bears open Oct. 3 against the Charlotte Checkers at GIANT Center at 6 p.m., the first game in a schedule that also includes a franchise-record seven-game homestand from Oct. 3 to Oct. 24.
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