Oilers sign Connor Ungar after strong Bakersfield Condors run

Connor Ungar’s Bakersfield surge earned him another look from Edmonton, and the Oilers are making the most of it. The 24-year-old Calgary native signed a one-year, two-way contract with an $850,000 average annual value after posting a 9-2-2 record, a 2.51 goals-against average and a .923 save percentage in 13 games for the Condors.

The timing says plenty about what Edmonton thinks it has in Ungar. This is not just emergency depth, it is a bet on a goalie who kept climbing after a season that began in the ECHL and ended with him forcing his way into Bakersfield’s plans. Ungar first signed with Edmonton after his rookie season at Brock University in 2024, and since then he has shown the kind of bounce between leagues that can either expose a goalie or sharpen him.

His 2025-26 path was the latter. Ungar opened with the Greensboro Gargoyles, going 2-1-1 with a 1.42 GAA and a .945 save percentage in four games, including a shutout against Tahoe. He was recalled to Fort Wayne on November 20, won both starts for the Komets, then was assigned to Orlando on November 28. In 19 games with the Solar Bears, he went 7-8-3 with a 2.66 GAA and a .913 save percentage, and his December 7 debut at Savannah turned into a 37-save shutout in front of 7,485 fans.

That run set up the Bakersfield work that made Edmonton’s decision feel inevitable. Once he got into the Condors’ net in mid-December, Ungar showed the kind of AHL stability that clubs value in a crowded depth chart: 789 minutes played, 393 saves, 33 goals against and one shutout. His first AHL shutout came January 11, when he stopped 25 shots in a 3-0 win over Ontario, a clean, controlled performance that matched the numbers.

For Bakersfield, the move matters because it keeps an effective goalie in the system rather than simply passing him along as a short-term stopgap. Ungar is listed at 6-foot-1 and 196 pounds, catches left, and his Brock résumé still stands out: a 20-6-0 regular-season record in 2023-24, a program record, 234 saves in 445.44 minutes and major U SPORTS and OUA West honors. Edmonton is not just adding insurance here. It is buying another path to the NHL, and giving Bakersfield another goalie whose best work suggests the runway may still be getting longer.