Kunyk, 23, was signed a couple weeks ago. He has 22 goals and 21 assists in 37 games with the University of Alaska-Fairbanks this year. He will slide in for Ondrej Palat who is out with a lower-body injury.
Kunyk, 23, skated in 37 games for the University of Alaska-Fairbanks Nanooks this season, posting 22 goals and 43 points to go along with 22 penalty minutes and a plus-13 rating. The 5-foot-11, 197-pound forward led the Nanooks in goals, points, power-play goals (six) and shorthanded goals (two). Kunyk was named the WCHA’s Player of the Year and to the First Team All-WCHA team. He also led the WCHA for scoring during the 2013-14 season.
