The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed forward Owen Sillinger to a one-year, two-way National Hockey League/American Hockey League contract extension for the 2025-26 season, club President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Don Waddell announced today.
Sillinger, 27, made his NHL debut with the Blue Jackets on Jan. 9, 2025 vs. the Seattle Kraken, collecting two penalty minutes on 13:09 time on ice. Serving as an alternate captain with the AHL’s Cleveland Monsters, he registered 11 goals and 18 assists for 29 points with 18 penalty minutes in 44 games last season. He originally signed a one-year, two-way NHL/AHL contract with Columbus on July 1, 2024.
The 5-10, 182-pound center has notched 36-78-114 with 148 PIM and 349 shots on goal in 202 career AHL games over four seasons with the Monsters since making his professional debut in 2021-22. He set AHL career highs in goals, assists, points and penalty minutes with 11-29-40 and 66 PIM in 69 contests to rank third on the team in assists and points in 2023-24. He collected 3-3-6 in 14 appearances during Cleveland’s run to the Eastern Conference Finals in the 2024 Calder Cup Playoffs.
A native of Regina, Saskatchewan, Sillinger tallied 51-64-115 and 125 PIM in 134 career games over four seasons at Bemidji State University (CCHA) from 2018-22. Serving as team captain in 2021-22, he set NCAA career highs in his senior season with 17-30-47 in 39 games played. He also collected 66-87-153 in 171 career contests with the Penticton Vees in the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) from 2015-18.
