NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Nashville Predators have signed defenseman Marc Del Gaizo to a three-year, entry-level deal fresh off helping UMass Amherst win the national championship.
General manager David Poile announced the deal, that starts with the 2021-22 season, on Tuesday.
Del Gaizo, 21, helped UMass Amherst win its first NCAA Division I national championship last weekend. The 5-foot-10, 181-pound defenseman had 14 points in 27 games as a junior, and he had two assists with a plus-4 rating in four NCAA Tournament games.
The Predators drafted Del Gaizo in 2019 at No. 109 overall in the fourth round. He finished his college career with 58 points in 90 games, and the native of Basking Ridge, New Jersey, helped the Minutemen to the national championship game in 2019 as a freshman. He spent two seasons with Muskegon in the USHL.
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