The Tucson Roadrunners have added another goalie to the mix, signing Jesper Vikman to a one-year AHL contract.
Vikman, 24, split the 2025-26 season between the Henderson Silver Knights in the AHL and the South Carolina Stingrays in the ECHL. In 18 AHL appearances with Henderson, he went 8-7-3 with a 3.41 goals-against average and a .866 save percentage. In one game with South Carolina, he posted a 1.75 GAA and a .929 save percentage.
Last season also brought a couple of career bests at the AHL level. Vikman set highs in minutes played with 1,089 and wins with eight.
Across parts of four AHL seasons with Henderson from 2022-26, the 6-foot-4, 205-pound goaltender has a 16-18-5 record with a 3.48 GAA, a .880 save percentage and one shutout in 41 career games.
His ECHL résumé is longer, stretching across parts of three seasons with South Carolina, the Tahoe Knight Monsters and the Savannah Ghost Pirates. In 58 career ECHL games, he has gone 31-23-2 with a 3.13 GAA and a .897 save percentage.
He has also played eight Kelly Cup Playoff games with Tahoe, finishing 4-4-0 with a 2.87 GAA and a .914 save percentage. During the 2024-25 regular season, he set ECHL career highs in games played with 42 and wins with 24.
Before turning pro, Vikman spent his final two junior seasons in the WHL with the Vancouver Giants from 2021-23. The Stockholm, Sweden, native was selected eighth overall by Vancouver in the 2021 Canadian Hockey League Import Draft and put together a 36-36-3-2 record with a 3.19 GAA and a .903 save percentage in 80 career games with the Giants. He also went 6-7-1 with a 3.97 GAA and a .896 save percentage in 14 WHL playoff games and earned a spot on the WHL (BC Division) First All-Star Team in 2023.
Vikman was originally drafted by the Vegas Golden Knights in the fifth round, 125th overall, of the 2020 NHL Draft.
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