Hugo Ollas | |
Birth Date: | 24 April 2002 |
Birth Place: | Linköping, Sweden |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 8 |
Weight Lb: | 238 |
Position: | Goaltender |
Catches: | Left |
League: | NHL |
Team: | New York Rangers |
Prospect Team: | Hartford Wolf Pack |
Prospect League: | AHL |
Former Teams: | Linköping HC |
Draft: | 197th overall |
Draft Team: | New York Rangers |
Draft Year: | 2020 |
Career Start: | 2021 |
Hugo Ollas (born 24 April 2002) is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender for the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect to the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He played in two games for Linköping HC of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) in the 2020–21 season. Ollas was drafted by the Rangers in the seventh round, 197th overall, of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft.[1] [2]
At tall, Ollas is larger than most goaltenders. Going into the 2020 draft, he was taller than any goaltender playing in the NHL. He was considered by The Hockey Writers to be "a rough goalie prospect with an incredibly high ceiling.[3]
Ollas was named the Hockey East goaltender of the month for November 2022, after posting 96 saves for a .960 saves percentage for the Merrimack Warriors.[4]
Ollas made his North American professional debut for the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League (AHL) on 20 April 2024, in a 6–4 win against the Springfield Thunderbirds.[5]