Senior defenseman Josh Healey is headed home to Alberta. The Calgary Flames today announced an agreement between the club and the Edmonton native. He is the first of Ohio State’s 2016-17 senior class to ink a professional deal.
Healey has been on NHL scouts’ radar all season. Fully aware of the scrutiny, the blue liner posted a career year. He led all Buckeye defenders with 25 points (next on the list was Matt Joyaux with 11) and topped Ohio State’s shot blocking chart (72). Healey continued, as he has from the moment he first donned the block O in his freshman season, to set the physical tone for the Bucks each night.