TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed forward Dylan Duke to a three-year NHL contract, executive vice president and general manager Julien Brisebois announced today. The contract begins in the 2024-25 season and extends through the 2026-27 season. Duke is scheduled to report to Syracuse this week to participate in AHL amateur tryouts for the remainder of the Crunch season.
Duke, 21, just completed his junior season at the University of Michigan, where he served as an alternate captain and was named to the All-B1G Ten second team after a year in which he scored 26 goals and 49 points in 41 games. Duke scored two goals, including the game-winning goal, and added an assist in the Wolverines’ 5-2 win over Michigan State, earning a spot in the Frozen Four before defeating Boston College in the national tournament. They lost and were eliminated from the NCAA Tournament. semifinal.
Duke, a native of Strongsville, Ohio, played in 123 games during his three years at the University of Michigan, scoring 54 goals and 100 points. Before he arrived at Michigan, he participated in the U.S. National Team Development Program for two years, appearing in 105 games and scoring 58 goals and 39 assists for 97 points. He averaged 12 minutes, 19 seconds on the ice, had one goal and four assists in seven games, and led the United States to a bronze medal at the 2023 World Junior Championships. The 5-foot-10, 181-pound Duke also scored three goals in five games for Team USA at the 2021 World Under-18 Championship.
Duke was selected in the fourth round (126th Overall) Selected by the Lightning in the 2021 NHL Draft.
