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The Philadelphia Flyers announced the club has signed defenseman Emil Andrae to a three-year entry-level contract beginning with the 2023-24 season, according to Interim General Manager, Daniel Briere. Andrae is currently with Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League (AHL) on an AHL try-out basis for the remainder of the 2022-23 season.

Andrae, 21 (2/23/02), collected 26 points (6-20=26), three power-play goals (PPG) and 67 penalty minutes (PIM) in 51 games this season with HV71 of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). The 5-foot-9, 191-pound native of Vastervik, Sweden, ranked T-1st on the team in blocked shots (42), second in PPG and average time on ice (20:29), third in assists, fourth in hits (48) and fifth in points. The left-shot blueliner recorded seven points (1-6=7) in a four-game point streak from Dec. 3-17 and tied the team record for most assists in a game by a defenseman with four on Dec. 3 against Rogle. He registered three multi-point games this season and scored his sole game-winning goal vs. Malmo on Feb. 4. Andrae made his professional debut with Lehigh Valley on March 25 at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and tallied his first career assist. He owns two helpers in two games with the Phantoms.

Andrae registered 33 points (6-27=33) in 92 career games with HV71 in three seasons (2019-21, 2022-23). Internationally, he has represented Sweden at the 2021 and 2022 World Junior U-20 Championships and earned a bronze medal at the 2019 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge and at the 2019 Hlinka-Gretzky Cup.

Andrae was selected by the Flyers in the second round (54th overall) of the 2020 NHL Draft.