RELEASE: Oilers sign Gaetan Haas to contract extension

EDMONTON, AB - The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Gaetan Haas to a one-year contract extension through the 2020-21 season.

Haas, 28, has appeared in 58 games with the Oilers, posting 10 points (5G, 5A), six penalty minutes and a -1 plus/minus rating to date in his first season in North America.

The 6'0", 181-pound forward scored his first National Hockey League goal on November 4 versus Arizona and posted a season high in ice time (13:11) on February 13 against Tampa Bay. He also ranks sixth among Oilers forwards in hits (68) and fifth in blocked shots (28).

Haas won silver with Switzerland at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games, and has played in four World Hockey Championships, two World Junior Hockey Championships (including in 2012 in Alberta) and two World U18 Hockey Championships.

A native of Bonfol, Switzerland, Haas was originally signed by the Oilers as an undrafted free agent on July 2, 2019.