Canadian
goaltender Louis Domingue, 33, has been
released by Sibir Novosibirsk, the KHL club announced on Monday.
According to the
club’s website, “Domingue is leaving Sibir due to
family reasons.”
Family is a commonly cited reason for terminating a KHL contract.
During the 2024-25 season, Anton
Slepyshev, Linden
Vey, Tony
DeAngelo and Ryan
Merkley all left their teams on similar grounds – Vey and
DeAngelo resurfaced in other leagues shortly thereafter.
In 11
games for Sibir this season, Domingue had a goals-against average of
3.83 and a save percentage of .892. Sibir has the worst record in the
KHL’s Eastern Conference with seven wins in 21 games and the
third-worst record in the league.
Another Goalie Moves From NHL To KHL
Canadian goaltender Louis Domingue, 33, has signed a one-year
contract with Sibir Novosibirsk, the KHL club announced on Thursday.
Originally from Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Que., Domingue played junior
hockey for the Moncton Wildcats and Quebec Remparts of the QMJHL,
and was drafted in the fifth round, 138th overall, by the Phoenix
Coyotes in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.
Between 2014 and 2025, Domingue played 144 NHL regular-season
games and seven more in the playoffs for the Coyotes, Tampa
Bay Lightning, New Jersey
Devils, Vancouver
Canucks, Calgary
Flames, Pittsburgh
Penguins and New
York Rangers.
In the 2018-19 season with Tampa Bay, he played 26 games backing
up Andrei Vasilevskiy and posted a 21-5-0 record – including a run
of 11 straight wins – as the Lightning tied an NHL record with 62
regular-season wins (since broken).
After playing only two regular-season games for Pittsburgh in
2021-22, injuries to Tristan Jarry and Casey DeSmith forced Domingue
into the Penguins’ starting role during the playoffs. He entered
Game 1 of the first round in the second overtime period against the
Rangers and played in six of seven games that series, which
Pittsburgh lost.
In
each of the past two seasons, Domingue played one game and won for
the Rangers, but otherwise spent the rest of the time in the AHL.
