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Sabres Sign Olofsson

The Buffalo Sabres have signed Victor Olofsson to a two-year contract after he scored a Swedish Hockey League-leading 27 goals last season.
Credit: Bruce Bennett
LAKE PLACID, NY - AUGUST 03: Victor Olofsson #12 of Team Sweden skates against USA White during the 2014 USA Hockey Junior Evaluation Camp at the Lake Placid Olympic Center on August 3, 2014 in Lake Placid, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - The Buffalo Sabres have signed Victor Olofsson to a two-year contract after he scored a Swedish Hockey League-leading 27 goals last season.

Olofsson was selected by the Sabres in the seventh round of the 2014 draft. The forward has spent the past three seasons in the SHL, collecting 50 goals and 49 assists in 150 regular-season games. Overall, Olofsson had 60 goals and 117 points in 200 games.

He is coming off a career-best season in which he finished with 43 points in 50 games during his second year with Frolunda HC.

The 22-year-old is listed at 5-foot-11 and 173 pounds.

The Sabres announced the agreement on Tuesday.

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