The <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/tampa-bay-lightning/line-combinations">Tampa Bay Lightning</a> have signed unrestricted free agent goaltender Ryan Fanti to a one-year contract, according to <a href="https://x.com/PuckPedia/status/1929706914210107450">PuckPedia</a>.



Earlier this season, Fanti attended Lightning training camp on a tryout basis before later joining the minor-league affiliated Syracuse Crunch. With the AHL club, the 6-foot-3 goaltender saw seven appearances in which he went 3-1-0 while posting a .946 save percentage and 1.45 goals-against average.



Beyond the Crunch, the majority of Fanti’s playing time came with the ECHL’s Orlando Solar Bears where through 37 outings he posted an 18-13-5 showing coupled with a .907 save percentage, 2.71 goals-against average, and one shutout. Fanti then put up a strong showing in the postseason where through four contests he compiled a .935 save percentage with a 2.08 goals-against average.



A 25-year-old native of Thunder Bay, Ont., Fanti has spent part of four seasons in the AHL where through 16 total appearances he is 4-6-1 with a .907 save percentage and 2.85 goals-against average. Fanti is also 42-35-6 through three seasons and 88 outings in the ECHL in which he has registered a .903 save percentage, 3.02 goals-against average, and three shutouts.<div class="injected-ad injected-video" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="0" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="188"></div>



A graduate of the NCAA’s Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs, Fanti spent two seasons in the collegiate ranks from 2020-22 where through 57 appearances he found the win column on 31 occasions while coming up with a .921 save percentage, 2.01 goals-against average, and seven shutouts. In 2021-22, Fanti was recognized as the NCHC’s Goaltender of the Year after he went 20-12-4 with a .929 save percentage, 1.83 goals-against average, and seven shutouts.



An undrafted free agent, Fanti originally signed an entry-level contract with the <a href="https://oilersnation.com/">Edmonton Oilers</a> in 2022. Fanti then become an unrestricted free agent last June after he did not receiving a qualifying offer.



Per <a href="https://puckpedia.com/team/tampa-bay-lightning">PuckPedia</a>, Fanti becomes one of five goaltenders under contract with the Lightning next season, joining Andrei Vasilevskiy, Jonas Johansson, Brandon Halverson, and Harrison Meneghin.