Steelheads agree to terms with Maier

BOISE, Idaho – The Idaho Steelheads, ECHL affiliate of the Dallas Stars, announced that the club has signed goaltender Nolan Maier to a contract for the 2025-26 season.

Maie enters his fourth professional season, his first in Idaho after spending the last years splitting time in the American Hockey League and ECHL. Last season, under an AHL contract with Providence, he played one game for the Bruins while appearing in 22 games for their ECHL affiliate the Maine Mariners posting a 10-11-1 record with a 2.93 goals-against average and .897 save percentage.

The 24-year-old spent his first two professional seasons under an AHL contract with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms while also suiting up for their ECHL affiliate the Reading Royals. He has collectively appeared in 86 ECHL games with a 37-37-8 record with a 2.98 goals-against average and .889 save percentage while going 6-3-2 in 11 AHL games with a 2.88 goals-against average and .886 save percentage.

Prior to his professional career, the Yorkton, Saskatchewan native played parts of five seasons in the Western Hockey League from 2017-22 with the Saskatoon Blades where he went 122-72-18 in 216 games with a 2.89 goals-against average and .905 save percentage.