he signed an ahl contract with bakersfield condors on july 6, 2017, for the 2017–18 season and attended the edmonton oilers training camp on a professional tryout contract. after being cut from both the oilers and bakersfield condors training camp he was reassigned to the wichita thunder of the echl to begin the season. his demotion was short-lived however as he was called up to the ahl on november 16, 2017.