INDIANAPOLIS - The Indy Fuel announced today that they have signed forward Chase Lang to a standard player contract for the upcoming 2023-24 season.
Last season, Lang played 45 games for the Fuel where he tallied 20 points and 97 penalty minutes. In the playoffs, he had three points in four games and went +2.
During the 2021-22 season, the Nanaimo, Canada native played eight games for the Fuel where he scored three points after being traded from the Norfolk Admirals where he scored 28 points in 43 games. That season, Lang also registered two games for the Chicago Wolves of the AHL.
Prior to joining the Fuel, the 6’1" centerman played for the Jacksonville Icemen during the 2019-20 season where he led the team in scoring with 48 points in 57 games.
Before going pro, Lang skated in 189 games between the 2012-13 and 2015-16 seasons for the Calgary Hitmen of the Western Hockey League (WHL) tallying 99 total points (41 goals, 58 assists). In 2015-16 he went to the Vancouver Giants also of the WHL where he went on to notch 56 points (25 goals, 31 assists) in 55 games.
Lang was drafted by the Minnesota Wild in the sixth round of the 2014 NHL Draft (#167 overall) and played 34 games between the 2015-16 and 2017-18 seasons with their AHL affiliate, the Iowa Wild.
Lang on returning to the Indy Fuel:
VIEW LANG’S CAREER STATS HERE
This is the Fuel’s ninth signing for the 2023-24 season. Lang joins forwards Matus Spodniak, Andrew Bellant, Sam Ruffin and Darby Llewellyn, and defensemen Trevor Zins, Luke McInnis, Chris Cameron and Santino Centorame.
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