FISHERS- The Fuel announced on Tuesday that they have signed forward Sahil Panwar to a standard player contract for the upcoming 2025-26 season.
Panwar, 23, joins the Fuel from the Bloomington Bison, where he ended his season last year. With the Bison, he had three points in 15 games. Prior to that, Panwar played 42 games for the Chicago Wolves of the AHL.
During the 2023-24 season, he started in the AHL with the Hartford Wolf Pack, where he scored one goal in five games. He then went to the Cincinnati Cyclones, where he played 64 games, scoring 22 goals and tallying 32 assists.
Panwar, a 6’1 center, spent a considerable amount of time in the OHL before his professional career began. He played for the Hamilton Bulldogs and the Peterborough Petes in the 2022-2023 season. He played 34 games for each team, tallying 17 points for the Petes and 52 for the Bulldogs.
The Mississauga native scored 44 points in 57 games for the Flint Firebirds during the 2021-22 season as well.
In 2019, he was with the London Knights when they were the U17 Development Camp Tournament Champions. In the 2017-2018 season, he played on the Honeybaked 16U AAA team, which won the HPHL 16U Championship. In that season, he played in 50 games, scoring 23 goals and 39 assists.
VIEW PANWAR’S CAREER STATS HERE
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