IOWA WILD SIGNS ARTHUR KALIYEV TO PTO
Oct 29, 2026DES MOINES, Iowa – Iowa Wild General Manager and Alternate Governor Matt Hendricks today announced the American Hockey League (AHL) club signed forward Arthur Kaliyev to a professional try-out contract (PTO).
Kaliyev, 25 (6/26/2001), recorded 68 points (40-28=68), 30 penalty minutes (PIM), and a minus-13 rating in 70 games with the Belleville Senators in 2025-26. The 6-foot-2, 212-pound native of Tashkent, Uzbekistan, also posted an assist in two games with the Ottawa Senators last season. Kaliyev owns 76 points (38-38=76), 65 PIM, and a minus-10 rating in 204 NHL games with the Los Angeles Kings (2020-24), New York Rangers (2024-25), and Ottawa Senators (2025-26). He has also recorded 101 points (55-46=101), 62 PIM, and a minus-11 rating in 115 AHL games with the Ontario Reign (2020-21, 2024-25) and Belleville Senators (2025-26).
Prior to his professional career, Kaliyev recorded 248 points (126-122=248), 70 PIM, and a minus-3 rating across 192 OHL games with the Hamilton Bulldogs (2017-20), where he won an OHL championship (2017-18) and was selected to the OHL First All-Star Team (2019-20). Kaliyev also skated twice for Team USA at the IIHF World Junior Championship and won a gold medal in 2021.
Kaliyev was originally selected in the second round (#33 overall) of the 2019 NHL Draft by the Los Angeles Kings. He will wear sweater No. 34 with Iowa.
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