EDMONTON, AB – The Edmonton Oilers acquired defenseman Ronnie Attard from the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for defenseman Ben Gleason.

The 25-year-old was Philadelphia’s third-round pick (74th overall) in the 2019 NHL Draft and spent the last two seasons and the first seven games of this campaign with the AHL’s Lehigh Valley Phantoms, recording 59 points (22 goals) in 123 career games for the Flyers’ AHL affiliate.

Attard has 29 career NHL games, recording two goals and four assists with the Flyers after making his debut in 2021-22 following the conclusion of his NCAA career with Western Michigan University.

Attard will report on the club’s AHL affiliate, the Bakersfield Condors.