The St. Louis Blues saw forward Danny Kristo put up an impressive 48 points through 71 regular season games for their AHL affiliate, the Chicago Wolves, last season.

As a result, they’re bringing him back into the minor league system for another year.

Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports reported on Monday evening that Kristo, a former second round draft pick of the Montreal Canadiens, has inked a contract extension with St. Louis to return to their organization next year. Per Lavoie, the deal is two-way in nature, and will pay out $575,000 at the NHL level.

A native of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, the 26-year-old Kristo played for the US National Development program prior to being drafted by Montreal in 2008. At that point, he moved to play for the USHL’s Omaha Lancers for a year, then spent the subsequent four seasons with the University of North Dakota before ultimately going pro in 2013.

The Canadiens would ultimately trade Kristo to the New York Rangers after he played just nine AHL games with the team’s then-affiliate, the Hamilton Bulldogs. He’d then stay with them until the summer of 2015, when he’d head to where he is now – with the AHL’s Chicago Wolves as a part of St. Louis’ system.

Kristo boasts two bronze medals at the international level – one with the U18 World Juniors team and one with the men’s Team USA roster – and one gold medal, playing with the U20 World Juniors team. To this point, though, he’s never played at the NHL level – so for now, expect his contributions within St. Louis’ depth chart to remain minor league in nature.