Landon Bow (born August 24, 1995) is a Canadian professional

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currently playing for

Rytíři Kladno Rytíři Kladno ('' en, Kladno Knights'') is a Czech professional ice hockey team based in the city of Kladno. They are currently a member of the Czech Extraliga. The team president and owner is Jaromír Jágr, a former NHL player, who is current ...

of the

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(ELH). He has previously played for the

Dallas Stars The Dallas Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in Dallas. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division (NHL), Central Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference, and were founde ...

of the

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(NHL).

Playing career

Major junior

Bow was drafted 78th overall by the

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in the 2010 WHL Draft. After playing nearly four seasons with the Broncos, Bow was traded to the

Seattle Thunderbirds The Seattle Thunderbirds are a major junior ice hockey team based in the city of Kent, Washington, south of Seattle. They are part of the U.S. Division of the Western Conference in the Western Hockey League. They play their games at home in ac ...

in exchange for Jamal Watson, Taz Burman, and a conditional 2nd round WHL Bantam Draft pick.

Professional

As an undrafted free agent, Bow was signed by the

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of the

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(AHL) to a one-year contract for the 2016–17 season. During his rookie season, Bow split his time between the Stars and their ECHL team, the

Idaho Steelheads The Idaho Steelheads are an American professional minor league ice hockey team based in Boise, Idaho, and a member of the ECHL. The Steelheads play in the Mountain Division of the ECHL's Western Conference since the 2016–17 season. In 1996, th ...

. For his efforts, Bow was named to the ECHL All-Rookie Team. Following that season, Bow signed a two-year entry level NHL contract with the

on March 10, 2017. After attending the Stars training camp, he was assigned to the AHL to play out the 2017–18 season. Bow was called up once as a backup after starter

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was injured in January but was sent down to the AHL without making his debut. He helped guide the Texas Stars to the

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only to lose to the

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in seven games. Bow began the 2018–19 season in the AHL with the Texas Stars after being cut from the Dallas Stars training camp. After playing in 12 games, Bow was recalled to the NHL on November 21, 2018, where he made his NHL debut the following night by replacing starter

Anton Khudobin Anton Valerievich Khudobin (russian: Антон Валерьевич Худобин; born 7 May 1986) is a Kazakhstani-born Russian professional ice hockey goaltender for the Texas Stars of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract w ...

in a 5–1 loss to the

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. Bow saved all 14 shots he faced. Eight day later, after appearing in no more games, Bow was reassigned to the Texas Stars on November 29. An impending restricted free agent following the 2019–20 season, Bow was not tendered a qualifying offer by the Stars on October 7, 2020, and was released to free agency. However, he later signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Stars on October 24. As a free agent from the Dallas Stars, following his fifth season with the organization Bow left the club and signed his first contract abroad, agreeing to a one-year contract with Czech club Rytíři Kladno of the ELH on July 14, 2021.

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* 1995 births Living people Canadian ice hockey goaltenders Dallas Stars players Idaho Steelheads (ECHL) players Ice hockey people from Alberta Sportspeople from St. Albert, Alberta Seattle Thunderbirds players Swift Current Broncos players Texas Stars players Undrafted National Hockey League players {{Canada-icehockey-goaltender-stub