Kristoff Kontos Signs with Devils

Kontos in action against the Steelers last season (photo Panthers Images)The Cardiff Devils are pleased to confirm the signing of forward Kristoff Kontos for the upcoming 2025-26 season.

Kontos joins the Devils from their Elite League rivals, the Nottingham Panthers, where he scored 20 goals and 42 assists for 62 points in 67 games. He is an impressive playmaker that also has a great scoring touch.

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Kontos PLAYING IN CARDIFF last season (photo James Assinder)At 6’2” and 215 lbs, Kontos is the epitome of a power forward. He is strong on the puck and uses his size to get to the net, something that caught the eye of the Devils last season. Before playing in Europe, Kontos played four years at one of the top University programmes in Canada, St. Francis Xavier University, where he won back to back league championships in 2016 and 2017.

After graduation, he moved overseas to play for Gap in the top French league where he led the team in assists and finished second in overall points. The next season he moved to Sweden to play for Vimmerby HC, putting up 33 points in only 24 games before Covid cut the season short. Kontos in Sweden with Kristianstads IK (photo Imago)In 2020-21, he stayed in Sweden and lit the league up, scoring 23 goals and leading the league in assists with 39 and points with 62. The following season he moved up to the Allsvenskan league to join Kristianstads IK and again led his team in assists with 35 and points with 50.

He moved to Slovakia to play for HC Banska Bystrica in 2022-23 where he played on their top line and put up 17 goals and 30 assists in 57 games. He then moved back to Sweden to play for AIK in Stockholm in 2023-24 putting up 21 points in 33 games. Kontos celebrates a goal with AIK (photo Imago)Paul Thompson spoke about Kontos: