The St. Louis Blues have assigned goalie Joel Hofer to the Swift Current Broncos.

The Winnipeg native had a 2.61 goals-against average and a .916 save percentage in 19 games for the Broncos as a rookie last season, and was taken in the fourth round at 107 by St. Louis in this past summer's NHL Entry Draft.

Hofer's got size - at 6 foot 3 - and is expected to have a significantly larger workload this season for the defending WHL champions.