BY IAN MENDES,
Sportsnet.ca
Matt Carkner’s storybook season with the Senators just keeps getting better.
The rugged defenseman, who grew up just outside of Ottawa, signed a two-year contract extension with the NHL club on Tuesday afternoon.
The 28-year-old came into training camp as a longshot to make the team, but his strong play has earned him a permanent spot on the blueline this season and beyond. The new contract Continue reading ‘Senators sign Carkner to two-year extension’
Schremp, the Oilers second choice, 25th overall, in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, spent the majority of last season with the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League. Appearing in 69 games for the Oilers??? top affiliate, he scored seven goals and 35 assists for 42 points.
Schremp saw action in four games for the Oilers last season collecting three assists, including scoring his first NHL point.
The 23-year-old New York Continue reading ‘Oilers re-sign Schremp to 1-yr deal’
BOSTON — The Boston Bruins signed head coach Claude Julien to a contract extension Friday.
Julien won the Jack Adams award last season as the NHL’s best coach for guiding the Bruins to the top of the Eastern Conference. Boston finished 53-19-10 for 116 points.
The Bruins are 94-48-22 in two seasons under Julien.
The Bruins have found success under Julien. The 49-year-old native of Blind River, Ont., led the team to the opening Continue reading ‘B’s sign Julien to multi-yr extension’
The Ottawa Senators announced Thursday they have signed free-agent goaltender Andy Chiodo to a one-year, two-way contract.
Chiodo, 26, spent last season with Dynamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League, where he posted a 6-11-3 record with a 3.66 goals-against average in 26 games.
Chiodo has played in eight career National Hockey League games, all of them during the 2003-04 season with the Pittsburgh Penguins, where he posted Continue reading ‘Sens sign former KHL goalie Chiodo’
DETROIT — Forward Jason Williams is returning to Detroit.
The Red Wings announced Thursday that Williams has signed a one-year contract worth US$1.5 million.
The 28-year-old free agent played 233 games with the club between the 2000-2001 season and the 2006-2007 season, posting 49 goals and 67 assists.
The native of London, Ont., last season played with the Atlanta Thrashers and Columbus Blue Jackets. He also has played Continue reading ‘Wings sign Williams to 1-yr deal’
VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks have re-signed right-winger Jannik Hansen to a contract, the NHL team said Wednesday.
Hansen, 23, had six goals and 15 assists in 55 games with the Canucks last season. He had one goal in two games played with the AHL Manitoba Moose.
The six-foot-one, 201-pound native of Herlev, Denmark, was taken 287th overall by the Canucks in the 2004 draft.
RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes have locked up Tuomo Ruutu for three seasons.
The Hurricanes said Thursday that they avoided arbitration with the physical forward by signing him to a deal worth US$11.4 million.
The 26-year-old Ruutu is coming off a regular season in which he had career highs with 26 goals, 28 assists and 54 points, then added a goal and three assists during the Hurricanes’ run to the Eastern Conference Continue reading ‘Canes sign Ruutu to new deal’
DENVER — Matt Duchene has his first professional hockey contract.
The Colorado Avalanche signed the third overall pick in this year’s draft to a three-year entry level deal Thursday.
Duchene was the highest draft pick for the Avalanche since the team moved to Colorado from Quebec in 1995.
“To be part of an NHL organization is something you always strive for as a kid,” said Duchene in a statement. “This is the first step, Continue reading ‘Avalanche sign No. 3 pick Duchene’
Last season, the 6-3, 196-pound centreman totaled 16 points (9 goals, 7 assists) and 12 penalty minutes in 31 games with Djurgardens IF of the Swedish Elite League, before a wrist injury forced him out of the lineup for the team???s last 24 regular-season games.
Engqvist, 21, concluded in 2008-09 his third complete season in the Swedish Elite League, having played a total of 126 games. Since joining Djurgarden IF in 2005-2006, the Continue reading ‘Habs sign Swedish F Engqvist’
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed defenceman Jay McKee to a one-year contract.
The team announced the move Friday. McKee had one goal and seven assists and 44 penalty minutes for the St. Louis Blues in 69 games last season.
The 31-year-old six-foot-four, 203-pound defenceman has played parts of 13 seasons in the NHL with the Blues and the Buffalo Sabres.
McKee has played 740 games in the NHL, with 20 goals, Continue reading ‘Penguins sign free agent McKee’
