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Patrick Eaves Agrees To A Three-Year Deal With Anaheim

06/23/2017 at 7:38pm EDT

ANAHEIM, Calif. - The Anaheim Ducks announced today that the National Hockey League (NHL) club has signed right wing Patrick Eaves to a three-year contract extension through the 2019-20 NHL season. Per club policy, financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Eaves, 33 (5/1/84), scored 11-3=14 points with a +8 rating and eight penalty minutes (PIM) in 20 games with the Ducks last season after being acquired from Dallas in exchange for a conditional selection in the 2017 NHL Draft (first round) on Feb. 24. Eaves went on to record 2-2=4 points with six PIM in seven Stanley Cup Playoffs as he helped lead Anaheim to the 2017 Western Conference Final.

The 6-0, 200-pound forward combined for 32-19=51 points with 24 PIM in 79 games with the Ducks and Stars last season, setting single-season career highs in goals, assists, points and games. Eaves, who finished tied for sixth in the NHL in PPG (13) in 2016-17, also ranked tied for eighth among NHL leaders and led the Ducks in goals from Feb. 24 through the remainder of the regular season.

Selected by Ottawa in the first round (29th overall) of the 2003 NHL Draft, Eaves has collected 131-110=241 points with a +8 rating and 206 PIM in 624 career NHL games with Ottawa (2005-08), Carolina (2007-09), Detroit (2009-14), Nashville (2013-14), Dallas (2014-17) and Anaheim (2016-17). He has also appeared in 83 career Stanley Cup Playoff games with the Senators, Hurricanes, Red Wings and Stars, earning 11-12=23 points with 45 PIM.

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