Ducks Sign Stu Bickel to Three-Year Entry-Level Contract
Wednesday, Jul. 2nd, 2008
ANAHEIM, Calif. – The Anaheim Ducks announced today that the National Hockey League (NHL) club has signed collegiate free agent defenseman Stu Bickel to a three-year entry-level contract.
Bickel, 21 (10/6/86), played in his freshman season at the University of Minnesota in 2007-08, collecting 1-6=7 points. The 6-4, 215-pound blueliner competed in each of the Gopher’s 45 contests while leading the club with 92 penalty minutes (PIM).
A native of Chanhassen, MN, Bickel appeared in 84 United States Hockey League (USHL) games over three seasons, earning 2-11=13 points and 260 PIM. He led the USHL in PIM during the 2006-07 regular season and helped lead the Sioux Falls Stampede to the 2007 Clark Cup championship. Bickel played his senior season of prep hockey at Eden Prairie High School in Eden Prairie, MN, finishing second on the club with 16-25=41 points in 28 games.
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