Ducks Sign Jason Marshall to One-Year Contract
Monday, Aug. 8th, 2005
ANAHEIM, Calif. – The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim announced today that the National Hockey League (NHL) club has agreed to terms with unrestricted free-agent defenseman Jason Marshall on a one-year contract.
Marshall, 34 (2/22/71), has appeared in 503 career NHL games, earning 16-47=63 points with 970 penalty minutes. He has played 347 games as a Mighty Duck, ranking second among skaters in all-time games played for the franchise. Marshall played 11 games in 2004-2005 for HC Lasselsberger of the Czech League, posting 1-3=4 points.
The 6-2, 200-pound blueliner has appeared in each of the last two Western Conference Finals series, facing Anaheim as a member of the Minnesota Wild in the 2003 playoffs and facing Calgary as a member of the San Jose Sharks in 2004.
A native of Cranbrook, B.C., Marshall was drafted by St. Louis in the first round (ninth overall) in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft. He was originally acquired by the Mighty Ducks from St. Louis on Aug. 29, 1994, in exchange for defenseman Bill Houlder.
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