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Ducks Sign Bertuzzi to Two-Year Deal
Monday, Jul. 2nd, 2007
ANAHEIM, Calif. – The Anaheim Ducks announced today that the National Hockey League (NHL) club has signed right wing Todd Bertuzzi to a two-year contract.
“Todd Bertuzzi is a hard-nosed, physical player and a proven goal-scorer,” said Anaheim Ducks Executive Vice President/General Manager Brian Burke. “Adding another imposing presence to our lineup with scoring touch is something we could not pass up.”
Bertuzzi, 32 (2/2/75), has played in 725 NHL games, scoring 226-314=540 points. The 6-3, 242-pound forward has scored 25-or-more goals on four occasions, including a career-high 46-51=97 points in 2002-2003. A two-time NHL All-Star and member of the Gold Medal-winning Canadian squad at the 2006 Winter Olympics, Bertuzzi spent the majority of his career with the Vancouver Canucks (1997-2006) before playing with Florida and Detroit last season.
In 2005-2006, Bertuzzi played all 82 games with Vancouver, scoring 25-46=71 points with 120 penalty minutes. He was traded to Florida with Bryan Allen and Alex Auld in exchange for Roberto Luongo, Lukas Krajicek and Florida’s sixth-round draft pick in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft on June 23, 2006. He missed the majority of last season with a back injury, playing in seven games with the Panthers (1-6=7 points) before being acquired by the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for Shawn Matthias and two conditional draft picks on Feb. 27, 2007. He played eight regular season games with Detroit (2-2=4 points) and added 3-4=7 points in 16 playoff contests.
A native of Sudbury, Ontario, Bertuzzi was drafted by the New York Islanders in the first round (23rd overall) of the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. He was acquired by Vancouver from the Islanders with Bryan McCabe and a third-round draft pick in the1998 Entry Draft in exchange for Trevor Linden on Feb. 6, 1998. He was selected as a First Team All Star in 2003 and played in the NHL All-Star Game in 2003 and 2004.
“Todd Bertuzzi is a hard-nosed, physical player and a proven goal-scorer,” said Anaheim Ducks Executive Vice President/General Manager Brian Burke. “Adding another imposing presence to our lineup with scoring touch is something we could not pass up.”
Bertuzzi, 32 (2/2/75), has played in 725 NHL games, scoring 226-314=540 points. The 6-3, 242-pound forward has scored 25-or-more goals on four occasions, including a career-high 46-51=97 points in 2002-2003. A two-time NHL All-Star and member of the Gold Medal-winning Canadian squad at the 2006 Winter Olympics, Bertuzzi spent the majority of his career with the Vancouver Canucks (1997-2006) before playing with Florida and Detroit last season.
In 2005-2006, Bertuzzi played all 82 games with Vancouver, scoring 25-46=71 points with 120 penalty minutes. He was traded to Florida with Bryan Allen and Alex Auld in exchange for Roberto Luongo, Lukas Krajicek and Florida’s sixth-round draft pick in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft on June 23, 2006. He missed the majority of last season with a back injury, playing in seven games with the Panthers (1-6=7 points) before being acquired by the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for Shawn Matthias and two conditional draft picks on Feb. 27, 2007. He played eight regular season games with Detroit (2-2=4 points) and added 3-4=7 points in 16 playoff contests.
A native of Sudbury, Ontario, Bertuzzi was drafted by the New York Islanders in the first round (23rd overall) of the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. He was acquired by Vancouver from the Islanders with Bryan McCabe and a third-round draft pick in the1998 Entry Draft in exchange for Trevor Linden on Feb. 6, 1998. He was selected as a First Team All Star in 2003 and played in the NHL All-Star Game in 2003 and 2004.
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