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RED WINGS AND FORWARD PATRICK EAVES

AGREE TO TERMS ON THREE-YEAR DEAL

...Veteran Grinder to Remain in Hockeytown Through 2013-14…

Detroit... Detroit Red Wings General Manager Ken Holland today announced the club has agreed to terms with forward Patrick Eaves on a three-year contract.  In accordance with team policy, additional terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Eaves, 27, was originally a first round pick (29^th overall) of the Ottawa Senators in the 2003 National Hockey League Entry Draft.  He spent his first four NHL campaigns playing for the Senators and Carolina Hurricanes before signing with Detroit for the start of the 2009-10 season.  In two seasons with the Red Wings, he has appeared in 128 games, registering 25 goals and 17 assists for 42 points, and has become an integral part of Detroit’s penalty-killing unit.  In 370 career NHL games, Eaves has 70 goals and 62 assists for 132 points.

Eaves was a finalist for the 2005 Hobey Baker Memorial Award as the top player in college hockey.  He played three seasons with the Boston College Eagles of Hockey East from 2002-03 through 2004-05.

RED WINGS AND DEFENSEMAN JONATHAN ERICSSON

AGREE TO TERMS ON THREE-YEAR DEAL

...New Contract Keeps Swedish Blue-liner in Detroit Through 2013-14 Season…

Detroit, MI... Detroit Red Wings General Manager Ken Holland announced today that the club has agreed to terms with defenseman Jonathan Ericsson on a three-year contract.  In accordance with team policy, additional terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Ericsson, 27, appeared in a career-high 74 games for the Red Wings last season, finishing with a career-best 15 points (3-12-15) and leading the team with 87 PIM.  He also tied for the team lead with three fighting majors.  Ericsson has played in 163 career NHL games, registering nine goals and 24 assists for 33 points and 150 PIM.  In 45 postseason contests with Detroit, he has 13 points (5-8-13) and 37 PIM.

“Jonathan Ericsson has made significant strides with us over the last three years,” said Holland.  “We believe in his abilities, we like the physical dimension that he brings to our team and we look for his continued progression as a player over the next few seasons as he enters into the prime of his career.”

Ericsson was Detroit’s ninth-round selection in the 2002 National Hockey League Entry Draft.  He was the final player chosen at 291^st overall.  The Karlskrona, Sweden, native began his North American professional career with the Grand Rapids Griffins in 2006-07.  He spent nearly two full seasons in Grand Rapids before making his NHL debut with the Red Wings on February 22, 2008, at Calgary.  He returned to Grand Rapids for 40 games the following season, before being recalled permanently by Detroit in 2009.  Ericsson appeared in the final 19 games for the Red Wings that season, registering four points (1-3-4) and 15 PIM.  His strong play continued into the 2009 postseason as he scored the game-winning goal in his playoff debut on April 16 vs. Columbus.  The 6-4, 220-pound rearguard appeared in 22 of 23 postseason games during Detroit’s run to the 2009 Stanley Cup Final, missing only one game in the Western Conference Finals vs. Chicago due to an emergency appendectomy.  Following the 2008-09 season, Ericsson was named the winner of the Detroit Sports Broadcasters Association Rookie of the Year Award.

RED WINGS SIGN DREW MILLER

TO TWO-YEAR CONTRACT

…  Former Michigan State Spartan Appeared

in 67 Games with Detroit last Season …

Detroit, MI… Detroit Red Wings General Manager Ken Holland today announced that the club has agreed to terms with veteran forward Drew Miller on a two-year contract.  In accordance with team policy, additional terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Miller skated in 67 games for the Red Wings last season, matching a career-high by netting 10 goals while dishing out 8 assists to finish the 2010-11 campaign with 18 points, 11 of which (6G-5A) were registered in his 18 intradivisional contests.  The 27-year-old native of Dover, N.J., also led all Detroit forwards in blocked shots last season with 58.

Originally selected by Anaheim in the sixth round (186^th overall) of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, Miller has recorded 26G-26A-52P-48PIM in 200 career games as a member of the Ducks, Lightning and Red Wings. Detroit acquired the 6’2”, 170-lb. right winger’s rights on a waiver wire claim from Tampa Bay on November 11, 2009. Prior to commencing his professional hockey career, Miller starred with the Michigan State Spartans for three seasons (2003-06), tallying 39G-47A-86P-18PIM in 125 total CCHA appearances. The Spartans named Miller their team M.V.P. upon the conclusion of his final collegiate season of 2005-06.

RED WINGS AND DEFENSEMAN IAN WHITE

AGREE TO TERMS ON A TWO-YEAR DEAL

Detroit, MI... Detroit Red Wings General Manager Ken Holland announced today that the club has agreed to terms on a two-year contract with defenseman Ian White.  In accordance with team policy, additional terms of the deal were not disclosed.

White, 27, was originally a sixth round-round pick (#191 overall) of the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2002 National Hockey League Entry Draft.  He spent two seasons in the Western Hockey League and three in the American Hockey League before making his NHL debut with Toronto in the 2005-06 season.  He was acquired by Calgary prior to the 2010 trade deadline, was traded to Carolina in November of 2010 and traded again prior to the 2011 trade deadline to San Jose where he spent the past two seasons. 

The Steinbach, Manitoba native has played in 401 regular season NHL games and saw his first Stanley Cup Playoff action in 2011 with San Jose.  White appeared in 17 playoff contests this year, tallying nine points on one goal and eight assists.  His firs career playoff goal came against the Red Wings in Game 2 of the Western Conference Semifinals.

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