RED WINGS AND DEFENSEMAN MIKE COMMODORE
AGREE TO TERMS ON A ONE-YEAR DEAL
...Veteran Blue-liner Captured Stanley Cup with Carolina in 2006…
Commodore, 31, was originally a second-round pick (#42 overall) of the New Jersey Devils in the 1999 National Hockey League Entry Draft. He spent the past three seasons with the Columbus Blue Jackets, splitting time in 2010-11 between Columbus (20 games) and their American Hockey League affiliate, the Springfield Falcons (11 games). The Fort Saskatchewan, AB, native has played in 454 career games for the Devils, Calgary Flames, Carolina Hurricanes and Blue Jackets during his 10-year NHL career. Commodore’s career totals include 23 goals, 81 assists, 104 points and 645 penalty minutes. The 6-4, 225-lb. defenseman has also appeared in 53 career postseason games. He went to his first Stanley Cup Final as a member of the Calgary Flames in 2004. The Flames lost in seven games to the Tampa Bay Lightning. Commodore would return to the Final again in 2006 and helped the Carolina Hurricanes capture hockey’s ultimate prize with a seven-game series win over the Edmonton Oilers.
