RED WINGS TRADE DEFENSEMAN MIKE COMMODORE TO TAMPA BAY FOR CONDITIONAL DRAFT PICK

1:38 EST - Detroit, MI... Detroit Red Wings Executive Vice President and General Manager Ken Holland today announced that the club has traded veteran defenseman Mike Commodore to the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for a conditional draft pick.

Commodore, 32, was signed by the Red Wings as a free agent on July 1, 2011. He appeared in 17 games for Detroit this season, collecting two points (0-2-2), 21 PIM and a +3 rating. The Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, native has appeared in 471 career NHL games for the New Jersey Devils, Calgary Flames, Carolina Hurricanes, Ottawa Senators, Columbus Blue Jackets and Red Wings.

Mike Commodore, Defense

Born Nov 7 1979 -- Fort Saskatchewan, ALTA

Height 6.04 -- Weight 225 -- Shoots R

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RED WINGS AND DEFENSEMAN MIKE COMMODORE

AGREE TO TERMS ON A ONE-YEAR DEAL

...Veteran Blue-liner Captured Stanley Cup with Carolina in 2006…

Detroit, MI... Detroit Red Wings General Manager Ken Holland announced today that the club has signed defenseman Mike Commodore to a one-year contract.  In accordance with team policy, additional terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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.

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