Coyotes Ink Defenseman Aucoin To 1-Year Deal

July 3, 2009 3:09 p.m. EST

Phoenix, AZ (AHN) - The Phoenix Coyotes bolstered their young blueline Thursday after the signing of veteran defenseman Adrian Aucoin to a one-year deal.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed per team policy.

Aucoin, 35, logged 10-24-34 with 46 penalty minutes in 81 contests in his second and last season with the Calgary Flames.

The 6-foot-2, 212-pound Aucoin also ranked second among Flames defensemen in terms of goal (10), assists (24) and points (34).

He averaged more than 22 minutes per game in Calgary last season.

In 14 seasons, Aucoin appeared in 851 career NHL games with Vancouver, Tampa Bay, New York Islanders, Chicago and Calgary, amassing 108 goals, 336 points and 627 penalty minutes.