Red Wings sign defenseman Mike Commodore to a 1-year deal

**Admin** Fri Jul 01, 2011 8:05 pm

Detroit Red Wings General Manager Ken Holland announced 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.

Mike Commodore, Defense

Born Nov 7 1979 -- Fort Saskatchewan, ALTA

Height 6.04 -- Weight 225 -- Shoots R

Selected by New Jersey in the second round (#42 overall) of the 1999 NHL Entry Draft

--- Regular Season --- ---- Playoffs ----

Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM

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2000-01 New Jersey Devils NHL 20 1 4 5 14 -- -- -- -- --

2000-01 Albany River Rats AHL 41 2 5 7 59 -- -- -- -- --

2001-02 New Jersey Devils NHL 37 0 1 1 30 -- -- -- -- --

2001-02 Albany River Rats AHL 14 0 3 3 31 -- -- -- -- --

2002-03 Calgary Flames NHL 6 0 1 1 19 -- -- -- -- --

2002-03 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 61 2 9 11 210 -- -- -- -- --

2002-03 Saint John Flames AHL 7 0 3 3 18 -- -- -- -- --

2003-04 Calgary Flames NHL 12 0 0 0 25 20 0 2 2 19

2003-04 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 37 5 11 16 75 -- -- -- -- --

2004-05 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 73 6 29 35 175 11 1 2 3 18

2005-06 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 72 3 10 13 138 25 2 2 4 33

2006-07 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 82 7 22 29 113 -- -- -- -- --

2007-08 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 41 3 9 12 74 -- -- -- -- --

2007-08 Ottawa Senators NHL 26 0 2 2 26 4 0 2 2 0

2008-09 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 81 5 19 24 100 4 0 0 0 18

2009-10 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 57 2 9 11 62 -- -- -- -- --

2010-11 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 20 2 4 6 44 -- -- -- -- --

2010-11 Springfield Falcons AHL 11 0 2 2 20 -- -- -- -- --

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NHL Totals 454 23 81 104 645 53 2 6 8 70