Red Wings forward Patrick Eaves agree to 3-year deal

Detroit Red Wings General Manager Ken Holland 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 (29th 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.




Patrick Eaves, Right Wing

Born May 1 1984 -- Calgary, ALTA

Height 6.00 -- Weight 188 Selected by Ottawa in the first round (#29 overall) of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft

--- Regular Season --- ---- Playoffs ----Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2005-06 Binghamton Senators AHL 18 5 8 13 10 -- -- -- -- --

2005-06 Ottawa Senators NHL 58 20 9 29 22 10 1 0 1 10

2006-07 Ottawa Senators NHL 73 14 18 32 36 7 0 2 2 2

2007-08 Ottawa Senators NHL 26 4 6 10 6 -- -- -- -- --

2007-08 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 11 1 4 5 4 -- -- -- -- --

2008-09 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 74 6 8 14 31 18 1 2 3 13

2009-10 Detroit Red Wings NHL 65 12 10 22 26 8 0 0 0 2

2010-11 Detroit Red Wings NHL 63 13 7 20 14 11 3 1 4 6-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NHL Totals 370 70 62 132 139 54