Ducks sign Mike Brown to two-year extension.
The Ducks have secured restricted free agent Mike Brown with a two-year contract extension that will keep the gritty speedster in Anaheim through 2011. The one-way NHL contract will pay $500,000 next season and $575,000 in the second year.
Brown was acquired from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for defenseman Nathan McIver on February 4 and made an impression as a fourth-line right wing. The 23-year-old absorbed most of George Parros' minutes in the playoffs, where his open-ice hit on Jiri Hudler in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals padded his nasty reputation and drew calls for a suspension. He also became a valuable penalty-kill contributor in his first full NHL season; in the playoffs, he was second among Ducks forwards in short-handed time on ice (2:38 per game).
Brown had two goals, an assist, and 60 penalty minutes in 28 regular-season games following the trade, as well as two assists and 25 penalty minutes in 13 playoff games.
About J.P.
J.P. Hoornstra has been covering the Anaheim Ducks since 2007. Eight months after the University of Wisconsin won its third NCAA hockey championship, he was born in a frigid Madison winter. He betrayed his blue-blooded beginnings by graduating from UCLA in 2003, and welcomes any and all dialogue on the finer points of hockey.
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