Ducks recall Kyle Calder.
The Ducks have recalled left wing Kyle Calder from Bakersfield of the ECHL.
Calder, 30 scored six points points with a plus-4 rating in five games with the Condors. He was signed by Anaheim to a one-year contract and assigned to their ECHL affilaite on Oct. 28 after attending the Ducks' training camp on a tryout basis in September.
In four preseason games, Calder went scoreless with two penalty minutes. The Manville, Alberta native, who was released from his tryout on Sept. 26, spent the 2008-09 regular season with the Kings, recording eight goals and 27 points with 41 penalty in 74 games.
The Ducks are currently playing in Detroit without injured forwards Ryan Carter and Saku Koivu. Calder gives head coach Randy Carlyle another option to fill out his bottom six; defenseman Sheldon Brookbank had been filling in on the fourth line.
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