ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Anaheim Ducks have signed veteran defenseman Francois Beauchemin (boh-sheh-MEH) to a three-year contract extension worth $10.5 million.
Anaheim announced the deal Friday, keeping Beauchemin off the free-agent market this summer.
Beauchemin is in his seventh full NHL season, playing briefly in Montreal and Columbus before a trade sent him to the Ducks in November 2005. He won the Stanley Cup with Anaheim in 2007.
Beauchemin signed with Toronto as a free agent in 2009, but the Ducks reacquired Beauchemin on Feb. 9 last year, giving up high-scoring forward Joffrey Lupul and top prospect Jake Gardiner.
The 31-year-old Beauchemin is Anaheim’s top-scoring defenseman this season with six goals and 12 assists. He scored two goals on Wednesday in the Ducks’ sixth win in seven games after a miserable start.
