KINGS SIGN FREE AGENT LEFT WING KYLE CALDER TO A TWO-YEAR CONTRACT

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Kings have signed free agent left wing Kyle Calder to a two-year contract, Kings President/General Manager Dean Lombardi announced today. Per club policy, terms of the agreement were not announced.

Calder, 28, has played seven NHL seasons - six with the Chicago Blackhawks (1999-06) - and this past season with both the Philadelphia Flyers and Detroit Red Wings. In 397 career regular season games, he has 245 points (99-146=245) and 242 penalty minutes. In 18 career playoff games, he has three points (2-1=3), 10 penalty minutes and a plus-1 rating.

This past season, Calder recorded 21 points (9-12=21) and 36 penalty minutes in 59 games with Philadelphia. He was acquired by Detroit in a three-team deal that also included Chicago on February 27, 2006, and in 19 games with the Red Wings, he recorded 14 points (5-9=14), 22 penalty minutes and a plus-6 rating.

Calder also recorded one assist, eight penalty minutes and a plus-1 rating in 13 playoff games as he helped lead the Red Wings to the Western Conference Finals this past postseason.

Calder, who established new career highs for goals (26) and points (59) with Chicago in 2005-06, is a two-time 20-goal scorer in the NHL who has averaged 77 games played over his last five NHL seasons. The 5-11, 180-pound native of Mannville, Alberta, was originally selected by Chicago in the fifth-round (130th overall) in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft.

Internationally, Calder has played for his native Canada at the World Championships in 2006, 2003 (gold medal) and 2002, and at the World Junior Championships in 1999 (silver medal).

Prior to turning pro, Calder played with both Kamloops and Regina in the Western Hockey League (WHL) from 1995-99.

Kyle Calder's career regular season and playoff stats:

--- Regular Season --- ---- Playoffs ----
Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
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1995-96 Regina Pats WHL 27 1 7 8 10 11 0 0 0 0
1996-97 Regina Pats WHL 62 25 34 59 17 5 3 0 3 6
1997-98 Regina Pats WHL 62 27 50 77 58 2 0 1 1 0
1998-99 Regina Pats WHL 34 23 28 51 29 -- -- -- -- --
1998-99 Kamloops Blazers WHL 27 19 18 37 30 15 6 10 16 6
1999-00 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 74 14 22 36 43 9 2 2 4 14
1999-00 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 8 1 1 2 2 -- -- -- -- --
2000-01 Norfolk Admirals AHL 37 12 15 27 21 9 2 6 8 2
2000-01 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 43 5 10 15 14 -- -- -- -- --
2001-02 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 81 17 36 53 47 5 2 0 2 2
2002-03 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 82 15 27 42 40 -- -- -- -- --
2003-04 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 66 21 18 39 29 -- -- -- -- --
2004-05 Sodertalje SK SEL 12 5 1 6 6 10 5 1 6 2
2005-06 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 79 26 33 59 52 -- -- -- -- --
2006-07 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 59 9 12 21 36 -- -- -- -- --
2006-07 Detroit Red Wings NHL 19 5 9 14 22 13 0 1 1 8
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NHL Totals 437 99 146 245 242 18 2 1 3 10

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