The St. Louis Blues, in conjunction with the Chicago Wolves, announced Wednesday that center Pat Cannone has signed a contract for the 2015-16 season. This occurred one day after center Jeremy Welsh and right wing Cody Beach signed deals to stay with the organization.
The 28-year-old CANNONE played for the Wolves the last two seasons and delivered 30 goals and 51 assists in 125 regular-season games. The alternate captain centered Chicago’s top line throughout the 2014-15 season and paced the team with 33 assists while ranking second with 47 points. He also contributed 6 assists in 5 Calder Cup Playoff games as the Wolves took the Utica Comets to the limit in the Western Conference Quarterfinal.
WELSH produced 20 goals, 21 assists and a +8 plus/minus rating in 75 games for the Wolves during the 2014-15 regular season, which set career highs in every category for the 27-year-old Bayfield, Ontario, native. He added 1 goal and 1 assist during the playoffs. WELSH has posted 1 goal and 1 assist in 25 National Hockey League appearances.
BEACH has spent most of the last two seasons with the Wolves and notched 7 goals and 13 assists in 75 regular-season games. The 22-year-old forward picked up 210 penalty minutes in 41 games during 2014-15, which ranked as the franchise’s highest single-season total since Andre Deveaux’s 232 minutes in 2007-08.
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