Coyotes sign free-agent centre Bracken Kearns to one-year, two-way contract

2010-07-27 19:01:00

GLENDALE, Ariz. - The Phoenix Coyotes have signed free-agent centre Bracken Kearns to a one-year, two-way contract.

Terms of the deal were not announced Tuesday.

The 29-year-old Kearns had 15 goals, 36 assists and 99 penalty minutes in 80 games last season for Rockford of the AHL.

He has played 266 career AHL games with Rockford, Norfolk, Milwaukee and Cleveland after four years at the University of Calgary.

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