The Ottawa Senators have signed defenceman Lance Ward and right-winger Jeff Hereema to one-year contracts.
Ward, 27, split the 2003-04 season between the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and their American Hockey League affiliate, the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks. In 209 career NHL games with Anaheim and the Florida Panthers, he has recorded four goals, 12 assists, 16 points and 391 penalty minutes.
Heerema, 25, played with the Manitoba Moose in 2004-2005, scoring 44 points in 80 games. He has six points in 32 career NHL games after getting drafted by Carolina in the first round of the 1998 draft.