PITTSBURGH (CP) - The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed free agent right-winger Mark Recchi to a three-year, $9-million US contract.
The 36-year-old from Kamloops, B.C., returns to the city where he won a Stanley Cup in 1991.
Recchi was drafted by the Penguins in the fourth round (67th overall) of the 1988 draft and he has kept a home there for several years while playing in other cities.
The third year of the deal is an option year at the mutual agreement of the club and player. His salary last season was $5 million US.
Recchi led the Philadelphia Flyers in goals, assists and points (26-49_75) while playing all 82 games during the 2003-04 season.
He has scored 20 or more goals in each of his last five seasons in Philadelphia. The five-foot-10, 185-pound winger has scored 25 or more goals in a season 11 time during his career.
Recchi ranks in the top 10 in Flyers' history in goals, assists and points.
The Flyers signed right-wingers Mike Knuble and Turner Stevenson to three-year contracts earlier this week.
Recchi, a seven-time all-star, has 456 goals, 745 assists and 780 penalty minutes in 1,173 career NHL games with the Penguins, Philadelphia Flyers and Montreal Canadiens.
Recchi began his career with the Penguins, playing in 225 games from 1988 to 1992. He led the Penguins in scoring during the 1990-91 regular season with 40 goals and 73 assists in 78 games.