Ducks give Hiller 4-year, $18M extension
Goaltender Jonas Hiller signed a four-year contract extension
Saturday with the Anaheim Ducks.
The deal, which will run through the 2013-14 season,
reportedly is valued at $18 million.
Hiller, 27, could have become a free agent this summer but
now is off the market. He joined the Ducks as a European free agent
in May 2007.
This season, Hiller is 21-15-2 with a 2.75 goals-against
average and a .916 save percentage.
"This is a very exciting day for me personally," said Hiller,
who will tend goal for Switzerland at the Olympics. "Anaheim has
been a great place to play, and I couldn't be happier to stay
here."
Hiller is 54-37-5 with a 2.46 GAA and a .919 save percentage
in 108 games with the Ducks over three seasons.
"Jonas has proved himself as a starting NHL goaltender,"
general manager Bob Murray said. "We expect him to only get
better."
