Phoenix Coyotes

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1997-2003 transactions:

December 30 - Acquired right wing Ivan Novoseltsev from the Florida Panthers for future considerations.

December 9 - Acquired defenseman Chris Dyment from the Minnesota Wild for defenseman Michael Schutte.

November 29 - Assigned center Krystofer Kolanos to Springfield (AHL).

November 26 - Recalled right wing Fredrik Sjostrom from Springfield (AHL).

November 17 - Placed center Jan Hrdina on injured reserve.

Recalled center Jeff Taffe from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

October 7 - Assigned center Jeff Taffe to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

October 1 - Assigned center Kiel McLeod and right wing Fredrik Sjostrom to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

September 26 - Assigned centers Chris Ferraro and Erik Westrum, right wing Peter Ferraro, goaltneder Jean-Marc Pelletier, and defensemen Goran Bezina, Igor Knyazev, Michael Schutte, and Mike Wilson to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

September 23 - Signed free agent defenseman Mike Wilson.

September 22 - Assigned right wing Frank Banham, left wings Frantisek Lukes and Mike Stutzel, centers Jason Jaspers and Martin Podlesak, defenseman Nikos Tselios and goaltender David LeNeveu to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

September 18 - Assigned goaltender Scott Dickie to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

Returned center Jakub Koreis and defenseman Marcus Smith to their junior teams.

September 14 - Assigned left wings Darren McLachlan and Ladislav Kouba to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

Returned left wing Ben Eager, right wings Lance Monych, Ryan Gibbons and Tyler Redenbach and center Randall Gelech to their junior teams.

September 8 - Re-signed center Jan Hrdina to a one-year contract with a club option.

August 25 - Re-signed center Chris Gratton to a one-year contract.

August 22 - Signed defenseman David Tanabe to a multi-year contract.

August 9 - Agreed to terms with right wing Mike Johnson on a one-year contract.

August 8 - Re-signed restricted free agent center Daymond Langkow to a one-year contract.

August 7 - Promoted Richard Nairn to vice president of communications.

July 28 - Signed restricted free agent goaltender Zac Bierk to a one-year contract.

July 25 - Acquired defenseman Bryan Helmer from the Vancouver Canucks for defenseman Martin Grenier.

July 22 - Traded defenseman Teppo Numminen to the Dallas Stars for center Mike Sillinger.

July 21 - Signed free agent defenseman Nikos Tselios, who had been with the Carolina Hurricanes, to a multi-year contract.

July 18 - Re-signed left wing Tyson Nash to a one-year contract.

July 17 - Signed right wing Peter Ferraro and center Chris Ferraro, who had been with the Washington Capitals, to one-year contracts.

July 15 - Signed left wing Daniel Cleary, who had been with the Edmonton Oilers, to a multi-year contract.

July 14 - Signed center Jakub Koreis, their 2002 first-round draft pick.

July 10 - Signed unrestricted free agent defenseman Cale Hulse, who had been with the Nashville Predators, to a multi-year contract.

July 7 - Re-signed right wing Landon Wilson to a one-year contract.

July 2 - Signed goaltender David LeNeveu to a multi-year contract.

June 21 - Acquired defensemen David Tanabe and Igor Knyazev from the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for defenseman Danny Markov and a conditional fourth-round draft choice in the 2004 NHL Draft.

Acquired left wing Tyson Nash from the St. Louis Blues for a 2003 fifth-round draft pick and a 2004 fourth-round pick.

June 9 - Signed center Kiel McLeod.

June 5 - Signed left wing Frantisek Lukes to a multi-year contract.

June 1 - Signed defenseman Matthew Spiller and left wing Darren McLachlan to multi-year contracts.

May 31 - Acquired the rights to left wing Darren McLachlan from the Boston Bruins for a fifth round pick in the 2004 draft.

May 15 - Announced that the team has renewed its partnership with Sandusky Radio through the 2005-06 season.

April 22 - Agreed to terms with defenseman Ossi Vaananen on a multi-year contract.

April 10 - Signed left wing Mike Stutzel to a one-year contract.

April 3 - Recalled right wing Frank Banham from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

March 27 - Assigned center Jeff Taffe to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

March 11 - Acquired center Jan Hrdina and defenseman Francois Leroux from the Pittsburgh Penguins for defenseman Dan Focht and left wings Guillaume Lefebvre and Ramzi Abid.

Traded left wing Brad May to the Vancouver Canucks for a conditional 2003 draft pick.

Recalled center Jeff Taffe from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

March 10 - Traded right wing Tony Amonte to the Philadelphia Flyers for left wing Guillaume Lefebvre, Atlanta's third-round draft pick in 2003 and a second-round draft pick in 2004.

Acquired center Chris Gratton and a 2004 fourth-round draft pick from the Buffalo Sabres for center Daniel Briere and a 2004 third-round draft pick.

March 8 - Acquired defenseman Brad Ference from the Florida Panthers for left wing Darcy Hordichuk and a 2003 second-round draft pick.

Assigned left wing Ramzi Abid to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

February 24 - Recalled defenseman Drake Berehowsky from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

February 21 - Activated goaltender Sean Burke from injured reserve.

Assigned defenseman Drake Berehowsky and goaltender Jean-Marc Pelletier to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

February 11 - Assigned defenseman Martin Grenier to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

February 4 - Recalled defenseman Martin Grenier from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

February 1 - Recalled goaltender Zac Bierk from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

January 29 - Assigned center Jeff Taffe to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

January 23 - Signed goaltender Jean-Marc Pelletier to a multi-year contract.

January 19 - Assigned left wing Darcy Hordichuk to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

January 17 - Assigned goaltender Jean-Marc Pelletier and defenseman Dan Focht to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

January 16 - Traded right wing Claude Lemieux to the Dallas Stars for left wing Scott Pellerin and a conditional 2004 draft pick.

Assigned center Sergei Kuznetsov to Mississippi of the East Coast Hockey League.

January 11 - Recalled defenseman Dan Focht from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

January 9 - Recalled center Jeff Taffe from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

January 4 - Recalled goaltender Zac Bierk from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

January 2 - Recalled goaltender Jean-Marc Pelletier, who was acquired from Carolina on December 31.

2003

December 31 - Traded goaltender Patrick DesRochers to the Carolina Hurricanes for goaltender Jean-Marc Pelletier and a conditional draft pick.

Assigned defenseman Dan Focht to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

December 30 - Recalled defenseman Dan Focht from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

Assigned goaltender Zac Bierk to Springfield.

December 28 - Activated goaltender Sean Burke from injured reserve.

December 19 - Acquired left wing Paul Ranheim from the Philadelphia Flyers for a 2004 conditional draft pick.

December 16 - Recalled goaltender Zac Bierk from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

December 14 - Recalled left wing Ramzi Abid from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

December 10 - Named Doug Moss president.

November 26 - Announced that president Jim Lites has resigned to take the same position with the Dallas Stars.

November 22 - Assigned right wing Frank Banham to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

November 21 - Assigned center Jason Jaspers to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

November 16 - Recalled center Jason Jaspers from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

November 15 - Promoted Heather Bennett to director of community relations and managing director of Coyotes charities.

November 14 - Recalled right wing Frank Banham from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

November 13 - Assigned left wing Ramzi Abid to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

November 12 - Recalled left wing Ramzi Abid from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

November 8 - Assigned defenseman Dan Focht and right wing Frank Banham to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

November 7 - Signed right wing Frank Banham to a multi-year contract.

November 4 - Recalled defenseman Dan Focht from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

November 1 - Assigned defenseman Dan Focht to Springfield of of the American Hockey League.

October 26 - Signed defenseman Deron Quint to a one-year contract.

October 23 - Recalled goaltender Patrick DesRochers from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

October 22 - Assigned center Jeff Taffe to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

October 17 - Assigned defenseman Martin Grenier to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

October 15 - Recalled defenseman Martin Grenier from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

October 14 - Recalled forwards Darcy Hordichuk and Jeff Taffe from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

October 6 - Assigned defenseman Martin Grenier, left wing Darcy Hordichuk and centers Martin Podlesak and Jeff Taffe to Springfield of the American Hockey League; recalled center Jason Jaspers from Springfield.

September 27 - Signed goaltender Sean Burke to a multi-year contract extension.

Assigned goaltender Patrick DesRochers, defensemen Goran Bezina and Michael Schutte and forwards Ramzi Abid, Jason Jaspers and Erik Westrum to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

September 24 - Named Paul Coffey special teams consultant.

Assigned goaltender Colin Zulianello to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

September 23 - Assigned left wing Frantisek Lukes, defenseman Jay Leach and goaltender Josh Blackburn to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

September 16 - Returned defenseman Matthew Spiller, left wing Ben Eager and right wing Fredrik Sjostrom to their junior teams.

September 11 - Re-signed left wing Ladislav Nagy to a two-year contract.

September 6 - Re-signed defenseman Paul Mara to a multi-year contract.

August 6 - Re-signed center Daniel Briere to a two-year contract.

July 31 - Signed right wing Landon Wilson to a one-year contract.

July 17 - Re-signed defenseman Todd Simpson to a two-year contract.

July 12 - Signed free agent right wing Tony Amonte, who had been with the Chicago Blachawks, to a four-year contract.

July 10 - Signed coach Bob Francis to a four-year contract.

July 7 - Signed free agent right wing Kelly Buchberger, who had been with the Los Angeles Kings, to a one-year contract.

July 2 - Signed vice president of scouting and player personnel Dave Draper to a four-year contract extension.

June 28 - Named Mike McCoy vice president of luxury suite sales.

Signed right wing Fredrik Sjostrom, their 2001 first-round draft pick, to a multi-year contract.

June 24 - Signed the following players selected in the 2002 draft: right wings Lance Monych and John Zeiler, goaltender Jeff Pietrasiak, left wing Ladislav Kouba, defenseman Marcus Smith and center Russell Spence.

June 14 - Named Marty McSorley coach of the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League.

June 12 - Traded center Michal Handzus and goaltender Robert Esche to the Philadelphia Flyers for goaltender Brian Boucher and a 2002 third-round draft choice.

June 5 - Re-signed defenseman Dan Focht to a multi-year contract.

May 23 - Signed defenseman/forward Michael Schutte to a multi-year contract.

April 24 - Signed center Jeff Taffe to a three-year contract.

April 14 - Recalled goaltender Patrick DesRochers from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

March 29 - Signed left wing Andrei Nazarov to a three-year contract.

March 25 - Recalled defenseman Dan Focht from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

March 20 - Recalled left wing Darcy Hordichuk from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

March 19 - Acquired left wing Darcy Hordichuk and a conditional draft pick from the Atlanta Thrashers for defenseman Kirill Safronov and right wing Ruslan Zainullin.

Recalled right wing Branko Radivojevic from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

March 18 - Assigned goaltender Patrick DesRochers and right wing Branko Radivojevic to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

March 15 - Signed left wing Brian Savage to a four-year contract extension.

March 3 - Recalled right wing Branko Radivojevic from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

February 8 - Recalled center Wyatt Smith from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

January 29 - Assigned left wing Jean-Guy Trudel to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

January 28 - Assigned goaltender Patrick DesRochers and center Jason Jaspers to the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League.

January 24 - Acquired left wing Brian Savage, a third-round pick in the 2002 or 2003 draft and future considerations, from the Montreal Canadiens for left wing Sergei Berezin.

Acquired left wing Andrei Nazarov from the Boston Bruins in exchange for a 2002 fifth-round draft pick.

Assigned center Sebastien Bordeleau to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

January 19 - Recalled left wing Jean-Guy Trudel and center Jason Jaspers from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

January 12 - Recalled center Sebastien Bordeleau and goaltender Patrick DesRochers from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

January 9 - Assigned center Sebastian Bordeleau to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

January 6 - Assigned center Wyatt Smith to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

January 4 - Recalled center Sebastien Bordeleau from Springield of the American Hockey League.

Placed right wing Mike Johnson on injured reserve.

January 3, 2002 - Acquired center Sebastien Bordeleau from the Minnesota Wild for defenseman David Cullen.

Recalled center Wyatt Smith from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

2002

December 28 - Assigned center Wyatt Smith and defenseman Dan Focht to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

December 27 - Traded center Trevor Letowski, left wing Todd Warriner, right wing Tyler Bouck and a 2003 third-round draft pick to the Vancouver Canucks for defenseman Drake Berehowsky and center Denis Pederson.

December 25 - Assigned defenseman Kirill Safronov to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

December 21 - Recalled defenseman Kirill Safronov from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

December 18 - Assigned left wing Todd Warriner to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

Recalled goaltender Robert Esche from Springfield.

Assigned goaltender Patrick DesRochers to Springfield.

December 17 - Recalled center Wyatt Smith from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

December 8 - Recalled defenseman Dan Focht from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

Re-assigned defenseman David Cullen to Springfield.

December 6 - Assigned defenseman Martin Grenier to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

Recalled defenseman David Cullen from Springfield.

December 4 - Recalled right wing Landon Wilson from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

November 28 - Assigned goaltender Robert Esche, right wing Landon Wilson and defenseman David Cullen to the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League.

November 26 - Recalled defenseman Martin Grenier from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

November 19 - Recalled goaltender Patrick DesRochers from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

November 8 - Recalled defenseman Kirill Safronov from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

November 7 - Assigned right wing Tyler Bouck to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

October 31 - Recalled defenseman David Cullen from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

October 26 - Assigned defenseman David Cullen to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

October 17 - Assigned defenseman Martin Grenier to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

September 8 - Re-signed right wing Mike Johnson to a multi-year contract; returned goaltender Steve Belanger, defenseman Nate Kiser and left wing Frantisek Lukes to their junior teams; released goaltender Olivier Dannel, defensemen Simon Ferguson and Dennis Wideman.

September 4 - Signed center Erik Westrum to a multi-year contract.

August 30 - Signed goaltender Zac Bierk to a one-year contract with a club option.

August 28 - Named Michael Barnett general manager; promoted Cliff Fletcher to senior executive vice president.

August 24 - Re-signed goaltender Robert Esche to a three-year contract with a club option.

August 21 - Re-signed right wing Shane Doan to a multi-year contract.

August 20 - Re-signed center Trevor Letowski to a one-year contract with a club option.

August 17 - Signed defenseman Jay Leach to a multi-year deal.

August 1 - Re-signed center Daniel Briere and defenseman Todd Simpson to one-year contracts.

Re-signed left wing Jean-Guy Trudel to a one-year contract with a club option for 2002-03.

July 12 - Signed center Peter Fabus to a multi-year contract.

Named Susan Kricun vice president of communications and executive director of Coyotes charities.

July 6 - Named Laurence Gilman assistant general manager.

July 3 - Re-signed unrestricted free agent center Mike Sullivan and defenseman Goran Bezina.

Announced the resignation of director of player personnel Sean Coady.

July 2 - Acquired center Daymond Langkow from the Philadelphia Flyers for two draft choiced to be determined.

June 30 - Traded defenseman Jyrki Lumme to the Dallas Stars for right wing Tyler Bouck.

June 22 - Traded right wing Mikael Renberg to the Toronto Maple Leafs for left wing Sergei Berezin.

June 19 - Signed right wing Branko Radivojevic to a multi-year contract.

June 18 - Traded center Juha Ylonen to the Tampa Bay Lightning for left wing Todd Warriner.

June 15 - Traded the rights to left wing Joe Juneau to the Montreal Canadiens for future considerations.

June 12 - Traded centers Robert Reichel and Travis Green and right wing Craig Mills to the Toronto Maple Leafs for defenseman Danny Markov.

June 5 - Signed defenseman Martin Grenier to a multi-year contract.

June 1 - Fired director of player development Gordie Roberts.

May 16 - Announced the resignation of assistant general manager Taylor Burke.

March 13 - Traded left wing Keith Tkachuk to the St.Louis Blues for centers Ladislav Nagy, Michal Handzus and Jeff Taffe and a 2001 first-round draft pick.

Acquired defenseman Todd Simpson from the Florida Panthers for a 2001 second-round draft pick.

Assigned defenseman David Cullen and goaltender Patrick DesRochers to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

March 6 - Recalled defenseman Paul Mara from Detroit of the International Hockey League.

March 5 - Traded the rights to goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin and defenseman Stan Neckar to the Tampa Bay Lightning for right wing Mike Johnson, defenseman Paul Mara, right wing Ruslan Zainullin and a second-round draft pick in 2001.

March 2 - Recalled goaltender Patrick DesRochers from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

February 26 - Agreed to a multi-year contract extension with goaltender Sean Burke.

February 19 - Named Shane Churla and Warren Rychel scouts.

February 17 - Fired general manager Bobby Smith.

Named Cliff Fletcher executive vice president and general manager, Pat Conacher assistant coach and Dave Draper vice president of scouting and player personnel.

February 15 - Assigned goaltender Patrick DesRochers to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

February 13 - Recalled goaltender Patrick DesRochers from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

February 2 - Assigned center Wyatt Smith to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

January 29 - Recalled center Wyatt Smith from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

January 23 - Loaned defenseman Justin Hocking to Grand Rapids of the International Hockey League.

January 19, 2001 - Assigned center Wyatt Smith to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

2001

December 26, 2000 - Recalled defenseman Robert Schnabel from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

December 8 - Assigned right wing Tavis Hansen to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

December 2 - Signed free agent right wing Claude Lemieux, who had been the with New Jersey Devils, to a one-year contract.

December 1 - Assigned goaltender Patrick DesRochers to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

November 28 - Recalled defenseman Joel Bouchard from Grand Rapids of the International Hockey League and goaltender Patrick DesRochers from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

November 15 - Assigned center Daniel Briere to Springfield of the American Hockey League

October 20 - Assigned center Daniel Briere to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

October 13 - Re-signed restricted free agent center Trevor Letowski to a one-year contract.

Assigned left wing Brad Ralph to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

October 4 - Signed left wing Brad Ralph to a three-year contract.

Assigned forwards Ramzi Abid and Ryan Lauzon to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

September 28 - Assigned goaltender Patrick DesRochers, right wing Tavis Hansen and defenseman Joel Bouchard, David Cullen and Kirill Safronov to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

September 25 - Assigned defensemen Francois Leroux and Robert Schabel and right wings Craig Mills and Jean-Guy Trudel to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

September 21 - Signed center Jason Jaspers to a three-year contract.

September 20 - Assigned left wings Robert Francz and Phillippe Audet and defenseman Justin Hocking to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

Returned center Jason Jaspers to his junior team.

September 18 - Returned center Scott Kelman to his junior team.

Released left wing Mel Angelstad and forward Wesley Scanzano.

Assigned defensemen Alexander Andreyev, Dan Focht and Mike Martone, centers Brent Gauvreau, Eric Healey and Sergei Kuznetsov and forward Dave MacIntyre to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

September 9 - Signed goaltender Sean Burke to a one-year contract.

August 31 - Signed free agent defensemen Joel Bouchard and Dave MacIntyre.

August 23 - Signed centers Ryan Lauxon and Brent Gauvreau.

August 21 - Re-signed restricted free agent defenseman Radoslav Suchy to a three-year contract.

August 16 - Signed left wing Eric Healey to a one-year contract.

Announced the resignation of assistant coach Wayne Fleming.

August 9 - Re-signed left wing Philippe Audet and defenseman Dan Focht.

August 4 - Named Paul Henry and Blair Reid scouts.

August 1 - Named Norm Maciver coach at Springfield of the American Hockey League.

Signed defenseman Justin Hocking.

July 31 - Re-signed restricted free agent center Travis Green to a one-year contract.

Re-signed restricted free agent center Daniel Briere to a one-year contract.

July 25 - Named Vaugh Karpan director of amateur scouting.

July 24 - Signed left wing Ramzi Abid to a three-year contract.

July 18 - Announced the resignation of Bill Lesuk, director of scouting.

July 15 - Signed defenseman Ossi Vaananen to a multi-year contract.

July 7 - Signed right wing Landon Wilson to a one-year contract with an option for the 2000-01 season.

June 30 - Re-signed defenseman Chris Joseph to a one-year contract.

June 24 - Acquired left wing Brad May from the Vancouver Canucks for future considerations.

June 23 - Acquired left wing-center Joe Juneau from the Minnesota Wild for center Rickard Wallin.

June 16 - Exercised their option on left wing Mika Alatalo for the 2000-01 season.

April 26 - Announced that coach Dave Farrish and assistant Ron Wilson will not return to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

April 6 - Recalled center Wyatt Smith from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

March 27 - Loaned right wing Tavis Hansen to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

March 24 - Recalled right wing Tavis Hansen from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

March 22 - Recalled left wing Jean-Guy Trudel from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

March 14 - Claimed defenseman Chris Joseph off waivers from the Vancouver Canucks.

March 13 - Traded defenseman Todd Gill to the Detroit Red Wings for left wing Philippe Audet.

March 8 - Acquired right wing Mikael Renberg from the Philadelphia Flyers for right wing Rick Tocchet.

March 7 - Acquired defenseman Lyle Odelein from the New Jersey Devils for defenseman Deron Quint and a conditional pick in the 2001 draft.

March 2 - Recalled goaltender Patrick DesRochers from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

February 23 - Returned forward Jean-Guy Trudel to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

February 22 - Recalled forward Jean-Guy Trudel from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

February 4 - Loaned goaltender Robert Esche to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

February 3 - Signed left wing Benoit Hogue to a one-year contract.

Recalled goaltender Robert Esche from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

January 27 - Returned center Daniel Briere to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

January 19 - Assigned goaltender Robert Esche to Springfield of the American Hockey League and right wing David Oliver to Houston of the International Hockey League.

January 14 - Recalled goaltender Patrick DesRochers from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

Recalled right wing David Oliver from Houston of the International Hockey League.

Re-assigned defenseman Trent Cull to Houston.

January 11, 2000 - Recalled center Daniel Briere from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

2000

December 27, 1999 - Recalled right wing David Oliver from Houston of the International Hockey League and right wing Tavis Hansen from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

December 6 - Recalled right wing Tavis Hansen from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

December 1 - Traded center Rob Murray to the Edmonton Oilers for center Eric Houde.

November 19 - Acquired goaltender Sean Burke and a fifth-round draft choice in 2000 from the Florida Panthers for goaltender Mikhail Shtalenkov and a fourth-round draft choice in 2000.

October 27 - Recalled right wing Tavis Hansen from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

October 17 - Loaned defenseman Dan Focht to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

October 13 - Signed defenseman Keith Carney to a four-year contract extension.

Loaned defenseman Radoslav Suchy to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

September 28 - Assigned center Daniel Briere and right wing Tavis Hansen to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

Assigned goaltender Robert Esche and right wing David Oliver to Houston of the International Hockey League.

September 20 - Assigned defensemen David Cullen, Francois Leroux and Robert Schnabel, goalie Patrick DesRochers and right wings Steven King, Jean-Guy Trudel and Shayne Toporowski to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

Assigned defenseman Kirill Safronov to the Quebec Remparts of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

September 17 - Signed goaltender Patrick DesRochers, their 1998 first-round pick, to a three-year contract.

September 14 - Assigned forwards Robert Francz and Rob Murray and defensemen Trent Cull and Brad Tiley to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

September 11 - Acquired right wing Craig Mills from the Chicago Blackhawks for future considerations.

September 10 - Assigned defenseman Alex Andreyev, goaltender Sylvain Daigle, center Eric Healey and defenseman Sean McCann to Springfield of the AHL. Returned center Scott Kelman to Seattle of the WHL, center Ryan Lauzon to Hull of the QMJHL, left wing Brad Ralph to Oshawa of the OHL and defenseman Ryan VanBuskirk to Sarnia of the OHL.

September 9 - Announced the retirement of right wing Todd Ewen.

September 5 - Signed unrestricted free agent goaltender Bob Essensa, who had been with the Edmonton Oilers, to a one-year contract.

September 3 - Signed defenseman Stanislav Neckar to a multi-year contract.

August 31 - Signed right wing Shane Doan to a multi-year contract.

August 26 - Signed defenseman Trent Cull.

August 19 - Signed free agent right wing Shayne Toporowski.

August 18 - Assigned defensemen Sean Gagnon and Dan Focht to Jokerit of the Finnish Elite League for the 1999-2000 season.

August 16 - Signed right wing Tavis Hansen to a multi-year contract.

July 26 - Signed free agent left wing-center Eric Healey to a one-year contract.

July 17 - Signed left wings Mika Alatalo and Jean-Guy Trudel, defenseman Francois Leroux and right wings Stephen King and David Oliver.

July 15 - Signed unrestricted free agent defenseman Todd Gill, who had been with the Detroit Red Wings, to a two-year contract.

Re-signed unrestricted free agent center Mike Sullivan to a two-year contract.

July 9 - Signed defenseman Kiril Safronov, the team's first-round selection in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft.

July 6 - Signed right wing Shawn Wansborough to a one-year contract.

June 30 - Exercised their 1999-2000 options on the contracts of right wing Rick Tocchet, left wing Greg Adams and defensemen Brad Tiley and Sean McCann.

June 26 - Traded defenseman Oleg Tverdovsky to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim for center Travis Green and the 15th pick in the 1999 draft.

Traded right wing Jim Cummins to the Montreal Canadiens for a 1999 sixth-round draft pick.

June 25 - Traded goaltender Scott Langkow to the Atlanta Thrashers for future considerations.

June 21 - Promoted Jeff Hecht to director of corporate communications.

June 9 - Renewed their radio broadcast partnership with Sandusky Radio through the 1999-2000 season.

June 2 - Signed defensemen Alexander Andreyev to a multi-year contract.

May 24 - Fired coach Jim Schoenfeld.

Named Gordie Roberts director of player development.

May 14 - Re-signed center Juha Ylonen and left wing Louie DeBrusk to multi-year contracts.

May 12 - Reached a six-year affiliation agreement with the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League.

April 29 - Sent defenseman Brad Tiley and center Daniel Briere to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

April 27 - Recalled center Daniel Briere from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

April 21 - Recalled defenseman Brad Tiley from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

April 8 - Signed free agent defenseman David Cullen to a multi-year contract.

March 31 - Recalled defenseman Brad Tiley from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

March 25 - Recalled left wing Louie DeBrusk from the Long Beach Ice Dogs of the International Hockey League.

March 24 - Assigned defenseman Brad Tiley on loan to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

Re-assigned Chris Schmidt to Mississippi of the East Coast Hockey League.

March 23 - Traded center J.F. Jomphe to the Montreal Canadiens for future considerations.

Acquired defenseman Stanislav Neckar from the New York Rangers for defenseman Jason Doig and a 1999 sixth-round draft pick.

March 22 - Re-assigned left wing Louie DeBrusk to Long Beach of the International Hockey League.

March 20 - Acquired center Robert Reichel and 1999 third- and fourth-round draft picks from the New York Islanders for left wing Brad Isbister and a 1999 third-round draft picks.

March 19 - Reassigned center Daniel Briere and right wing Tavis Hansen to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

March 17 - Signed free agent right wing Brian Noonan.

March 12 - Assigned goaltender Robert Esche to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

March 11 - Acquired goaltender Mikhail Shtalenkov from the Edmonton Oilers for a fifth-round draft choice in 2000.

Announced that goaltender Jimmy Waite has cleared waivers and been assigned to Utah of the International Hockey League.

March 10 - Waived goaltender Jimmy Waite.

March 8 - Acquired defenseman Jamie Huscroft from the Vancouver Canucks for future considerations.

Recalled goaltender Robert Esche from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

Assigned goaltender Jimmy Waite, defenseman Sean Gagnon and right wing Tavis Hansen to Springfield.

March 6 - Recalled defenseman Tom Tiley from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

Assigned goaltender Scott Langkow to Utah of the International Hockey League.

Assigned left wing Andrei Vasilyev to Grand Rapids of the International Hockey League.

March 5 - Recalled goaltender Scott Langkow from Utah of the International Hockey League and left wing Andrei Vasilyev from Grand Rapids of the IHL.

March 4 - Recalled right wing Stephen Leach from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

March 3 - Returned goaltender Robert Esche and center Rob Murray to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

Recalled goaltender Jimmy Waite from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

March 2 - Recalled defenseman Sean Gagnon from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

February 24 - Re-assigned center Trevor Letowski to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

February 23 - Assigned left wing Joe Dziedzic and right wing J.F. Jomphe to Springfield of the AHL.

February 22 - Recalled right wing J.F. Jomphe and center Trevor Letowski from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

Re-assigned defenseman Dan Focht from Mississippi of the East Coast Hockey League to Springfield.

February 18 - Returned center Trevor Letowski to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

Recalled center Rob Murray from Springfield.

February 17 - Assigned goaltender Jimmy Waite and defenseman Jason Doig to Springfield of the American Hockey League for conditioning.

Recalled goaltender Robert Esche from Springfield.

February 8 - Assigned right wing Rob Murray to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

February 4 - Signed defenseman Sean McCann and loaned him to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

February 3 - Recalled right wing Rob Murray from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

February 2 - Recalled left wing Louie DeBrusk from Long Beach of the International Hockey League.

January 28 - Recalled center Tavis Hansen from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

January 20 - Recalled center Trevor Letowski from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

January 13 - Acquired defenseman J.J. Daigneault from the Nashville Predators for future considerations.

January 10, 1999 - Recalled centers Trevor Letowski and Rob Murray and defenseman Jason Doig from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

Re-assigned goaltender Scott Langkow to Utah of the International Hockey League and left wing Louie DeBrusk to Long Beach of the International Hockey League.

Announced that they have agreed to terminate their agreement with Las Vegas of the International Hockey League.

1999

December 31, 1998 - Recalled center Trevor Letowski from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

December 29 - Recalled right wing Steve Leach from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

December 24 - Returned left wing Louie DeBrusk to Las Vegas of the International Hockey League.

December 19 - Recalled left wing Louie DeBrusk from Las Vegas of the International Hockey League.

December 3 - Signed free agent right wing Steve Leach to a one-year contract with a club option for 1999-2000 and assigned him to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

December 2 - Re-activated defenseman Jason Doig from his non-roster status and assigned him to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

November 26 - Recalled defenseman Bryan Helmer from Las Vegas of the International Hockey League.

November 13 - Assigned goaltender Scott Langkow to Las Vegas of the International Hockey League.

November 12 - Assigned right wing Jocelyn Lemieux to Long Beach of the International Hockey League.

November 10 - Recalled goaltender Scott Langkow from Las Vegas of the International Hockey League.

Assigned defenseman Michel Petit to Las Vegas of the International Hockey League.

November 9 - Recalled forward Brad Isbister.

October 31 - Traded center Cliff Ronning and defenseman Richard Lintner to the Nashville Predators for future considerations.

October 30 - Assigned defenseman Bryan Helmer to Las Vegas of the International League.

Assigned forward Brad Isbister to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

October 23 - Recalled center Daniel Briere from Las Vegas of the International Hockey League.

October 22 - Recalled forward Brad Isbister from Las Vegas of the International Hockey League.

October 19 - Assigned center Daniel Briere and left wing Brad Isbister to Las Vegas of the International Hockey League.

October 15 - Loaned defenseman Sean Gagnon from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

October 14 - Assigned defenseman Sean Gagnon to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

October 9 - Announced left wing Louie DeBrusk has cleared waivers and assigned him to Las Vegas of the International Hockey League.

October 7 - Waived left wing Louie DeBrusk.

Recalled defenseman Bryan Helmer from Las Vegas of the International Hockey League.

September28 - Returned left wing Robert Francz and defenseman Robert Schnabel to their respective junior clubs.

Assigned the following players to Springfield of the American Hockey League: goaltender Robert Esche, defensemen Dan Focht and Richard Lintner and centers Rob Murray and Trevor Letowski.

September 27 - Assigned goaltender Robert Esche, center Rob Murray, defenseman Dan Focht, center Trevor Letowski and defenseman Richard Lintner to Springfield of the AHL.

September 25 - Signed left wing Keith Tkachuk to a one-year contract extension.

September 21 - Returned goaltender Patrick DesRochers to Sarnia of the Ontario Hockey League.

Returned left wing Adam Dewan to Peterborough of the OHL.

Assigned left wing Andrei Vasilyev to Las Vegas of the Internaitonal Hockey League.

September 15 - Re-signed free agent defenseman Keith Carney to a multi-year contract.

September 12 - Suspended left wing Keith Tkachuk.

September 10 - Re-signed free-agent goaltender Scott Langkow to a one-year contract.

September 9 - Re-signed free agent right wing Shane Doan to a one-year contract.

September 2 - Re-signed defenseman Brad Tiley to a one-year contract.

September 1 - Signed left wing Greg Adams to a a one-year contract with an option.

August 31 - Re-signed free agent defenseman Michel Petit to a one-year contract with an option.

August 27 - Signed left wing Joe Dziedzic to a one-year contract.

August 26 - Right wing Mike Gartner announced his retirement.

August 25 - Re-signed free agent goaltender Jimmy Waite to a one-year contract.

Named Stieg Theander strength and conditioning coach.

August 12 - Signed free agent left wing Barry Nieckar.

August 10 - Signed left wing Louie DeBrusk to a one-year contract, avoiding arbitration.

August 6 - Re-signed Group II free agent center Bob Corkum to a one-year contract, avoiding arbitration.

August 5 - Signed free agent left wing Andrei Vasilyev to a one-year contract and defenseman Mike Martone to a multi-year contract.

Named Tony Silva assistant equipment manager.

July 28 - Promoted Laurence Gilman to director of hockey operations.

July 24 - Re-signed free agent center Dallas Drake and defenseman Deron Quint to multi-year contracts.

Re-signed free agent defenseman Jason Doig to a one-year contract.

July 22 - Signed defenseman Sean Gagnon to a one-year contract.

Signed free agent defenseman Bryan Helmer to a multi-year contract.

July 21 - Announced the retirement of defenseman Jim Johnson and named him radio color analyst.

July 3 - Signed unrestricted free agent defenseman Jyrki Lumme, who had been with the Vancouver Canucks, to a five-year contract.

July 2 - Named Tom Kurvers professional scout.

June 30 - Acquired center Mike Sullivan from the Nashville Predators for a 1999 seventh-round draft pick.

June 18 - Traded left wing Jim McKenzie to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in exchange for right wing J.F. Jomphe.

June 11 - Traded center Craig Janney to the Tampa Bay Lightning for left wing Louie DeBrusk and a fifth-round pick in the 1998 draft.

May 5 - Promoted Brenda Tinnen to senior vice president of amrketing and sales, Tim Weil to vice president of corporate sales and Mark Hulsey to vice president of broadcasting.

April 13 - Returned center Daniel Briere to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

April 5 - Activated center Mike Stapleton and defenseman Michel Petit from injured reserve.

April 2 - Assigned right wing Jocelyn Lemieux to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

March 26 - Re-assigned left wing Jocelyn Lemieux to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

March 24 - Acquired center Mark Janssens from the New York Islanders for a ninth-round draft pick in 1998.

March 22 - Recalled right wing Jocelyn Lemieux from Long Beach of the International Hockey League.

March 19 - Signed center Juha Ylonen to a new one-year contract.

March 18 - Recalled center Daniel Briere from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

March 16 - Signed center Rob Murray to a two-year contract extension.

March 9 - Returned goaltender Scott Langkow to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

March 4 - Acquired defenseman Keith Carney and right wing Jim Cummins from the Chicago Blackhawks for defenseman Jay More and center Chad Kilger.

February 25 - Assigned right wing Jocelyn Lemieux to Long Beach of the International Hockey League.

February 23 - Recalled goaltender Scott Langkow from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

Waived right wing Jocelyn Lemieux.

February 19 - Recalled right wings Shane Doan and Brad Isbister from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

February 4 - Recalled defenseman Jason Doig from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

January 31 - Recalled center Chad Kilger and defenseman Sean Gagnon from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

January 27 - Re-assigned defenseman Sean Gagnon to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

January 19 - Recalled goaltender Scott Langkow from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

January 16 - Returned defensemen Sean Gagnon and Jason Doig to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

January 15 - Assigned right wing Brad Isbister to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

January 11 - Recalled goaltender Scott Langkow from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

January 9, 1998 - Returned center Chad Kilger to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

1998

December 29, 1997 - Assigned center/left wing Chad Kilger to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

December 18 - Recalled defenseman Sean Gagnon from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

December 5 - Recalled left wing Jeff Christian from Las Vegas of the International Hockey League.

December 4 - Recalled center Chad Kilger and defenseman Brad Tiley from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

December 2 - Returned right wing Shane Doan to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

November 21 - Recalled defenseman Deron Quint from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

November 19 - Placed defenseman Murray Baron on the injured reserve list, retroactive to November 17th, with a torn triceps muscle.

November 12 - Recalled defenseman Jason Doig from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

November 11 - Signed defenseman John Slaney to a one-year contract extension.

November 7 - Reassigned defenseman Deron Quint and center Scott Levins to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

Recalled right wing Shane Doan from Springfield.

November 6 - Recalled defenseman Sean Gagnon from the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League.

November 4 - Recalled right wing Scott Levins from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

October 22 - Signed defenseman Teppo Numminen to a new three-year contract.

October 17 - Recalled defenseman John Slaney from the Las Vegas Thunder of the International Hockey League.

Named Justin Maloof director of facilites.

October 8 - Assigned right wing Shane Doan to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

September 30 - Announced left wing Keith Tkachuk, who was suspended for refusing to play in a preseason game on Friday, has returned to the team.

Assigned center Chad Kilger to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

September 28 - Claimed goaltender Jimmy Waite from the Chicago Blackhawks in the waiver draft.

September 26 - Suspended left wing Keith Tkachuk indefinitely.

Assigned defensemen Jason Doig and Richard Lintner and center Rob Murray to Springfield of the American Hockey League

Returned goaltender Robert Esche to his junior team.

Signed defenseman Radoslav Suchy to a three-year contract and assigned him to Las Vegas of the International Hockey League.

September 23 - Assigned centers Trevor Lewtoski, Mike Pomichter and Brad Tiley and defensemen Dan Focht and Ted Crowley to Springfield of the American Hockey League, right wing Darin Kimble to Kansas City of the International Hockey League.

September 20 - Assigned center Tavis Hansen, left wing Jeff Christian and right wings Martin Simard and Rhett Gordon to Springfield of the American Hockey League.

September 5 - Signed free agent defenseman Brad Tiley to a one-year contract.

August 18 - Signed free-agent defenseman John Slaney, who had been with the Los Angeles Kings, to a one-year contract.

August 13 - Signed center Trevor Letowski to a multi-year contract.

August 6 - Signed right wing Martin Simard to a one-year contract.

August 4 - Signed free agent left wing Jeff Christian, who had been with the Pittsburgh penguins, to a one-year contract.

July 31 - Re-signed free agent left wing Jim McKenzie to a one-year contract.

Signed right wing Darin Kimble and center/right wing Scott Levins to multi-year contracts.

July 23 - Signed defenseman Dan Focht, their first round pick in the 1996 draft, to a three-year contract.

July 16 - Signed defenseman Richard Lintner to a three-year contract.

July 10 - Named Benoit Allaire goaltending coach.

July 3 - Announced that goaltending coach Pete Peeters will not return to the club next season.

July 2 - Re-signed forward Mike Stapleton to a two-year contract.

June 23 - Named John Tortorella assistant coach.

June 9 - Named Jim Schoenfeld head coach.

May 22 - Signed winger Jocelyn Lemieux to a multi-year contract.

May 15May 14 - Signed free agent defenseman Sean Gagnon to a one-year contract.

May 6 - Fired head coach Don Hay and assistant coach Paul MacLean.

Offered assistant coach Zinetula Bilyaletdinov reassignent within the organization.

May 2 - Signed goaltender Ron Tugnutt to a multi-year contract.

Signed defenseman David Van Drunen to a multi-year contract.

April 2 - Named Mark Peterson vice president of administration and chief financial officer.

Announced chief operating officer Shawn Hunter will assume the additional title of president, and general manager Robert Smith will become an alternate governor to the NHL Board of Governors.