Flyers Sign Columbus D Schultz, add winger & forward

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The Philadelphia Flyers have signed 6-1, 200-lb unrestricted free agent defenseman Nick Schultz to a one-year contract, according to general manager Ron Hextall.

Schultz, 31 (8/25/1982), comes to the Flyers with 880 games of NHL experience with Minnesota, Edmonton and Columbus.  He split the 2013-14 season between the Oilers and Blue Jackets, posting five assists and 28 PIM in 69 total games.

Schultz was drafted in the second round (33rd overall) by the Minnesota Wild in the team’s first-ever NHL Entry Draft in 2000, and as such was the second draft pick in the team’s history.  He appeared in 743 games for the Wild over ten seasons from 2001-2011 and remains the franchise’s all-time leader in games played.  Schultz recorded 26 goals and 102 assists for 128 points during that time and averaged 19:35 of ice time per game over his ten years with the Wild.

Schultz was traded to Edmonton in exchange for Tom Gilbert on February 27, 2012 and spent parts of three seasons with the Oilers before being traded to Columbus for a fifth-round draft pick at the trade deadline on March 5, 2014.

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The Philadelphia Flyers have signed 6-0, 199-lb unrestricted free agent right wing Andrew Gordon to a one-year, two-way contract, according to general manager Ron Hextall.

Gordon, 28 (12/13/1985), spent the 2013-14 season in the Winnipeg Jets organization playing for the team’s American Hockey League affiliate in St. John’s, Newfoundland. He recorded 23 goals and 34 assists for 57 points to finish second in regular season scoring on the IceCaps. Gordon then went on to lead the IceCaps in scoring during the Calder Cup Playoffs, posting eight goals and 11 assists for 19 points in 21 games to help lead the club to a berth in the Calder Cup Finals.

Gordon was drafted by Washington in the seventh round (197th overall) of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft and went on to become an offensive powerhouse for the Hershey Bears, Washington’s AHL affiliate, where he played four seasons from 2007-11. He recorded 16 goals and 35 assists for 51 points in 58 games during his rookie season of 2007-08, and then was an integral part of consecutive Calder Cup championships for the Bears in 2009 and 2010. He had a career year during the 2009-10 season, registering 37 goals and 34 assists for 71 points in 79 games to earn AHL All-Star honors, something he also received in 2011. He appeared in 12 games for the Capitals over his final three seasons with the organization.

Gordon signed as a free agent with Anaheim prior to the 2011-12 season and appeared in 37 games for the Ducks that year, which represents the largest portion of his 55 career NHL games. He also spent time with Anaheim’s AHL affiliate in Syracuse before being traded to Vancouver on February 27, 2012, after which he spent 1 ½ seasons with Vancouver’s AHL affiliate in Chicago while also appearing in six games for the Canucks. He signed as a free agent with Winnipeg on July 5, 2013.

Along with his three goals and four assists for seven points in 55 NHL games, Gordon has recorded 149 goals and 175 assists for 324 points in 426 career AHL games while gathering 279 PIM.

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The Philadelphia Flyers have agreed to terms with 6-4, 232-lb forward Zack Stortini to a one-year, two-way contract, according to general manager Ron Hextall.

Stortini, 28 (9/11/1985), spent the 2013-14 season in the Anaheim Ducks organization playing for the team’s American Hockey League affiliate, the Norfolk Admirals, where he posted nine points (4g-5a) to go along with a league-leading 299 penalty minutes.

He has spent parts of the last four seasons in the AHL with Oklahoma City (2010-11), Milwaukee (2011-12), Hamilton (2012-13) and Norfolk (2013-14), while also appearing in regular season games for the Nashville Predators (2011-12) and Edmonton Oilers (2006-2011).

Stortini has accumulated 14 goals and 27 assists for 41 points and 725 penalty minutes in 257 NHL games in his career with the Oilers and Predators.

He was a member of the Calder Cup Champion Hamilton Bulldogs in 2007 where he posted 15 points (9g-6a) in 47 regular season games and three goals in 22 Calder Cup Playoff games on the way to the title.

He was originally drafted by Edmonton in the third round (94th overall) of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.

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