Drew Miller of the Detroit Red Wings has signed a three-year contract extension worth $1.35 million per season, according to multiple reports.

Miller, 29, scored four goals and had eight points in 44 games during the 2012-13 NHL season. He missed the end of the regular season and the beginning of the Stanley Cup Playoffs due to a broken right hand, but returned to score the winning goal in Game 3 of the Western Conference Semifinals against the Chicago Blackhawks.

"It feels great," Miller told the Detroit Free Press. "I'm excited, my wife is excited, my family is excited. This is where I wanted to be. It's a great organization, great coaching staff, great bunch of guys. We have a lot of talent in the locker room, and I believe we'll be a very good team next year."

USA Hockey on Friday announced that four goalies, including two gold medalists, have been invited to attend the National Junior Evaluation Camp, to be held Aug. 3-10 in Lake Placid, N.Y.

Asked to attend the camp, which will be the first step toward USA Hockey picking its team for the 2014 IIHF World Junior Championship, are Thatcher Demko of the United States National Team Development Program; Jon Gillies of Providence College; Collin Olson of Ohio State University; and Anthony Stolarz of the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League. They were chosen following a goalie evaluation camp held June 10-12 in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Zach Parise

CAREER STATISTICS

GOALS: 212 | ASST: 236 | PTS: 448
SOG: 1,881 | +/-: 59

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first NHL Draft, NHL.com assembled a 13-member panel to select the best first-round picks of all time, based on selection number. NHL.com will feature one of the top first-round picks each day, beginning with the best No. 30 pick on June 1 and culminating with the all-time No. 1 pick on June 30, the day of the 2013 NHL Draft.

Today: The best No. 17 pick: Zach Parise, New Jersey Devils, 2003

As the first round of the 2003 NHL Draft passed the midpoint, the New Jersey Devils saw an opportunity. They had their sights set on high-scoring University of North Dakota forward Zach Parise, but holding the No. 22 pick, there was little hope of Parise slipping that far.

Boston Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid is already a veteran of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, including winning a Stanley Cup title with the Bruins in 2011 and approaching 50 postseason games for his career before his 27th birthday.

This postseason, McQuaid, 26, has been a staple of Boston's third defensive pairing, providing a shut-down presence for Claude Julien. In the Eastern Conference Final, McQuaid scored the series-winning goal in a stunning four-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Penguins.

McQuaid has been gracious enough to agree to keep a player blog that will appear on NHL.com throughout the Stanley Cup Final.

In his second installment, he talks about his hometown of Cornwall, Prince Edward Island and his start in hockey.

Claude Julien laced up his skates as a player for the last time April 26, 1992, when he and the Moncton Hawks lost 6-5 to the St John's Maple Leafs in Game 2 of their American Hockey League playoff series. The Maple Leafs, led by veteran defenseman Joel Quenneville, went on to sweep the series on the way to the Calder Cup Final.

Julien and Quenneville both retired that summer, but they've opposed each other numerous times since then. They're now on opposing benches as each tries to lead his team to a second Stanley Cup. Quenneville's Chicago Blackhawks have a 1-0 series lead on Julien's Boston Bruins entering Game 2 of the best-of-7 Stanley Cup Final on Saturday (8 p.m. ET; NBCSN, CBC, RDS).

But the two men haven't always been rivals. They share a connection made more than three decades ago with the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League.

Quenneville, a 16-year-old Windsor native, was a local hero on an expansion team in what was then known as the Ontario Hockey Association. As he helped turn his hometown team into a competitive club, Quenneville honed the on-ice skills that helped him earn a 12-season career in the NHL.

Winnipeg Jets forward Evander Kane underwent surgery to remove pressure from a nerve in his left foot Thursday.

"Kind of have to let that rest for about three to four weeks," Kane told the Jets website. "Then hopefully start getting back on the ice pretty soon here, and that way I can stop feeling like I'm a house hockey player and kind of get back to being the player that I know I can be, so I'm looking forward to that."

The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed left wing Retu Suri, one of the heroes of Switzerland's run at the 2013 IIHF World Championship, to a one-year, two-way contract, the team announced Thursday.

According to the Tampa Bay Times, the contract won't kick in until the 2014-15 season because Suri wants to play one more season in Switzerland.

"We're comfortable with that," Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman told Tampabay.com on Thursday.

The Edmonton Oilers are attempting to gather information on the whereabouts of prospect Kristians Pelss, who reportedly has gone missing in Latvia.

According to the Edmonton Journal, unconfirmed reports out of Latvia say Pelss, 20, drowned after jumping into a river. Other reports say his family has denied Pelss has died but confirms he is missing. Police also have not confirmed his death.

CHICAGO -- With some help from Jaromir Jagr, Boston Bruins forward Chris Kelly instantly recalled Keith Primeau's classic fifth-overtime winner in 2000 when he was asked on Thursday to remember watching a game that resembled the one Kelly played in Wednesday night at United Center.

"Jags actually played in it and he referred to it because he scored," Kelly said. "Jags said he played over 60 minutes that game. I remember watching that and seeing that goal, it was like a first-period goal, the shot that he took. It didn't seem like he was tired."

But Kelly seemed stunned to learn about what happened after Primeau's goal gave the Philadelphia Flyers a 2-1 victory in Game 4 of the 2000 Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Pittsburgh Penguins: After two days off, the Flyers beat the Penguins 6-3 in Game 5, then won 2-1 in Game 6 to capture the series after losing the first two games.

The Bruins now have to avoid falling into a trap similar to the one that snared the Penguins -- one that more often than not has affected teams that lose a marathon overtime game, as Boston did Wednesday when Andrew Shaw scored 12:08 into the third OT to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 4-3 win in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final.

Game 2 of the best-of-7 series is Saturday at United Center (8 p.m. ET; NBCSN, CBC, RDS).

CHICAGO -- At one point in Marian Hossa's career, he had played for five NHL organizations in six seasons.

He finally found Stanley Cup Playoffs salvation with the Chicago Blackhawks in 2010, and the Windy City has become his North American home. Though he has settled in with this city and this organization, Hossa is probably going to need to have a chat with one of his neighbors.

Marian Hossa

Right Wing - CHI

GOALS: 7 | ASST: 8 | PTS: 15
SOG: 58 | +/-: 8

Hossa played 34:18 Wednesday night in Game 1 of the 2013 Stanley Cup Final, a 4-3 triple-overtime victory against the Boston Bruins, and arrived at his home early Thursday morning only to receive an earlier-than-expected wakeup call.

"To tell you the truth, [I] fell asleep around 3 [a.m.]. Woke up early -- I think my neighbor decided he [was] going to drill in the morning," Hossa said Thursday at United Center. "That was unpleasant. You know, hopefully [he] is going to get his message for next time, he won't drill. [I] feel a little tired today. We are lucky, like [Brent Seabrook] said, we got [an] extra day, you know, to recharge the batteries and get back on Game 2."

For a player whose career was once defined by his critics for playoff disappointments, Hossa has crafted his own individual dynasty. This is the fourth time in six seasons the native of Slovakia has played in the Stanley Cup Final.