Canucks Sign Centre Kyle Wellwood

Wellwood, 25, played 59 games with the Maple Leafs last season, recording eight goals and 13 assists (8-13-21). He played his first NHL game in 2003-04 and in 189 career games has scored 31 goals, adding 77 assists (31-77-108) and 14 penalty minutes.

The 5-foot-10, 180 lbs. native of Windsor, Ontario, was selected by Toronto in the 5th round of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft.

Career Regular Season Stats Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S S% 1998-1999 Tecumseh  OHA-B   51 22 41 63   12           1999-2000 Belleville  OHL   65 14 37 51   14           2000-2001 Belleville  OHL   68 35 83 118   24           2001-2002 Belleville  OHL   28 16 24 40 0 4 4 0 4     2001-2002 Windsor  OHL   26 14 21 35 1 0 6 0 3     2002-2003 Windsor  OHL   57 41 59 100 18 0 14 2       2002-2003 Canada  WJC-A   6 1 4 5   0           2003-2004 Maple Leafs   1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 2003-2004 St. John's  AHL   76 20 35 55 -14 6 9 0 1     2004-2005 St. John's  AHL   80 38 49 87 11 20 11 0 8     2005-2006 Maple Leafs   81 11 34 45 0 14 3 0 0 117 9.4 2006-2007 Maple Leafs   48 12 30 42 3 0 7 0 2 99 12.1 2007-2008 Maple Leafs   59 8 13 21 -12 0 5 0 1 57 14.0 NHL Totals:   189 31 77 108 -10 14 15 0 3 274 11.3

Career Playoff Stats Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S S% 1999-2000 Belleville  OHL   16 3 7 10   6           2000-2001 Belleville  OHL   10 3 16 19   4           2001-2002 Windsor  OHL   16 12 12 24   0           2002-2003 Windsor  OHL   7 5 9 14 -2 0 2 0       2004-2005 St. John's  AHL   5 2 2 4 -3 2 1 0 1