Flames Sign Rooney To One-Year Extension

The Calgary Flames announce today the signing of centre Kevin Rooney to a one-year contract extension.

Rooney, a native of Canton, Mass., has played in 13 games for the Flames this season after missing the first fourth months of the campaign with a shoulder injury. The 30-year-old scored his first goal as a Flame on February 8^th against New Jersey and has accrued 240 games in his NHL career, split between the New Jersey Devils, the New York Rangers, and the Calgary Flames.

Last spring, Rooney helped the AHL’s Calgary Wranglers advance to the Pacific Division Finals during the 2023 Calder Cup Playoffs, skating in all nine games the Wranglers played, posting three assists. Rooney was an undrafted free-agent signing by the Devils February 27^th, 2017, and joined the Flames organization in the summer of 2022.

TERM: One-year

AAV: $1,300,000

KEVIN ROONEY – CENTRE

BORN: Canton, MA. DATE: May 21, 1993

HEIGHT: 6’2”. WEIGHT: 190 lbs.

SHOOTS: Left