MSU's Petry Re-Signs with Montreal

Jeff Petry (Michigan State) will remain a Montreal Canadien for the next four seasons. According to the Canadiens web site, the former Spartan defenseman recently signed a deal worth an average annual value of $6.25 million that will extend his contract with the Habs through the 2024-25 NHL campaign.

Petry, 32, has played in 680 career NHL regular-season games with Edmonton and Montreal, and has registered 69 goals and 184 assists for 253 points to go with 269 penalty minutes. Drafted 45th overall by Edmonton in 2006, he skated with the Oilers from 2010 to 2014 before being traded to the Canadiens on March 2, 2015.

Petry, from Ann Arbor, Mich., played two years of junior "A" hockey with Des Moines (USHL), winning the league's Clark Cup championship in 2006, before suiting up for three seasons at MSU from 2007 to 2010. In 118 career NCAA outings as a Spartan, he notched 9-58—67 points to go along with 86 PIM. He was also named a Second-Team All-America selection following his third and final season in East Lansing.

The 6-foot-3 rearguard has also played in 51 career AHL regular-season contests with Springfield and Oklahoma City (now Bakersfield). He has also appeared in three World Championships with the U.S., and won a bronze medal in 2013.