Senators make it official, sign Neil to three-year extension

The Ottawa Senators made it official on Thursday morning and announced they have signed veteran forward Chris Neil to a three-year contract extension worth $5.75 million.
The 33-year-old has spent his entire 10-season career with the Senators, scoring 90 goals and 110 assists, while collecting a franchise-leading 1,861 penalty minutes.
The Flesherton, Ont., native had 13 goals and 15 assists in 72 games last season.
Neil became just the fourth Ottawa player to appear in 700 games on Jan. 21 in Anaheim.
Neil was selected 161st overall by the Sens in the 1998 NHL draft.

About Allen Panzeri

After three years of teaching English at the University of British Columbia, Allen Panzeri began his career in journalism in 1979 at the Medicine Hat News, where he covered Kelly Hrudey and the Tigers while learning about block heaters, rodeo, and curling. In 1981, he moved north to the Edmonton Journal, where he covered boxing, the Edmonton Drillers of the North American Soccer League, and the University of Alberta Golden Bears and Pandas for four years, before taking a 10-year hiatus from sports to write editorials, cover primary, secondary, and university education, and watch the beginnings of the Ralph Klein era at the provincial legislature. Traded to the Citizen in 1995, he accepted an offer to return to sports and cover the Ottawa Lynx, lucking into a front-row seat for their 1995 International League championship, and since then has covered the Senators and typed out the occasional article on golf. View all posts by Allen Panzeri →