FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
GLENDALE, ARIZONA – Arizona Coyotes General Manager Don Maloney announced today that the Coyotes have signed defenseman Philip Samuelsson and forward Brendan Shinnimin to one-year two-way contracts. As per club policy, terms of the contracts were not disclosed.
The 23-year-old Samuelsson appeared in four games with the Coyotes in 2014-15. He also recorded 5-15-20 and 31 penalty minutes (PIM) in 51 games with the Portland Pirates (AHL) and 0-4-4 and 20 PIM in 22 games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL). The 6-foot-2, 194-pound native of Leksand, Sweden has played in nine career NHL games with the Coyotes and Pittsburgh Penguins.