Coyotes ink F Cousins to two-year deal

Arizona Coyotes forward Nick Cousins signed a two-year contract, the team announced Saturday.

Financial terms were not disclosed by the Coyotes, but Sportsnet reported the deal was worth $2 million.

Arizona acquired Cousins from the Philadelphia Flyers on June 17.

Cousins collected six goals, 10 assists and 31 penalty minutes in 60 games last season with the Flyers. The 23-year-old Ontario native has recorded 12 goals, 16 assists and 37 penalty minutes in 107 career contests since being selected by Philadelphia in the third round of the 2011 NHL draft.

Coyotes acquire forward Nick Cousins from Flyers

Associated Press

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Coyotes have acquired forward Nick Cousins from the Philadelphia Flyers.

Philadelphia got a 2018 fifth-round pick and the rights to unsigned forward prospect Brendan Warren, also sending unsigned goaltending prospect Merrick Madsen to Arizona. The teams announced the deal Friday night in advance of the trade freeze that begins Saturday afternoon before the Vegas expansion draft.

Cousins, who turns 25 next month, is a pending restricted free agent. He had six goals and 10 assists in 60 games last season and has 12 goals and 15 assists in 107 career NHL games.


Warren, 20, was a third-round pick in 2015 and is playing at the University of Michigan. Madsen, 21, was a 2013 sixth-round pick and is playing at Harvard.

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