COLUMBUS, OH – The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed defenseman Dalton Prout to a two-year contract extension through the 2017-18 National Hockey League season, club General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen announced today. As is club policy, terms were not disclosed.
Prout, 26, has tied his career high in goals and set career highs in points (tied) and penalty minutes with two goals and six assists for eight points with 87 penalty minutes in 56 games with the Blue Jackets this season. He ranks second on the club in penalty minutes and second among defenseman in hits (124), while playing in his third full season with the club.