SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Hockey Club signed forward Alexander Kerfoot and defenseman Ian Cole to a one-year, $3 million contract extensions Wednesday.
Kerfoot, 30, has seven goals and nine assists in 61 games this season. He was set to become an unrestricted free agent in July.
A former Harvard player and first-round pick of the New Jersey Devils in 2012, Kerfoot has been on some strong teams in his career — the Colorado Avalanche and Toronto Maple Leafs — and has taken advantage.
In 2021-22, with Toronto, he had 13 goals and 51 points, averaging 15:12 time on the ice along the way.
Kerfoot has 94 goals and 186 assists in 585 career NHL games with Colorado, Toronto, Arizona and Utah.
One of the team’s rotating alternate captains, Kerfoot has played 406 consecutive games dating to Nov. 30, 2019, the fourth-longest active ironman streak in the NHL.
Cole has a goal and 12 assists in 61 games this season. The 36-year-old former Notre Dame player has 35 goals and 171 assists in 887 career games with St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Columbus, Colorado, Minnesota, Carolina, Tampa Bay, Vancouver and Utah. He has appeared in 129 playoff games, helping the Penguins win titles in 2016 and 2017.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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