Mike Santorelli
NUMBER: 25 BIRTHDATE: December 14, 1985
HEIGHT: 6′ 0″ BIRTHPLACE: Vancouver, BC, Canada
WEIGHT: 189 DRAFTED: NSH / 2004 NHL Entry Draft
SHOOTS: Right ROUND: 6th (178th overall)
The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed center Mike Santorelli to a 1 year contract worth $1.5 million. Santorelli played for the Vancouver Canucks last year and had a break out season with 28 points in 49 games played with a +9 rating. He made the Canucks out of camp but had his season cut short due to a shoulder injury.
He also had a 20-goal, 41-point season with the Panthers earlier in his career but ran into injury problems that have plagued his career.
No doubt Santorelli will now compete with Peter Holland and Petri Kontiola for ice time going into the season and camp.