Blackhawks resign wingers Bickell, Skille

Posted July 28, 2010 11:00 pm

The Blackhawks have re-signed left wing Bryan Bickell to a three-year contract, and right wing Jack Skille to a one-year contract.

Bickell, 23, posted career-bests with 3 goals and 4 points in a career-high 16 regular-season games with the Blackhawks last season. Overall, the Bowmanville, Ontario, native has notched 5 goals, 6 points and nine penalty minutes in 23 career regular-season games with the Blackhawks over parts of three seasons.

Chicago's third choice and 41st overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, Bickell ranked fifth on the American Hockey League's Rockford IceHogs with 16 goals and collected 31 points and 58 penalty minutes in 65 regular-season games last season.

Skille, 23, has appeared in 30 games with the Blackhawks over the last three seasons, collecting 8 points (5 goals, 3 assists) and five penalty minutes, including 2 points in six regular-season games with the Hawks last season.

Selected by the Blackhawks with the seventh overall pick in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, Skille ranked second on the Rockford IceHogs with a career-high 23 goals last season, leading the team in both power-play (9) and shorthanded goals (2). The Madison, Wis., native produced a career-best 26 assists and ranked third on the club with 49 points in 63 AHL regular-season games.

Jack Skille

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