Blue Jackets send Antoine Vermette to Phoenix for goalie Curtis McElhinney

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 12:15 pm | The Canadian Press

PHOENIX - The Phoenix Coyotes have acquired centre Antoine Vermette from the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for goaltender Curtis McElhinney plus a pair of draft picks.

Vermette, 29, had eight goals and 19 assists, plus 12 penalty minutes, in 60 games with Columbus this season.

He was acquired by the Blue Jackets from the Ottawa Senators on March 4, 2009, and appeared in 241 consecutive games with the NHL club, totalling 61-91-152 and 112 penalty minutes.

The 29-year-old McElhinney was 1-0-0 with a 1.67 goals-against average and .944 save percentage in two games with Phoenix this season.

He went 10-13-0 with a 3.04 goals-against average and .907 save percentage in 25 games with the American Hockey League�s Portland Pirates.

McElhinney is currently rehabilitating an injury and will remain on assignment with Portland.

The goalie has appeared in 69 career N-H-L games with the Calgary Flames, Anaheim Ducks and Ottawa Senators, compiling a 19-26-4 record with a 3.09 goals-against average, .899 save percentage and two shutouts.

Columbus received a second-round pick in the 2012 Entry Draft and a fifth-round pick in the 2013 Entry Draft.

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