"Canadiens general manager Bob Gainey announced the signing of free-agent defenceman Chad Anderson to a one-year, two-way contract yesterday. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Anderson, 26, spent the 2007-08 season with the American Hockey League's Philadelphia Phantoms. In 55 regular-season games, the 6-foot-4, 217-pounder had two goals and 11 assists, to go along with 35 penalty minutes. From 2003 to 2007, the Minnesota native played in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association or the Unversity of Alaska and was a three-time WCHA All-Academic selection."