Capitals Sign Goaltender Dany Sabourin

Per the Washington Capitals Media Relations Department:

The Washington Capitals have signed unrestricted free agent goaltender Dany Sabourin to a one-year contract, vice president and general manager George McPhee announced today. In keeping with club policy, financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
A 6’4”, 200-pound native of Val-d’Or, Quebec, Sabourin (SA-boo-rihn) is a 10-year professional who has played 57 NHL games for Calgary, Pittsburgh and Vancouver. He spent 2009-10 with the Providence Bruins of the American Hockey League (AHL), posting a 28-27-0 record in 56 appearances with a 2.67 goals-against average, a .915 save percentage and three shutouts. He finished third in the AHL in saves (1,579), fourth in minutes (3,278) and tied for sixth in wins.
Sabourin, who will turn 30 on Sept. 2, played 43 games in the NHL in 2007-08 and ’08-09 while with the Penguins, posting a 16-17-3 record in that time. This season marked the first time since the 2004-05 work stoppage that he didn’t play at least one game at the NHL level. He was named the AHL’s top goaltender in 2005-06 when he led the league with a 2.26 goals-against average with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.
Sabourin was originally a fourth-round choice, 108th overall, of Calgary in the 1998 NHL Draft.
Dany Sabourin
Position: Goaltender
Born: September 2, 1980 (Val-d’Or, Quebec)
Height: 6’4” Weight: 200 Catches: Left
Drafted: Calgary’s fourth-round choice, 108th overall, in the 1998 Entry Draft
Regular Season Playoffs
Year Team League GP W L O/T MIN GA SO GAA SA SPCT GP W L Min GAA
1997-98 Sherbrooke QMJHL 37 15 15 2 1906 128 1 4.03 - - - - - - -
1998-99 Sherbrooke QMJHL 30 8 13 2 1477 102 1 4.14 - - 1 0 1 49 2.45
Saint John AHL - - - - - - - - - - 1 0 1 57 4.19
1999-00 Sherbrooke QMJHL 55 25 22 5 3067 181 1 3.54 - - 5 1 4 324 3.33
2000-01 Saint John AHL 1 1 0 0 40 0 0 0.00 - - - - - - -
Johnstown ECHL 19 4 9 1 903 56 0 3.72 - - 1 0 0 40 3.00
2001-02 Johnstown ECHL 27 14 10 1 1539 84 0 3.28 - - 3 0 2 137 2.18
2002-03 Saint John AHL 41 15 17 4 2220 100 4 2.70 - - - - - - -
2003-04 Calgary NHL 4 0 3 0 169 10 0 3.55 66 .848 - - - - -
Lowell AHL 14 5 7 2 821 39 0 2.85 - - - - - - -
Las Vegas ECHL 10 6 3 1 613 24 0 2.35 - - 1 0 1 58 2.07
2004-05 Wilkes-Barre AHL 20 8 8 2 1029 38 1 2.22 - - - - - - -
Wheeling ECHL 27 19 6 1 1579 44 5 *1.67 - - - - - - -
2005-06 Pittsburgh NHL 1 0 1 0 21 4 0 11.43 14 .714 - - - - -
Wilkes-Barre AHL 49 30 14 4 2943 111 4 *2.26 - - 6 2 4 362 2.15
2006-07 Vancouver NHL 9 2 4 1 480 21 0 2.63 224 .906 2 0 0 14 4.29
Manitoba AHL 2 1 1 0 119 4 1 2.01 - - - - - - -
2007-08 Pittsburgh NHL 24 10 9 1 1242 57 2 2.75 596 .904 - - - - -
2008-09 Pittsburgh NHL 19 6 8 2 989 47 0 2.85 463 .898 - - - - -
Springfield AHL 13 5 6 2 795 42 0 3.17 - - - - - - -
2009-10 Providence AHL 56 28 27 0 3278 146 3 2.67 - - - - - - -
NHL TOTALS 57 18 25 4 2901 139 2 2.87 1363 .898 2 0 0 14 4.29
AHL First All-Star Team (2006) * Aldege “Baz” Bastien Memorial Award (AHL – Outstanding Goaltender) (2006)