DETROIT (AP) Jim Devellano, one of the architects of the Detroit Red Wings teams that won three Stanley Cups over the last six years, signed a one-year contract extension.

Devellano, 59, a senior vice president, had two years remaining on a four-year contract extension he signed in September 2000. The latest extension will keep him with the Red Wings through the 2004-05 season, team spokesman Michael Kuta said Thursday.

Kuta did not disclose salary terms.

Devellano is entering his 21st season with the Red Wings. He was the team's general manager from 1982 until 1990, when he was named to his current post.

Devellano has spent a total of 36 years in the NHL, starting in 1967 when he became a scout for the St. Louis Blues under coach Scotty Bowman, who retired the night Detroit won the 2002 Stanley Cup in June.

Devellano joined the New York Islanders as a scout in 1972. The following year, he drafted Dave Lewis, who played 15 seasons in the NHL and was selected last month to succeed Bowman as head coach.

Devellano spent the 1980-81 season as general manager of the Islanders' Indianapolis farm club before returning to New York as an assistant general manager in 1981.

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