ST. LOUIS (AP) The St. Louis Blues signed free agent defenseman Aris Brimanis on Friday.

Brimanis, 30, appeared in five games with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim last season. He also played 72 games with Cincinnati of the American Hockey League, finishing with two goals and nine assists.

The 6-foot-3, 210-pound Brimanis posted NHL career highs in games played (56), points (eight) and penalty minutes (26) in 2000-01 with the New York Islanders. Brimanis, who has played in 100 NHL games, was drafted in the fourth round, 86th overall, in the 1991 Entry Draft by the Philadelphia Flyers.

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