Anaheim, CA -- (Sports Network) - The Anaheim Ducks signed forward Ryan Carter to a three-year contract on Tuesday. Per team policy, terms were not disclosed.

Carter registered four goals and eight points as a spare center in 34 games for the Ducks last season. He went scoreless with six penalty minutes in six games as the defending Cup champs fell to Dallas in a six-game Western Conference quarterfinal series.

The Minnesota native was originally signed by the franchise as a free agent out of Minnesota State University in July, 2006.