The Chicago Blackhawks have acquired forward Anthony Duclair and defenseman Adam Clendening from the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for forwards Richard Panik and Laurent Dauphin.
Clendening returns to the Blackhawks organization, having been drafted by Chicago in the second round of the 2011 NHL Draft. The 25-year-old native of Niagara Falls, N.Y., has skated in 21 AHL games with the AHL’s Tucson Roadrunners this season, collecting one goal and two assists.
A Calder Cup finalist with Utica in 2015, Clendening has appeared in 223 regular-season AHL games over his six pro seasons, totaling 24 goals and 107 assists for 131 points skating with Rockford, Utica, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and Tucson.
In 86 NHL games with Chicago, Vancouver, Pittsburgh, Edmonton, the N.Y. Rangers and Arizona, Clendening has recorded four goals and 20 assists for 24 points.
Dauphin, 22, returns to Arizona, which selected him in the second round of the 2013 NHL Draft. The native of Repentigny, Que., has four goals and 10 assists for 14 points in 33 games for the AHL’s Rockford IceHogs this season, his third pro campaign.
Dauphin has appeared in 141 career AHL games with Rockford, Tucson, Springfield and Portland, registering 33 goals and 34 assists for 67 points.
Duclair, 22, has nine goals and six assists for 15 points in 33 games with Arizona this season.
Panik, a Calder Cup champion with Norfolk in 2012, has collected six goals and 10 assists for 16 points in 37 games with the Blackhawks this season.
