Ducks pick up Criscuolo

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The Anaheim Ducks have acquired center Kyle Criscuolo and a fourth-round selection in the 2020 NHL Draft from the Philadelphia Flyers for center Derek Grant.

Criscuolo, 27, has collected eight goals and 16 assists for 24 points in 40 games with the AHL’s Lehigh Valley Phantoms this season, and leads the team in plus/minus (+12).

A fourth-year pro from Southampton, N.J., Criscuolo has skated in 214 career AHL games with Lehigh Valley, Rochester and Grand Rapids, totaling 46 goals and 73 assists for 119 points. He set career highs with 17 goals and 41 points as a rookie in 2016-17, when he also won a Calder Cup championship with the Griffins.