"The Bruins bolstered their strength up the middle yesterday by signing center Stephane Yelle.

Yelle, who spent the last five seasons with Calgary after seven seasons with Colorado, has 85 goals and 239 points in 844 career games.

As a rookie in 1995-96, he had career highs of 13 goals and 27 points. He was with Colorado when it won the Stanley Cup in 1996 and 2001."