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Another former NHL player leaves to play in Europe as Calgary Flames free agent goaltender Jonas Hiller as signed a three-year contract with the NLA’s EHC Biel-Bienne.

Jonas Hiller unterschreibt beim EHC Biel für drei Saisons! Jonas Hiller vient au HC Bienne pour 3 ans! #EHCB pic.twitter.com/Z1HIOmHx60 — EHC Biel-Bienne (@ehcbiel) April 19, 2016

According to the Twitter translate button it reads, “Jonas Hiller signs with the EHC Biel for three seasons.”

Hiller, 34, burst onto the NHL scene during the 2007-08 campaign when he suited up for 23 games with the Anaheim Ducks and posted a .927 save percentage and a 2.06 goals against average. He went 10-7-1 in his first NHL season. The Swiss netminder had six American Hockey League (AHL) games that same season with the Portland Pirates and saw him record a .915 save percentage and a 2.11 goals against average in his first season of North American play.

The Felben Wellhauen, Switzerland native played with the Anaheim Ducks through the 2013-14 season before spending the last two seasons with the Calgary Flames. This season he played in 26 contests for the Flames, going 9-11-0 and posting a 3.51 goals against average and a .879 save percentage, his lowest numbers during his NHL career.

At 6’2, 192-pounds, the net minder has represented his native Switzerland in international play on several occasions including the 2010 and 2014 Olympic Games.

In 2010-11 he was selected to the NHL All-Star Game.