The Syracuse Crunch announced today that the Columbus Blue Jackets have re-signed goaltender Pascal Leclaire to a three-year contract through the 2010-11 season. As per club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Leclaire, 25, spent parts of four seasons with the Crunch from 2002-05, appearing in 101 games, compiling a record of 37-46-9 with a 3.11 goals-against average and .911 save percentage. He ranks third all-time for goaltenders in team history in games played (101), fourth in wins (37) and is tied for third in shutouts (5).

Leclaire is coming off his best NHL season in 2007-08 as he compiled a 24-17-6 record with a 2.25 goals-against average, .919 save percentage and nine shutouts in 54 games with the Blue Jackets. He ranked second in the NHL in shutouts, seventh in goals-against average and 11th in save percentage, while his record was the best in franchise history and his shutout total nearly doubled the previous club mark of five set by Marc Denis in 2002-03 and 2003-04. Following the season, he helped Canada win a silver medal at the 2008 World Championships, posting a 4-0-0 record with a 2.00 goals-against average, .925 save percentage and one shutout in four games.

Leclaire was drafted by the Blue Jackets in the first round, eighth overall, in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. He owns a 41-49-11 record with a 2.71 goals-against average, .911 save percentage and 10 shutouts in 113 career NHL games. As a rookie in 2005-06, he was 11-15-3 with a 3.23 goals-against average and .911 save percentage in 33 games. He made 40 or more saves six times, which was tied for the most by a rookie goaltender since Mike Richter did the same with the New York Rangers in 1990-91. A knee injury limited Leclaire to 24 games in 2006-07 when he was 6-15-2, but he lowered his goals-against average to 2.97 and posted his first career shutout with a 38-save effort vs. the Los Angeles Kings on Oct. 27, 2006.