The Calgary Flames announced today they have signed centre Krys Kolanos to a two year, two-way contract and have recalled him from the Abbotsford Heat.

“Krys has been one of our best players in Abbotsford and has done everything we’ve asked of him to earn this opportunity,” said Flames General Manager Jay Feaster. “He has worked hard on being a responsible two-way player and we look forward to him contributing to our success at both ends of the ice.”

Kolanos, a native of Calgary, Alberta, has played 136 NHL games scoring 20 goals and adding 21 assists for 41 points and 92 penalty minutes with Phoenix, Edmonton, and Minnesota. After joining the Abbotsford Heat (AHL) on a professional try-out agreement, Krys went on to earn an AHL contract with the club. He leads the team in scoring netting 18 goals along with 22 assists for 40 points in 34 games. He was selected to represent the West in the AHL All-Star game this past weekend.

Contract Term: Two year/two-way contract with an AAV of $525,000

Everyone at AIR Training System is incredibly proud of Krys Kolanos to claw his way back to a position on a NHL club. It has been an evolving and intriguing process of training and nutritional work with Krys since he came online with AIR in 2005-2009 and now again in October of 2011. Krys returned to the AIR Training System programming with a highly evolved and researched nutrition program in January 2011 which was specifically designed as a nervous system remylineation plan using medicinal dosages of iodine, saturated fats, and thyroid harmonizing food choices. Later in October 2011, Krys came back into a complete AIR programming which included myofacsial sling work using Jiao Wu with Adam's movement genius, and complete soft tissue restructuring with his primary referral support therapist Dr. Hugo Galvez MD and huge volumes of self myofascial release using the latest the Travel Roller TR4.3.