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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 3082779" data-attributes="member: 2012">Report: Blackhawks sign G BoucherSports Ticker9/24/2006 1:04:17 AMCHICAGO (Ticker) - The Chicago Blackhawks apparently like what they have seen from Brian Boucher.According to a report on the team's web site, the Blackhawks on Saturday signed Boucher to a one-year contract.In need of a backup to Nikolai Khabibulin after free-agent signee Patrick Lalime suffered a herniated disk in his back, Chicago invited Boucher to training camp on a tryout basis. The 29-year-old Rhode Island native started the Blackhawks' preseason contest against the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday, stopping all 26 shots he faced for a 2-0 shutout.Last season, Boucher posted a 4-8-0 record and 4.15 goals-against average in 14 games with Phoenix and Calgary. The 22nd overall pick by Philadelphia in 1995, he has a career mark of 75-85-30 with 12 shutouts and a 2.74 GAA in 202 contests with the Flyers, Coyotes and Flames.During the 2003-04 season with Phoenix, Boucher set the modern-era record for the longest shutout sequence, holding opponents scoreless for 332 minutes, 1 second.Lalime, who signed a one-year, $700,000 contract with the Blackhawks on July 1, is expected to miss two to three months.</blockquote>