SAN JOSE, Calif. – San Jose Sharks Executive Vice President and General Manager Doug Wilson announced today that the team has signed forward Tony Lucia (loo-CHEE-ah) to an entry-level contract. In keeping with club policy, financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Lucia spent four seasons at the University of Minnesota appearing in 160 games and registering 82 points (34 goals, 48 assists). He served as one of the team captains this season and set career highs in goals (11), assists (17) and points (28) and was the team’s leading point producer.

Prior to his time at Minnesota, he played with the Omaha Lancers of the USHL from 2004-2006 where he posted 36 points (13 goals, 23 assists) in 67 games played.

“Tony is a player that can play in all situations and we are excited to see him transition to the professional level,” Wilson said. “Head Coach Don Lucia and his staff at Minnesota have done a tremendous job developing Tony and we are excited to integrate him into our organization.”

The six-foot, 175-pound native of Wayzata, Minnesota was originally selected by San Jose in the sixth round (193rd overall) of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.

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SAN JOSE, Calif. – San Jose Sharks Executive Vice President and General Manager Doug Wilson announced today that the team has signed unrestricted free agent defenseman Nick Schaus to an entry-level contract. In keeping with club policy, financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Schaus spent the last four seasons at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell and in 2009-10, finished with 23 points in 37 games (4 goals, 19 assists). He finished the season with 16 penalty minutes and had a plus/minus rating of +11 while setting career-highs in assists and points. Schaus finished his collegiate career with 65 points (10 goals and 55 assists) in 148 career games.

The five-foot-eleven, 190-pound native of Orchard Park, New York also spent four seasons in the USHL with the River City Lancers (2002-2004) and the Omaha Lancers (2004-06) prior to attending UMass Lowell, including posting 53 points (9 goals, 44 assists) in 60 games in 2005-06 with Omaha. The two-time USHL All-Star was named an assistant captain as well as the USHL Defenseman of the Year during his 2005-06 season.

“We are excited about Nick joining the San Jose Sharks organization,” said Wilson. “He has made tremendous progress during his collegiate career and that is a testament to the program at UMass-Lowell and guidance and leadership provided by Head Coach Blaise MacDonald and his staff. We are looking forward to helping Nick take his development to the next level.”