The Senators announced Thursday that the club has signed defenseman Cody Ceci to a three-year, entry-level contract, according to an NHL.com report.

Ceci, 18, was the Senators' first-round pick (No. 15) in the 2012 NHL Draft. An Ottawa native, Ceci has spent all of his major-junior career with the OHL's Ottawa 67's, for whom he scored 17 goals and added 43 assists in 64 games last season.