Coyotes GM Don Maloney announced today the Coyotes have signed free-agent center Petteri Nokelainen to a one-year contract. Nokelainen appeared in 46 games for Jokerit Helsinki of the SM-liiga (top professional ice hockey league in Finland) recording 11-16-27 and 116 penalty minutes. Nokelainen also played nine games for Team Finland at the 2011 IIHF World Championship, helping his country win a gold medal. This will be Nokelainen’s second stint with Phoenix after being acquired on March 3, 2010 from the Anaheim Ducks. In 189 career NHL games with the New York Islanders, Bruins, Ducks and Coyotes, Nokelainen has recorded 17-17-34 and 66 PIM. He was originally drafted by the Islanders in the first-round (16th overall) of the 2004 Entry Draft.