Tampa, FL -- (Sports Network) - The Tampa Bay Lightning signed free agent center Wyatt Smith to a one-year, two-way contract on Thursday.

The 31-year-old Smith split his time between the Avalanche and Lake Erie of the American Hockey League last season. He had three assists in 25 games with Colorado, and appeared in one playoff game for the club.

The 5-foot-11, 205-pounder has scored 10 goals and tallied 22 assists in 221 career NHL games with Colorado, the Minnesota Wild, New York Islanders, Nashville Predators and Phoenix Coyotes.

The Minnesota product was originally drafted in the ninth round of the 1997 NHL Entry Draft by the Coyotes.