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Former NHL enforcer Westgarth signs with EIHL's Belfast Giants

Perry Nelson / USA Today

Former NHL tough guy Kevin Westgarth is headed to Northern Ireland.

Westgarth has signed with the Belfast Giants of the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL), the club announced Thursday.

The veteran of five NHL seasons played 48 combined games with the Carolina Hurricanes and Calgary Flames last season, registering seven points and racking up 68 penalty minutes.

The EIHL's Cardiff Devils nearly signed former NHL pugilist Paul Bissonnette to a contract earlier this week before he signed with the Portland Pirates of the AHL.

- With h/t to Pro Hockey Talk

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