Former Cape Breton Screaming Eagle players Dean Ouellet and Jordan Clendenning have signed professional contracts for the upcoming 2012-13 season with the expansion franchise San Francisco Bulls of the East Coast Hockey League.

Ouellet, 25, played four seasons with the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles before joining the Universite de Moncton Aigle Bleus for the past four years.

Clendenning, 25, played five seasons in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League between the Bathurst Titan and the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles. Following his time in the 'Q', Clendenning played four seasons with the University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds.

The Bulls will be the National Hockey League's San Jose Sharks ECHL affiliate.

In other Bulls news, former Bathurst Titan and Baie-Comeau Drakkar forward Jonathan Lessard also signed a deal with the ECHL club.