Mike Ribeiro’s great season with the Dallas Stars has been rewarded when he and the Stars agreed to a 5-year, $25 million extension – nearly doubling his salary.

Ribeiro now becomes the second highest paid player on the Stars behind Goalie Marty Turco. As reported by The AP:

"I believe he's made great strides from last year until now," said Stars interim co-general manager Brett Hull. "He's just scratching the surface. It's not a one-hit wonder type of season."

The Stars acquired Ribeiro in a trade with the Montreal Canadiens on Sept. 30, 2006. Ribeiro had 20 goals for Montreal is 2003-04.

Ribeiro has a career-high 21 goals to go with 25 assists in 41 games. He will make $2.8 million for this season. He would have become an unrestricted free agent on July 1, if the extension had not been met.