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February 16, 2001
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Bondra pots three on day of new deal
The Capitals put the rumors to rest once and for all by signing right winger Peter Bondra to a four-year deal potentially worth about $18 million. It is actually a two-year deal with the Caps having options on the next two at an average annual salary of $4.5 million. Bondra scored a hat trick in a 5-4 win over Toronto Feb. 1 and the deal was announced after the game. “I grew up here, I want my kids to grow up here and maybe I retire here,” he said. The signing was rumored, but still came as a surprise. It had been thought the two sides were discussing ways to resume talks after Bondra told management last summer that he wanted to be traded - purely a business decision, he said. Bondra had been…
PLUS MINUS
Best of the Hockey World O’NEILL, OH YEAH Carolina right winger Jeff O’Neill sets a new franchise record for goals in a month with 14 in January and also leads the team in hits. VALUE-ADDED CAPITAL Washington’s Peter Bondra, in the running for the Rocket Richard Trophy, agrees to a contract extension and nets a hat trick on the same day. KEEP ON SHOOTING Boston College senior right winger Brian Gionta pots five goals on five first period shots in a 7-2 win over Maine. Worst of the Hockey World BAD BOY BILLY Pittsburgh minor league call-up Billy Tibbetts is suspended four games for cold-cocking Atlanta’s Darcy Hordichuk, who’s sitting on the bench. OWEN MEANY San Jose captain Owen Nolan faces certain suspension after his forearm shiver lands defenseless Dallas forward Grant Marshall in hospital. ONE GAME…
Kozlov’s lackluster performance has Red Wing mentor puzzled
Something’s wrong with Slava Kozlov, but the Detroit Red Wings aren’t sure what. “If we did know,” coach Scotty Bowman said, “we’d work on it.” Bowman scratched Kozlov in two out of three games before the all-star break and said he would have scratched him in three straight had center Igor Larionov not been sick and unable to play in the Wings’ 3-1 loss at New Jersey Jan. 30. Kozlov played 6:54 against the Devils, less than any other Red Wing except backup goaltender Manny Legace. Not only did he fail to score for the 21st straight game, he finished with only one shot and made a mistake that led to the Devils’ first goal. Kozlov declined to comment on his performance. The 28-year-old winger averaged 29 goals in his first five seasons with…
Sasha ‘the Basha’ Amerks’ hit man
NOTE BOOK The Rochester Americans wanted to know what fans thought was the team’s most significant happening of the season, so they held a poll on their website. Was it the hiring of Randy Cunneyworth, a veteran of 19 pro seasons, as coach? The return of two-time team MVP Craig Charron after two years elsewhere in the American League? Or the dominance of the team defense, which again leads the AHL, allowing just 2.42 goals per game? Surprisingly, the signing of tough guy winger Sasha ‘the Basha’ Lakovic was the overwhelming pick. Of 747 votes cast through five days, 578 were for Lakovic’s signing. The Cunneyworth hiring was a distant second at 70. Lakovic, a veteran of nine minor pro seasons and 37 NHL games with Calgary and New Jersey, joined the team in…
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