2002–03 Boston Bruins season
2002–03 Boston Bruins | |
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Division | 3rd Northeast |
Conference | 7th Eastern |
2002–03 record | 36–31–11–4 |
Home record | 23–11–5–2 |
Road record | 13–20–6–2 |
Goals for | 245 |
Goals against | 237 |
Team information | |
General manager | Mike O'Connell |
Coach | Robbie Ftorek (Oct-Mar) Mike O'Connell (Mar-Apr) |
Captain | Joe Thornton |
Alternate captains | Martin Lapointe Don Sweeney |
Arena | Fleet Center |
Average attendance | 15,029 (85.6%) |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Providence Bruins |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Glen Murray (44) |
Assists | Joe Thornton (65) |
Points | Joe Thornton (101) |
Penalty minutes | P. J. Stock (160) |
Plus/minus | Hal Gill (+21) |
Wins | Steve Shields (12) |
Goals against average | John Grahame (2.71) |
The 2002–03 Boston Bruins season was the team's 79th season of operation.
Offseason
[edit]Joe Thornton was named the 17th captain in team history on October 8, 2002.[1]
Regular season
[edit]Head coach Robbie Ftorek was fired on March 19 and general manager Mike O'Connell assumed coaching duties on an interim basis through the end of the season.[2]
Final standings
[edit]No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 1 | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 52 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 263 | 182 | 113 |
2 | 5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 44 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 236 | 208 | 98 |
3 | 7 | Boston Bruins | 82 | 36 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 245 | 237 | 87 |
4 | 10 | Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 30 | 35 | 8 | 9 | 206 | 234 | 77 |
5 | 12 | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 27 | 37 | 10 | 8 | 190 | 219 | 72 |
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | P- Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 52 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 263 | 182 | 113 |
2 | Y- New Jersey Devils | AT | 82 | 46 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 216 | 166 | 108 |
3 | Y- Tampa Bay Lightning | SE | 82 | 36 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 219 | 210 | 93 |
4 | X- Philadelphia Flyers | AT | 82 | 45 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 211 | 166 | 107 |
5 | X- Toronto Maple Leafs | NE | 82 | 44 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 236 | 208 | 98 |
6 | X- Washington Capitals | SE | 82 | 39 | 29 | 8 | 6 | 224 | 220 | 92 |
7 | X- Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 36 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 245 | 237 | 87 |
8 | X- New York Islanders | AT | 82 | 35 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 224 | 231 | 83 |
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9 | New York Rangers | AT | 82 | 32 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 210 | 231 | 78 |
10 | Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 30 | 35 | 8 | 9 | 206 | 234 | 77 |
11 | Atlanta Thrashers | SE | 82 | 31 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 226 | 284 | 74 |
12 | Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 27 | 37 | 10 | 8 | 190 | 219 | 72 |
13 | Florida Panthers | SE | 82 | 24 | 36 | 13 | 9 | 176 | 237 | 70 |
14 | Pittsburgh Penguins | AT | 82 | 27 | 44 | 6 | 5 | 189 | 255 | 65 |
15 | Carolina Hurricanes | SE | 82 | 22 | 43 | 11 | 6 | 171 | 240 | 61 |
Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast
P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot
Playoffs
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Schedule and results
[edit]Regular season
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October: 6–2–2–0 (home: 1–1–1–0; road: 5–1–1–0)
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November: 10–1–1–1 (home: 8–0–0–0; road: 2–1–1–1)
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December: 5–8–1–0 (home: 3–4–1–0; road: 2–4–0–0)
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January: 5–8–1–0 (home: 4–3–1–0; road: 1–5–0–0)
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February: 2–6–3–1 (home: 1–1–1–1; road: 1–5–2–0)
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March: 7–5–2–2 (home: 5–2–1–1; road: 2–3–1–1)
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April: 1–1–1–0 (home: 1–0–0–0; road: 0–1–1–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
Playoffs
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Legend:
Win Loss |
Player statistics
[edit]Scoring
[edit]- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
19 | Joe Thornton | C | 77 | 36 | 65 | 101 | 12 | 109 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −5 | 4 |
27 | Glen Murray | RW | 82 | 44 | 48 | 92 | 9 | 64 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −5 | 4 |
26 | Mike Knuble | RW | 75 | 30 | 29 | 59 | 18 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 |
12 | Brian Rolston | C | 81 | 27 | 32 | 59 | 1 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 |
16 | Jozef Stumpel | C | 78 | 14 | 37 | 51 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
34 | Bryan Berard | D | 80 | 10 | 28 | 38 | −4 | 64 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
11 | P. J. Axelsson | LW | 66 | 17 | 19 | 36 | 8 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 |
44 | Nick Boynton | D | 78 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 99 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 |
46 | Jonathan Girard | D | 73 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
22 | Michal Grosek | LW | 63 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 71 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 13 |
10 | Marty McInnis | RW | 77 | 9 | 10 | 19 | −11 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
20 | Martin Lapointe | RW | 59 | 8 | 10 | 18 | −19 | 87 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 14 |
36 | Ivan Huml | LW | 41 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
25 | Hal Gill | D | 76 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 |
17 | Rob Zamuner | LW | 55 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
21 | Sean O'Donnell | D | 70 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 76 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
14 | Sergei Samsonov | LW | 8 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 |
42 | P. J. Stock | C | 71 | 1 | 9 | 10 | −5 | 160 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
32 | Don Sweeney | D | 67 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −1 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Sean Brown | D | 69 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −6 | 117 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
37 | Lee Goren | RW | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 |
29 | Andy Hilbert | C | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
47 | John Grahame‡ | G | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
39 | Zdenek Kutlak | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
76 | Kris Vernarsky | C | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
59 | Rich Brennan | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
6 | Dan McGillis† | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −2 | 2 |
18 | Ian Moran† | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 |
43 | Martin Samuelsson | RW | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
30 | Jeff Hackett† | G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
63 | Matt Herr | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
64 | Jarno Kultanen | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
28 | Shaone Morrisonn | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
55 | Brantt Myhres | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
33 | Krzysztof Oliwa† | LW | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 110 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1 | Andrew Raycroft | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
31 | Steve Shields | G | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
70 | Tim Thomas | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Goaltending
[edit]- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
31 | Steve Shields | 36 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 930 | 97 | 2.76 | .896 | 0 | 2112 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 6 | 3.03 | .897 | 0 | 119 |
47 | John Grahame‡ | 23 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 625 | 61 | 2.71 | .902 | 1 | 1352 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
30 | Jeff Hackett† | 18 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 500 | 53 | 3.21 | .894 | 1 | 991 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 76 | 5 | 1.68 | .934 | 0 | 179 |
70 | Tim Thomas | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 118 | 11 | 3.00 | .907 | 0 | 220 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1 | Andrew Raycroft | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 146 | 12 | 2.40 | .918 | 0 | 300 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
[edit]Awards
[edit]Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
Lester Patrick Trophy | Ray Bourque | [6] |
Willie O'Ree | |||
NHL Second All-Star Team | Joe Thornton (Center) | [7] | |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Glen Murray | [8] |
Joe Thornton | |||
NHL Player of the Week | Joe Thornton (December 2) | [9] | |
Team | Elizabeth C. Dufresne Trophy | Joe Thornton | [10] |
John P. Bucyk Award | Nick Boynton | [10] | |
Seventh Player Award | Mike Knuble | [10] | |
Three Stars Awards | Joe Thornton (1st) | [11] | |
Glen Murray (2nd) | |||
Mike Knuble (3rd) |
Milestones
[edit]Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th game played | Don Sweeney | November 14, 2002 | [12] |
Transactions
[edit]The Bruins were involved in the following transactions from June 14, 2002, the day after the deciding game of the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 9, 2003, the day of the deciding game of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals.[13]
Trades
[edit]Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 22, 2002 | To Boston Bruins 2nd-round pick in 2002 |
To St. Louis Blues 2nd-round pick in 2002 5th-round pick in 2002 |
[14] |
June 25, 2002 | To Boston Bruins Steve Shields |
To Anaheim Mighty Ducks 3rd-round pick in 2003 |
[15] |
January 6, 2003 | To Boston Bruins Krzysztof Oliwa |
To New York Rangers 9th-round pick in 2004 |
[16] |
January 13, 2003 | To Boston Bruins 4th-round pick in 2004 |
To Tampa Bay Lightning John Grahame |
[17] |
January 17, 2003 | To Boston Bruins Boston’s 9th-round pick in 2004 |
To New York Rangers Jay Henderson |
[18] |
January 23, 2003 | To Boston Bruins Jeff Hackett Jeff Jillson |
To San Jose Sharks Kyle McLaren 4th-round pick in 2004 |
[19] |
March 11, 2003 | To Boston Bruins Dan McGillis |
To San Jose Sharks 2nd-round pick in 2003 |
[20] |
March 11, 2003 | To Boston Bruins Ian Moran |
To Pittsburgh Penguins 4th-round pick in 2003 |
[21] |
May 31, 2003 | To Boston Bruins 5th-round pick in 2004 |
To Phoenix Coyotes Rights to Darren McLachlan |
[22] |
Players acquired
[edit]Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 16, 2002 | Michal Grosek | New York Rangers | 1-year | Free agency | [23] |
July 18, 2002 | Bill Bowler | Nashville Predators | 1-year | Free agency | [24] |
Rich Brennan | Los Angeles Kings | 2-year | Free agency | [24] | |
Kevin Dallman | Guelph Storm (OHL) | 3-year | Free agency | [24] | |
Matt Herr | Florida Panthers | 2-year | Free agency | [24] | |
Martin Wilde[a] | Providence Bruins (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [24] | |
July 29, 2002 | Darren Van Oene | Buffalo Sabres | 1-year[b] | Free agency | [26] |
August 6, 2002 | Chris Paradise | University of Denver (WCHA) | 2-year | Free agency | [27] |
August 13, 2002 | Bryan Berard | New York Rangers | 1-year[b] | Free agency | [28] |
September 18, 2002 | Brantt Myhres | Washington Capitals | Free agency | [29] |
Players lost
[edit]Date | Player | New team | Via[c] | Ref |
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N/A | Vratislav Cech | HC Havirov (ELH) | Free agency (UFA) | [31] |
July 3, 2002 | Bill Guerin | Dallas Stars | Free agency (III) | [32] |
July 9, 2002 | Tony Tuzzolino | Minnesota Wild | Free agency (VI) | [33] |
July 19, 2002 | Eric Manlow | New York Islanders | Free agency (VI) | [34] |
August 12, 2002 | Jeff Maund | Metallurg Magnitogorsk (RSL) | Free agency (VI) | [35] |
August 23, 2002 | Pavel Kolarik | HC Slavia Praha (ELH) | Free agency (UFA) | [36] |
August 26, 2002 | Dennis Bonvie | Ottawa Senators | Free agency (UFA) | [37] |
Jeff Norton | Frisk Asker (Eliteserien) | Free agency (III) | [38] | |
August 28, 2002 | Darryl Laplante | Augusta Lynx (ECHL) | Free agency (VI) | [39] |
N/A | Jeff Zehr | Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [40] |
October 30, 2002 | Eric Van Acker | Greenville Grrrowl (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [41] |
November 2, 2002 | Jamie Rivers | San Antonio Rampage (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [42] |
November 19, 2002 | Byron Dafoe | Atlanta Thrashers | Free agency (III) | [43] |
November 25, 2002 | John Emmons | Eisbaren Berlin (DEL) | Free agency (UFA) | [44] |
May 19, 2003 | Jarno Kultanen | HIFK (Liiga) | Free agency | [45] |
Signings
[edit]Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 18, 2002 | Martin Samuelsson | 3-year | Entry-level | [46] |
June 25, 2002 | Steve Shields | 2-year | Re-signing | [15] |
June 30, 2002 | P. J. Stock | 1-year | Option exercised | [47] |
Tim Thomas | 1-year | Option exercised | [47] | |
July 8, 2002 | Shaone Morrisonn | 3-year | Entry-level | [48] |
July 10, 2002 | Mike Knuble | 2-year | Re-signing | [49] |
July 16, 2002 | Nick Boynton | 1-year | Re-signing | [23] |
Sean Brown | 1-year | Re-signing | [23] | |
John Grahame | 1-year | Re-signing | [23] | |
July 17, 2002 | Glen Murray | 2-year | Re-signing | [50] |
July 29, 2002 | P. J. Axelsson | 1-year | Re-signing | [26] |
July 30, 2002 | Jonathan Girard | 1-year | Re-signing | [51] |
August 1, 2002 | Jay Henderson | 1-year | Re-signing | [52] |
August 24, 2002 | Lee Goren | Re-signing | [53] | |
September 9, 2002 | Peter Hamerlik | 3-year | Entry-level | [54] |
December 2, 2002 | Joe Thornton | 1-year | Extension | [55] |
May 31, 2003 | Milan Jurcina | 3-year | Entry-level | [22] |
Draft picks
[edit]Boston's draft picks at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.[56]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 29 | Hannu Toivonen | ![]() |
HPK (Finland) |
2 | 56 | Vladislav Evseev | ![]() |
CSKA Moscow Jr. (Russia) |
4 | 130 | Jan Kubista | ![]() |
HC Pardubice Jr. (Czech Republic) |
5 | 153 | Peter Hamerlik | ![]() |
Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) |
7 | 228 | Dmitri Utkin | ![]() |
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Jr. (Russia) |
8 | 259 | Yan Stastny | ![]() |
University of Notre Dame (Hockey East) |
9 | 290 | Pavel Frolov | ![]() |
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Jrs. (Russia) |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ The contract was canceled since Wilde had never been drafted in the NHL Entry Draft. Wilde signed with Modo Hockey on September 4.[25]
- ^ a b Club option for a second year.
- ^ In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[30]
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Boston defenseman Don Sweeney became the 180th player in NHL history to play in his 1,000th career game Thursday night.
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St. Louis traded its 2002 second-round pick (56th overall) to Boston for its 2002 second-round (62nd overall) and fifth-round (165th overall) selections.
- ^ a b "Bruins Acquire and Sign Goaltender Steve Shields". Boston Bruins. June 25, 2002. Archived from the original on March 14, 2004. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
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- ^ "John Grahame traded to Tampa Bay". Boston Bruins. January 13, 2003. Archived from the original on February 6, 2003. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
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Han erbjöds NHL-kontrakt med Boston i sommar, men en domstol avgjorde sedan att kontraktet skulle annulleras då Martin inte var draftad, berättar Bengt Hedin, MODO Hockeys sportchef.
[He was offered an NHL contract with Boston this summer, but a court then ruled that the contract should be canceled as Martin was not drafted, says Bengt Hedin, MODO Hockey's sports manager.] - ^ a b "Bruins Re-Sign P.J. Axelsson and Sign Darren Van Oene". Boston Bruins. July 29, 2002. Archived from the original on March 14, 2004. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
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- ^ "Brantt Myhres recalled from Providence". Boston Bruins. November 12, 2002. Archived from the original on March 14, 2004. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
Myhres was signed by the Bruins as a free agent on September 18, 2002
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- ^ "SPORTS TRANSACTIONS FOR TUESDAY, JULY 9+". UPI. July 9, 2002. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
Minnesota Wild -- Signed free agent right wing Tony Tuzzolino, who had been with the Boston Bruins.
- ^ "Laviolette Protege Eric Manlow Signs On". New York Islanders. July 19, 2002. Archived from the original on July 23, 2002. Retrieved November 26, 2022.
- ^ "JEFF MAUND". TSN.ca. Archived from the original on November 26, 2002. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
12-Aug-02: Signed with the Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Russian Hockey League.
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SENATORS: Signed D Brian Pothier to multi-year contract and RW Dennis Bonvie to one-year contract.
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