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July 02, 2001
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FLYERS SIGN CENTER JEREMY ROENICK TO A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT
The Philadelphia Flyers announced
today that they have signed unrestricted free agent center Jeremy
Roenick to a five-year contract, according to club President and General
Manager Bob Clarke. Per club policy, financial terms were not disclosed.
The Flyers and Roenick had reached agreement in principle on a contract
on June 29 after receiving permission from the Phoenix Coyotes to talk
with Roenick and his agent, Neil Abbott.
Roenick, 31, recorded 30 goals and
46 assists for 76 points and 114 penalty minutes in 80 games for the
Coyotes this past season. He led the Coyotes in goals, assists, points
and penalty minutes (the only player in the NHL to accomplish the feat
this past season; has accomplished the feat the last two seasons - only
player in the NHL since the 1943-44 season to do this more than once).
He reached the 20-goal plateau for the 11th time in his career and the
30-goal plateau for the seventh time.
The 13-year NHL veteran has
registered 408 goals and 539 assists for 947 points and 1134 penalty
minutes in 908 career regular season games. He has posted 95 points
(44G,51A) in 100 career playoff games. Roenick has recorded four 40-goal
seasons and two 50-goal seasons in his career (1991-92 and 1992-93). He
has topped the 100-point plateau in three seasons (1991-92 through
1993-94). The 6’0”, 207-pound center has appeared in six NHL
All-Star Games (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999 and 2000).
A native of Boston, Massachusetts,
Roenick played five seasons for the Coyotes (1996-97 through 2000-01),
recording 141 goals and 210 assists for 351 points and 564 penalty
minutes in 384 regular season games. He ranks in the top 10 on several
of the Coyotes’ all-time lists (ninth in goals, 10th in assists and
eighth in points). He led the Coyotes in points in each of the last
three seasons (72 in 1998-99, 78 in 1999-2000 and 76 in 2000-01).
Roenick was traded to Phoenix by the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for
Alexei Zhamnov, Craig Mills and a first round choice in the 1997 NHL
Entry Draft on August 16, 1996.
In parts of eight seasons with the
Blackhawks (1988-89 through 1995-96), Roenick posted 267 goals and 329
assists for 596 points and 570 penalty minutes in 524 regular season
games. He led the Blackhawks in goals four times (53 in 1991-92, 50 in
1992-93, 46 in 1993-94 and 32 in 1995-96), in assists twice (50 in
1991-92 and 61 in 1993-94) and in points three times (103 in 1991-92,
107 in 1992-93 and 107 in 1993-94). He ranks sixth on the Blackhawks’
all-time list in goals (267), 11th in assists (329) and eighth in points
(596). He was originally drafted by Chicago in the first round, eighth
overall, of the 1988 NHL Entry Draft.
Roenick was named to the 2002 United
States Olympic Team. He joins Flyers left wing John LeClair as members
of the 2002 U.S. Olympic Team; both represented the U.S. in the 1998
Winter Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan. Roenick’s 408 career goals rank
third all-time among American-born players (behind Joe Mullen - 502 and
Pat LaFontaine - 468).
