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  Legends of the Buffalo Sabres - Dave Andreychuk
Andreychuk was one of three rookies to score their first NHL goals in that game, joining draft-mate Cyr and rookie defenseman Hannu Virta in filling the net that night.
Andreychuk scored 53 goals for the Maple Leafs in 1993-94, and finished the season with a career-high 99 points, whic was the second-highest total on the team.
In 1983-84, his first full year with the Sabres, Andreychuk established himself as a legitimate scoring threat at the NHL level, filling the void left in the Sabres' arsenal when Tony McKegney was traded to the Quebec Nordiques in the off-season.
www.sabreslegends.com /andreychuk_d_bio.html   (2370 words)

  
  Dave Andreychuk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
David John "Dave" Andreychuk was born on the 29th of September, 1963, in Hamilton, Ontario and is a professional hockey player in the NHL, currently assigned to the Springfield Falcons after starting the 2005-2006 season playing for the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Dave Andreychuk was drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft and played his first NHL season in 1982-83.
In 2002-03, Lightning head coach John Tortorella appointed Andreychuk the captain, (succeeding Vincent Lecavalier, who was stripped of the captaincy after the 2000-01 season), and he continued the leadership role with the team which eventually would lead to a big reward for the young franchise.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dave_Andreychuk   (480 words)

  
 ESPN Fantasy Hockey 2006: Player News Archive
Andreychuk has not been waived by the Lightning, contrary to a radio report out of Toronto, but the veteran is being shopped to other teams by GM Jay Feaster, according to TSN.ca.
Andreychuk was a healthy scratch Tuesday against the Canadiens and the captain was visibly upset by the move, reports the Tampa Tribune.
Andreychuk is headed to the Stanley Cup finals for the first time in his 22-year NHL career.
games.espn.go.com /cgi/fhl/playernewsarchive?statsId=23   (1863 words)

  
 Dave Andreychuk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Dave Andreychuk entered the NHL with the Buffalo Sabres in 1982-83 after collecting 57 goals and 100 points for the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League the previous season.
Andreychuk quickly demonstrated his scoring prowess in the NHL, leading the Sabres in goals during both of his first two full seasons with the team.
Andreychuk enjoyed his best year in 1991-92 when he had 41 goals and 50 assists, but on February 2, 1993, he was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs.
www.hockeyresearch.com /jwood/bios/dave_andreychuk.htm   (250 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal
Dave Andreychuk was drafted by the Buffalo Sabres from the Ontario Hockey League's Oshawa Generals in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft and played his first NHL season in 1982-83.
In 2002-03, Lightning head coach John Tortorella appointed Andreychuk the captain, (succeeding Vincent Lecavalier, who was stripped of the captaincy after the 2000-01 season), and he continued the leadership role with the team which eventually would lead to a big reward for the young franchise.
Andreychuk went 22 years without being on a Stanley Cup championship team, tying the NHL record with Ray Bourque for the longest career before doing so.
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Dave_Andreychuk   (550 words)

  
 UKRAINIAN PRO HOCKEY UPDATE (01/23/00)
Andreychuk, who readily admitted he is not known for fast starts, is making the Bruins look like geniuses for taking a chance on him last summer when he became an unrestricted free agent.
Andreychuk has played more than he expected, more than 20 minutes per game, which he said is as much as he ever played with Toronto, New Jersey and the Buffalo Sabres, who drafted him 16th overall in 1982.
Dave would battle and battle until he scored; then he'd raise his hands in the air like it was in a game and he'd stare down the goalie.
www.ukrweekly.com /Archive/2000/040025.shtml   (1329 words)

  
 CNN/SI - NHL Hockey - Dave Andreychuk Press Conference - Wednesday November 10, 1999 06:46 PM
Dave Andreychuk: Basically I had a couple of bad years in Jersey the last couple of years.
Dave Andreychuk: I think that it allows the wingers to have a little bit of freedom to forecheck.
Dave Andreychuk: I have still got my thoughts whether it is going to work or not.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /hockey/nhl/news/1999/11/10/andreychuk_presser   (2142 words)

  
 Dave Andreychuk's Stanley Cup Roadtrip
Andreychuk played 1,759 games before being able to take his turn with Lord Stanley’s cup.
It’s all the more amazing considering that the team he won with is an expansion team based on Florida’s Gulf Coast, where ice only occurs when man makes it and is a long way from the frigid hockey hotbed that is Ontario.
With a championship firmly in hand, it will only be a matter of time before Dave Andreychuk takes his place beside the other greats enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
www.useless-knowledge.com /articles/apr/june073.html   (350 words)

  
 Player Stats   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Andreychuk disagreed with the Lightning's assessment that he couldn't keep up with the pace of the new NHL, but recognizes that his playing days may be over.
Andreychuk will be assigned to the Lightning's AHL affiliate so they can pay his $800,000 salary, but he isn't required to report.
Andreychuk has agreed to a two-year contract that will keep him with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
snap.stats.com /snap/rogers/nhl/playerstats.asp?id=23   (140 words)

  
 CBC Sports: Andreychuk returning to Lightning: Feaster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
In the post-season, Andreychuk was sixth in team scoring with 14 points to give him 43 goals and 97 points in 162 career NHL playoff games.
Earlier in the season, Andreychuk said it was one of his "tougher years" in terms of aches and pains, but he still managed 39 points and 17 minutes of ice time as a defensive and faceoff specialist.
Andreychuk, who has 1,320 points in 1,597 career regular-season games, is 11th on the NHL's all-time list with 634 goals.
www.cbc.ca /story/sports/national/2004/06/11/Sports/andreychuk040611   (470 words)

  
 washingtonpost.com: Lightning's Andreychuk Isn't About to Settle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Andreychuk wasn't about to jinx himself now, not after waiting 22 seasons to reach the Stanley Cup finals, which begin Tuesday at the St. Pete Times Forum, where the Lightning will host Calgary in Game 1 of a series few could have envisioned eight months ago.
Andreychuk is a big part of the team's dramatic rise from laughingstock to contender.
Tampa targeted Andreychuk in the summer of 2001 because it wanted him to shepherd the team's young players, such as Martin St. Louis, Fredrik Modin, Brad Richards and Vincent Lecavalier, who had much maturing to do on and off the ice.
www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A50268-2004May23?language=printer   (509 words)

  
 Hockey Hall of Fame - Stanley Cup Journals 2004: 05
Captain Dave Andreychuk was invited to bring his family and hockey's most cherished prize to the extraordinary theme park just seventy-five miles away from Tampa for a parade down Main Street USA in honour of the world champion Tampa Bay Lightning.
Dave Andreychuk, his wife Sue and kids Taylor, Caci and Brooke, took the Stanley Cup to Downtown Disney, arriving by nine that morning.
Then, Andreychuk and his girls were taken through Magic Kingdom and got a chance to go on several of the amazing rides — Pirates of the Caribbean, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, the Swiss Family Treehouse, Country Bear Jamboree and, of course, It's a Small World.
www.hhof.com /html/exSCJ04_05.shtml   (1549 words)

  
 Lightning waives popular team captain Dave Andreychuk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Feaster praised Andreychuk's hard work during and after last season's lockout, but said neither he nor the coaches "could foresee was the type of game the new NHL would be upon its return -- a game in which speed and quickness carry the day.
Dave Andreychuk and his family ride in the Lightning's 2004 Stanley Cup parade.
Andreychuk, 42, led the Lightning to a Stanley Cup championship in 2004 after more than two decades in the NHL.
www.abcactionnews.com /stories/2006/01/060110andreychuk.shtml   (433 words)

  
 SportingNews.com - NHL - Lightning waive captain Andreychuk
Andreychuk retire quitely after the olympic break instead of cutting him-what a disgrace remember Tampa the cup would not be there without Mr.
andreychuk may have been the veteran leader to keep the young punks under control, but now that they are "defending champs", i'm sure st. louis, lecavier, and the rest of those punks think they don't need any guidance.
Andreychuk was one of the greatest players to ever play in the NHL, and tampa has to go and basically cut him from the team, this is not what you do to a hero or your captian.
www.sportingnews.com /yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=52100   (1818 words)

  
 Lightning: High profile: Dave Andreychuk
Andreychuk is 6-4 and weighs 220 pounds, but he has the touch of a much-smaller player.
Andreychuk's choices have led to his Cupboard, so to speak, being bare.
With a pair of paws fitting for a man 6 feet 4, 220 pounds, Andreychuk's deft touch is more suited for a player a foot smaller and 50 pounds lighter.
www.sptimes.com /2004/04/08/Lightning/High_profile__Dave_An.shtml   (641 words)

  
 TSN : nhl - Canada's Sports Leader
Andreychuk's experience and leadership were a big part of the young Lightning's rise to their first Stanley Cup final this season, but there was as much focus in the playoffs on his personal ambitions.
Andreychuk and Bourque were dealt to Colorado at the trade deadline in 2000, but after failing to win the Cup, Andreychuk opted to return to Buffalo as a free agent, missing the Avalanche's 2001 triumph.
Andreychuk will now decide whether he has had enough, although he is leaning toward staying on for at least one more season.
www.tsn.ca /nhl/news_story.asp?id=86801   (1085 words)

  
 CBC Sports: Andreychuk let go by Lightning   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Veteran winger Da ve Andreychuk, a key player for the 2004 Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning, was waived by the NHL team on Tuesday.
Should Andreychuk choose to retire, Tampa Bay won't be on the hook for the balance of his salary.
During Tampa Bay's 2004 Stanley Cup run, Andreychuk was sixth in team scoring with 14 points to give him 43 goals and 97 points in 162 career NHL playoff games.
www.cbc.ca /story/sports/national/2006/01/10/Sports/andreychuk060110.html   (357 words)

  
 After 22 Years, Andreychuk's Moment Is Here - from Tampa Bay Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Andreychuk came to the Bolts in 2001 as a free agent when his wife decided Tampa would be a great place to live.
Andreychuk came up with the rule that it was a $50 fine for anyone - players, coaches, even media - to walk on the Lightning logo that adorns the carpet in the Bolts' dressing room.
The Bolts were a joke when Andreychuk first arrived; now they're a win away from a championship, and no one laughs at the logo.
sports.tbo.com /sports/MGB9Z5KW5VD.html   (771 words)

  
 LIGHTNING: Andreychuk to return for 22nd season
Andreychuk, who will be 40 when the season begins, said he had to make sure he was mentally prepared for offseason workouts.
Andreychuk had 20 goals, including a team-high 15 on the power play, and 34 points this season.
Andreychuk averaged 16:26 of ice time, much more than the 9-12 planned as the season began.
www.sptimes.com /2003/05/10/Lightning/Andreychuk_to_return_.shtml   (870 words)

  
 Dupont: Patience pays off for Andreychuk - NHL - MSNBC.com
Andreychuk said after the win that Bourque called him two or three times in recent days.
A protracted lockout is expected this fall, upon the Sept. 15 expiration of the collective bargaining agreement, and Andreychuk is part of a sizeable group of senior skaters who may have a long job action end their careers.
Andreychuk will be 41 by the time training camps are scheduled to open.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5160468   (1463 words)

  
 Carolina Hurricanes, Dave Andreychuk, Dan Boyle, Fredrik Modin, National Hockey League, Tampa Bay Lightning - CBS ...
Andreychuk had two goals, and Boyle scored with 33.6 seconds left in overtime as the Lightning beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-4 victory on Monday night.
Andreychuk has four goals in the past eight games after not scoring one in 18 straight games.
Andreychuk, on the power play at 13:07, and Taylor's goal 56 seconds later gave Tampa Bay a 4-3 lead in the second.
www.sportsline.com /nhl/gamecenter/recap/NHL_20051226_CAR@TB   (756 words)

  
 Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Player -- Dave Andreychuk
Dave Andreychuk entered the NHL as an 18-year old for Buffalo, close to his home in Hamilton that he could still pretty much live at home.
The move rejuvenated his career, as he finished the season with 54 goals, one of the few times a player has hit the 50-mark during a year he was traded.
Andreychuk scored 53 the next year to break Frank Mahovlich's team record for a left-winger, but again in Toronto he didn't win a Cup and GM Cliff Fletcher sent him to New Jersey for two draft choices.
www.legendsofhockey.net:8080 /LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=10029   (459 words)

  
 Hockey Digest: A champion at last: it took Dave Andreychuk 22 seasons, but Lightning captain's name will finally be ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
But Andreychuk left that summer to sign with Buffalo, where he'd spent his first 10 NHL seasons--and missed the Avalanche's run to the Cup championship in 2001.
Bourque and Andreychuk also remained friends, and the newly elected Hall of Famer talked to Andreychuk before Game 6, in which the Lightning faced a win-or-go-home scenario in Calgary--similar to the one Bourque faced three years earlier with the Avalanche.
Andreychuk's scoring touch isn't what it was in his prime, when he scored as many as 53 goals in a season, but his leadership skills and mentoring have been more important than his offensive ability.
www.gradewinner.com /p/articles/mi_m0FCM/is_7_32/ai_n6130478   (1003 words)

  
 National Hockey League - Penguins vs. Lightning   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Dave Andreychuk scored twice and added an assist as the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied for a 4-2 victory over the reeling Penguins, who were eliminated from playoff contention.
Andreychuk started the comeback, deflecting a pass from Jassen Cullimore by goaltender Johan Hedberg at 12:03, pulling the Lightning within 2-1.
The 38-year-old Andreychuk reached the 20 goals in a season for the 17th time in NHL career 4:05 into third, giving Tampa Bay a 3-2 lead.
cgi1.usatoday.com /sports/scores102/102094/102094321.htm   (958 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Andreychuk brings Cup home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
For Andreychuk, that meant his father and mother, Julian and Roz; sisters Sandra and Karen; wife, Sue, and their three daughters, Taylor, Caci and Brooke.
While playing in Toronto, Andreychuk's sister Sandra, a nurse practitioner, gave him a couple of Leafs mementos left in Mallory's incubator by her father, who was stunned one morning to find them autographed by the player.
Big and awkward as a teenager, Andreychuk enjoyed all sports, but he liked hockey the best, the national religion that his father gave up as a promising young player when his old-school, Ukrainian-born father insisted he prepare for gainful employment as an ironworker.
www.usatoday.com /sports/columnist/saraceno/2004-08-01-saraceno_x.htm   (840 words)

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