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  ESPN Fantasy Hockey 2006: Player News Archive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Gonchar is almost fully recovered from a concussion suffered at the end of October, reports the Boston Globe.
Gonchar had two points, including the game-winning goal, finished at plus-one and was named the game's second star in Boston's 3-0 win over Montreal in Game 1 of their series.
Gonchar has missed the Caps' two games this weekend with what the team is calling the flu, though it's speculated that he is feeling groggy after being hit hard Wednesday and the team didn't want to jeopardize his trade value, the Washington Post reports.
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 Washington Capitals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Gonchar was drafted by Washington with the team's first pick (14th overall) in the 1992 Entry Draft.
Sergei Gonchar: I do have a lot of friends in the area outside of the team.
Sergei Gonchar: The ice at the MCI Center is average.
www.washingtoncaps.com /fans/index.cfm?cont_id=39083   (944 words)

  
 Gonchar wants to leave Capitals - The Washington Times: Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Gonchar told Caps general manager George McPhee within the past month that he wants to be traded to a contender — preferably to the Toronto Maple Leafs — if the Caps are going to be rebuilt.
Gonchar was named an All-Star three times in his 10 years with the Caps and this season leads all NHL defensemen with 48 points.
Gonchar, Kolzig and NHL scoring leader Robert Lang are the prime trade targets on the Caps for teams that, unlike the Caps, are in the playoff hunt.
www.washtimes.com /sports/20040223-012309-1292r.htm   (538 words)

  
 Caps' Corner - Washington Capitals NHL Hockey - Sergei Gonchar
Gonchar has assumed an increasingly important role on the Caps, and has adapted well to increased ice time — his 1,812 minutes ranked him #35 in the NHL in 2001-02 and #1 on the Caps.
Sergei Gonchar is the first Russian defenceman to score 20 goals in an NHL season.
Sergei Gonchar is a superior skater and extremely mobile defenseman, capable of starting the rush up ice and slowing down the play in the offensive zone.
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 Sergei Gonchar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sergei Gonchar (Сергей Гончар, Sergej Gončar; born 13 April 1974 in Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union now Russia) is a Russian hockey player who currently plays in the NHL.
On 3 March 2004 Gonchar was traded to the Boston Bruins for Shaone Morrisonn and two draft picks in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.
Before the 2004-05 league lockout, Gonchar was considered one of the best offensive defensemen in the NHL, making the All-Star team twice (2001 and 2002) with the Capitals and scoring more points than any other NHL defensemen from 2000 through 2004, with 74 goals and 241 points for Washington and Boston.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sergei_Gonchar   (262 words)

  
 Bruins score with Gonchar award: 8/ 4/ 2004
Boston Bruins defenseman Sergei Gonchar was awarded a $5.5 million salary for next season in arbitration yesterday, a 51 percent raise over the $3.65 million he earned in 2003-04.
Gonchar, a restricted free agent who chose to let a neutral arbitrator determine his annual pay for next season, had proposed his worth at $8.75 million while the Bruins countered at $4.6 million.
Gonchar is the NHL's second leading scorer among defensemen over the past five seasons, and he expected a financial windfall in arbitration.
www.southcoasttoday.com /daily/08-04/08-04-04/c01sp805.htm   (623 words)

  
 TSN : NHL - Canada's Sports Leader
Gonchar would seem to be a perfect fit for a team that plans to rebuild what once was the NHL's highest-scoring offence now that the league plans to enforce obstruction rules and encourage offence.
Gonchar was thought to be on the next level, on par with or slightly above Adam Foote - who signed a three-year, $13.8-million US deal with Columbus - and Adrian Aucoin, who agreed to a four-year pact with Chicago worth $16 million.
Gonchar, long a Penguins antagonist while with Washington, has 113 goals and 213 assists since the 1998-99 season; Rob Blake has the second most goals among defencemen over that span with 95.
www.tsn.ca /nhl/news_story.asp?ID=132304&hubName=nhl   (952 words)

  
 Gonchar tries to overcome the booing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Gonchar hasn't scored a goal since Jan. 2, a drought of 16 games going into the home game against the New York Islanders this afternoon, but he is third on the team among active players in scoring with 29 points and has eight assists over his past eight games.
Gonchar never has experienced such hostility from a hometown crowd as he has this season, although he said it's not all Penguins fans.
Gonchar is the only player on the team heading to the Olympics later this month.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/06035/650070.stm   (822 words)

  
 hockeyjournal.com - Bruins
Gonchar, a top scoring threat from the blue line, had been rumored to be coming to Boston for several weeks, but with a tight playoff race in the Eastern Conference, the bidding for the soon-to-be restricted free agent's services was bound to go up.
Gonchar turns 30 next month, but he is still in his prime, although the Bruins are now faced with the daunting task of securing him with a long-term pact.
Gonchar gives the Bruins a much-needed boost from their blue line, but the team still has issues to address up the middle.
www.hockeyjournal.com /bruins/200403/gonchar3.html   (440 words)

  
 Season of highs, lows for Gonchar - The Washington Times: Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Washington Capitals defenseman Sergei Gonchar can sum up his season in one word: "weird." Weird as in the Caps' three-time All-Star leading all skaters in ice time and defensemen in points and ranking second in assists while having one of the NHL's worst defensive ratings.
Gonchar, who has 37 assists, 42 points and a minus-21 rating, gladly would go cold turkey on the assists for a while if it meant his rating would improve because the latter would only happen if Washington is winning games at even strength.
Gonchar is also focusing more on defense because longtime sidekick Ken Klee signed with Toronto as a free agent.
www.washtimes.com /sports/20040120-112713-8020r.htm   (736 words)

  
 Official Home of the Pittsburgh Penguins: PENGUINS SIGN FREE AGENT DEFENSEMAN SERGEI GONCHAR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Gonchar played in 56 games in the 2003-04 season with Washington, tallying 49 points (7+42) and 44 penalty minutes before being traded to Boston on March 3, 2004.  With Boston, he recorded nine points (4+5) and 12 penalty minutes in 15 games.
Gonchar spent the 2004-05 season with Metallurg Magnitogorsk in the Russian Hockey League, where he was a teammate of the Penguins’ 2004 first-round draft pick, Evgeni Malkin.
Gonchar, a native of Chelyabinsk, Russia was drafted by Washington in the first round (14th overall) of the 1992 NHL Entry Draft.
www.pittsburghpenguins.com /team/press/arts/1276.0.php   (340 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Gonchar gets to be with, not against, Penguins   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
PITTSBURGH — In some respects, Sergei Gonchar joined the Pittsburgh Penguins because he wanted to be a member of the Sidney Crosby entourage.
The attraction to Gonchar was simple: He was the league's top point-producing defenseman, and the Penguins were assembling an offensive-minded team to complement Crosby and Mario Lemieux.
Gonchar is a proven power-play quarterback, although he will have to adjust his game somewhat because Lemieux usually controls the power play from the side boards.
www.usatoday.com /sports/hockey/nhl/2005-10-04-atlantic_x.htm   (1189 words)

  
 Boston Bruins, Andrew Raycroft, Joe Thornton, Sergei Gonchar, National Hockey League, Montreal Canadiens - CBS ...
Boston led 2-0 after one period on goals by Sergei Gonchar and Michael Nylander, both obtained from Washington early last month.
Gonchar scored the first goal at 5:12 of the opening period on a 40-foot wrist shot after taking a drop pass from Nylander.
The pair combined for the second goal at 19:01 of the first period when Gonchar passed the puck from 45 feet in the center of the offensive zone to Nylander, who tipped it in from the right corner of the crease.
cbs.sportsline.com /nhl/gamecenter/recap/NHL_20040407_MON@BOS   (882 words)

  
 Washingtonpost.com: Live Online
Sergei Gonchar, the Washington Capitals' first draft pick in 1992, has become one of the top defensemen in the NHL.
Sergei Gonchar: If you are going to start to worry about how and when things will happen you will take your mind out of the game.
Sergei Gonchar: I think it is going to work out perfect for me. I live in Bethesda.
discuss.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/zforum/02/sports_gonchar020502.htm   (1524 words)

  
 Penguins re-enter free agent market, sign Gonchar (phillyBurbs.com) | Hockey
Gonchar would seem to be a perfect fit for a team that plans to rebuild what once was the NHL's highest-scoring offense now that the league plans to enforce obstruction rules and encourage offense.
Gonchar was thought to be on the next level, on par with or slightly above Adam Foote - who signed a three-year, $13.8 million deal with Columbus - and Adrian Aucoin, who agreed to a four-year pact with Chicago worth $16 million.
Gonchar, long a Penguins antagonist while with Washington, has 113 goals and 213 assists since the 1998-99 season; Rob Blake has the second most goals among defensemen over that span with 95.
www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/103-08032005-522965.html   (825 words)

  
 Official Home of the Pittsburgh Penguins: GONCHAR HAPPY TO BE A PENGUIN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Gonchar, a 6-2, 215-pound offensive defenseman and power play catalyst, has scored more goals (74) and racked up more points (241) than any NHL defenseman over the past four seasons.
Gonchar and Malkin, who share the same agent in J.P. Barry, were teammates for Metallurg Magnitogorsk in the Russian Hockey League.
Gonchar, who has recorded 425 points and 529 penalty minutes in 669 NHL games with Washington and Boston, can’t be more pleased that he is a member of the Penguins.
www.pittsburghpenguins.com /team/features/arts/1278.0.php   (849 words)

  
 National Hockey League Players' Association
Sergei Gonchar was drafted 14th overall in the 1992 Entry Draft by the Washington Capitals.
In 1999-2000, Sergei won NHL Player of the Week honours on January 30 and finished the season with a team best +26 rating.
In 2001-02, Sergei led all league defencemen with 59 points as he finished fourth in voting for the Norris Trophy.
www.nhlpa.com /WebStats/PlayerBiography.asp?ID=1984   (439 words)

  
 Malkin's landlord also his teammate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
When Gonchar, a defenseman, returned from Russia shortly before training camp, he had a wife and daughter.
Gonchar and Malkin not only are co-workers, but also countrymen, and Penguins officials believed being around people from his homeland would help ease Malkin into his new life in North America.
Gonchar's wife, Ksenia, cooks Russian food often enough to satisfy any cravings Malkin might have, and Malkin has done nothing to disrupt the normal rhythms of life for the Gonchars and their daughter, Natalie.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/06285/729316-61.stm   (751 words)

  
 Sergei Gonchar - HFBoards
Gonchar was out of his comfort zone for most of the year.
Despite his awful start, he still had like the 2nd or 3rd most points in his career(taking this from memory, its too late to look it up.) Expect him to QB a top 5, maybe a top 3 power play next year.
Gonchar is coming back in a big offensive way.
hfboards.com /showthread.php?p=6057406#post6057406   (693 words)

  
 Gonchar gains $5.5M contract in arbitration
The Bruins and representatives for defenseman Sergei Gonchar were informed yesterday that Gonchar, the subject of an arbitration hearing on Sunday, deserves a one-year contract worth $5.5 million.
Assuming Gonchar remains with Boston, Barry said that achieving a less-than-sought salary and listening to criticisms of his game wouldn't effect his client's performance.
Gonchar's feelings, if hurt, can also be soothed by the fact that he becomes an unrestricted free agent when the contract expires.
ledger.southofboston.com /articles/2004/08/04/sports/sports01.txt   (825 words)

  
 Capitals slash payroll again, deal Gonchar - NHL - MSNBC.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Gonchar was leading the Capitals with 42 assists and 49 points in 56 games.
Gonchar, the leading scorer among NHL defensemen this season, follows Steve Konowalchuk, Jaromir Jagr, Peter Bondra and league scoring leader Robert Lang out the door.
Gonchar, who turns 30 next month, is in the final year of a contract that pays him $3.65 million this season.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/4439149   (602 words)

  
 FOX Sports: Sergei Gonchar
News: Sergei Gonchar did not play in Sunday's game against the Flyers with a minor hip ailment.
Gonchar has picked up where he left off last season, and is having a dominant pre-season.
The hip ailment is not serious, and Gonchar will be fine for the season opener.
msn.foxsports.com /nhl/player?statsId=1189   (144 words)

  
 New York Islanders, Sergei Gonchar, Sebastien Caron, Sidney Crosby, National Hockey League, Pittsburgh Penguins - CBS ...
Sergei Gonchar scored twice and Sebastien Caron stopped 29 shots to lead the Penguins to a 4-0 victory over the New York Islanders on Friday night.
Gonchar's slap shot deflected off defenseman Joel Bouchard and got past Snow for a power-play goal at 11:54.
Gonchar wrapped things up with a slap shot at 18:16 on the power play.
www.sportsline.com /nhl/gamecenter/recap/NHL_20060331_PIT@NYI   (849 words)

  
 Sergei Gonchar - Hockey Forums
all i hear on the radio stations in toronto and the newspapers is gonchar to toronto.
Gonchar is number three for points on a weak Capitals team.
On the other hand, Gonchar averages 72 games, 43 points and a + 5.3 each year.
www.hockeyforums.com /showthread.php?t=2518   (862 words)

  
 Rhode Island news | projo.com | The Providence Journal | Boston Bruins
Along with first- and second-round picks in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, Shaone Morrisonn was dealt to the Washington Capitals yesterday for Sergei Gonchar, and the buzz around the Bruins' locker room was something that hasn't been felt here for some time.
Gonchar was the premier player available, and other teams, including Toronto, attempted to acquire the defenseman.
Gonchar, 29, will be a restricted free agent, which means the Bruins own his rights at the end of the season, and O'Connell said the club would attempt to sign him.
www.projo.com /bostonbruins/content/projo_20040304_04bruins.180458.html   (1040 words)

  
 Penguins sign Sergei Gonchar
A constant threat on offence, Gonchar uses crisp passes and carries the puck up ice with speed to get out of the defensive zone.
Drafted by the Capitals in the first round (14th overall) in the 1992 draft, Gonchar spent over nine seasons in Washington before being traded to the Boston Bruins towards the end of the 2003-04 season.
Gonchar has 148 goals and 277 assists in 669 career NHL games.
cbc.ca /story/sports/national/2005/08/03/Sports/gonchar050803.html?...   (1091 words)

  
 Leafs eye Leetch; Gonchar too pricey?
While the Colorado Avalanche are zeroing in on Sergei Gonchar, the Toronto Maple Leafs appear to have changed their focus.
For Gonchar, the Capitals want a top defensive prospect, a high draft choice and a young talented player that can step in and play immediately.
Gonchar is eligible for salary arbitration during the off-season so he should get a big raise.
www.cbc.ca /sports/story/2004/03/02/toronto_leetch0302.html   (1414 words)

  
 The Peninsula On-line: Qatar's leading English Daily
new york • Sergei Gonchar scored the extra-time winner and rookie Evgeni Malkin notched his second goal in as many NHL games as the Pittsburgh Penguins edged the New York Islanders 4-3 yesterday.
Gonchar converted a powerplay opportunity 3:33 into the extra session, blasting a slapshot past Mike Dunham to help the Penguins halt a two-game losing skid.
Malkin, who scored on Wednesday in his long-awaited NHL debut, made it two straight on a feed from Sidney Crosby to notch the third period’s only goal to pull Pittsburgh level at 3-3 and force extra time.
www.thepeninsulaqatar.com /Display_news.asp?section=Sports_News&subsection=hockey&month=October2006&file=Sports_News2006102174013.xml   (439 words)

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