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ast Season: Completed his fifth NHL
season and played all 48 games last year for Washington...finished third
on the Capitals in goals (12) and fifth in scoring (26 points)...He was
second on the club in power-play goals (8)...played in his 300th NHL game
3/31/95 vs. Quebec.. .completed his Capitals career with 121 goals in 315
games, an average of 31 goals per 82-game season...was a plus-50 while
with the Caps.
Career: Washington's sixth choice (120th
overall) in the 1988 entry draft. 1990-91: Signed with
Washington 12/11/90 and was sent to Baltimore (AHL) for three games before
being recalled to the Caps...played his first NHL game 12/19/90 vs.
Chicago... scored his first NHL goal 12/28/90 at Madison Square Garden vs.
NY Rangers (Mike Richter). 1991-92: Recorded a
career-high 36 goals, second on the Capitals (Ciccarelli, 38)...led the
club in power-play goals (4) and plus/minus (plus-24)...was fourth on the
team with 73 points...scored on his first penalty shot 1/7/92 vs.
Minnesota's Darcy.Wakaluk... registered his 100th NHL point 4/15/92 vs.
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Pittsburgh...recorded his first career four-point game (1-3=4) 10/29/91
at Pittsburgh. 1992-93: Missed the season's first 20
games with a broken foot sustained in the Capitals final preseason
game...led the club in plus/ minus for the second straight year
(plus-29)...scored31 goals on 127 shots fora24.4 shooting percentage...was
third on the team in goals...recorded his first two hat tricks, 2/ 11/93
at St. Louis and 3/19/93 vs. Hartford. 1993-94: Led the
Capitals in goals with 29...appeared in a career-high 83 games... scored
20 goals in the first half of the season...recorded his 100th NHL goal
1/2/ 94 vs. Boston...scored his 200th NHL point 1/27/94 at Buffalo.
Personal: Won gold medals in 1990 with the
Soviet national team and in 1989 with the Soviet junior squad...scored the
tournament-winning goal in a Shootout against the U.S. during the 1990
Goodwill Games...junior teammates included Sergei Fedorov and Alexander
Mogilny... played for Sokol-Kiev with former King Alex and his wife, Erin,
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