Great news for Boston Bruins fans as power forward Milan Lucic has signed a 3-year contract extension through the 2012-2013 NHL season. And bad news for other Eastern conference teams that will have to play against him. I'm looking for Lucic to have a career year this year where it looks like he will mostly be playing on the first line with Marc Savard and Marco Sturm. We'll see how that goes. The Bruins next game is on Thursday against the Anaheim Ducks.
The 21-year-old Lucic set career highs in all major statistical categories last year after recording 17 goals and 25 assists for 42 points, in addition to tallying 136 penalty minutes and a +17 rating. He netted his first career hat trick and a career-best four points on October 25, 2008, after a 3-1=4 performance against the Atlanta Thrashers.
During the 2008-09 postseason, the 6’3’’ 228-pound winger had three goals and six assists and a team best +12 plus/minus rating in 10 games.
In his rookie year in 2007-08, Lucic registered 8-19=27 totals and 89 penalty minutes in 77 contests. Lucic earned the team's "Seventh Player Award" for his efforts, an award voted on by the fans and given to the Bruin who performs above and beyond expectations. He also contributed two goals in seven postseason games.
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