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 [June 21, 2016]
June 20 (The Sports Xchange) -
The Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday re-signed forward Kevin Porter to
a one-year contract.
The deal is a two-way contract that has an average annual value of
$575,000 at the NHL level.
Porter, 30, spent his first season with the Pittsburgh organization
in 2015-16, helping the team earn a Stanley Cup championship by
serving as a member of the club's fifth-ranked penalty-killing unit.
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The San Jose Sharks acquired center Maxim Letunov and a 2017
sixth-round draft selection from the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for
San Jose's 2016 fourth-round and 2017 third-round picks.
Letunov led the University of Connecticut men's hockey team in
scoring as a freshman, posting 16 goals and 24 assists for 40
points. Among all NCAA freshman, he finished fifth in scoring,
playing in all of the school's 36 games.
Letunov, a native of Moscow, originally was drafted by the St. Louis
Blues in the second round of the 2014 NHL Draft. On March 2, 2015,
his rights were traded by the Blues to the Coyotes in exchange for
defenseman Zbynek Michalek and a conditional third-round pick in the
2015 draft.
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The NHL announced the home openers for all 30 clubs for the 2016-17
regular season.
The Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins will begin the regular
season by hosting the Washington Capitals on Thursday, Oct. 13 at
CONSOL Energy Center.
Prior to the season opener, the Penguins will raise their 2016
Stanley Cup championship banner.
The Chicago Blackhawks will open the home portion of their
regular-season schedule on Wednesday, Oct. 12, with a rivalry
matchup against the St. Louis Blues at the United Center.
The league's complete 1,230-game schedule will be released Tuesday.
(Editing by Larry Fine) ))
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