2011-12 MEDIA GUIDE - Carolina Hurricanes - NHL.com

HIGHLIGHTS
ALEXEI PONIKAROVSKY 23
Left Wing • Shoots Left Acquired: 7/1/11, signed as a free agent
6'4" • 226 lbs. 2010-11 Team: Los Angeles
4/9/80 • Kiev, Ukraine Drafted: Toronto 1998 (4-87-4)
NHL FIRSTS: NHL HIgHS:
game: 1/10/01; 3-1 TOR L vs. TB goals: 2-13x (Last: 1/19/10; 4-3 TOR L at aTL)
Point: 1/12/01; 3-2 TOR W vs. PHX (assist) Assists: 4 (3/14/09; 8-6 TOR W vs. CGY)
goal: 2/1/01; 5-4 TOR L at WSH (Olaf Kolzig) Points: 5 (12/16/06; 9-2 TOR W vs. NYR)
Penalty Min: 15 (4/8/10; 7-3 PiT W vs. NYi)
goal Streak: 3 games (12/18/08-12/22/08: 3g)
Assist Streak: 5 games (3/19/09-3/28/09: 6a)
Point Streak: 6 games-2x (Last: 3/12/08-3/25/08: 3g, 5a)
CAREER STATS
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REgULAR SEASON PLAYOFFS
YEAR TEAM LEAgUE gP g A TP PIM gP g A TP PIM
1997-98 (a) dynamo Moscow Russia 24 1 2 3 30 – – – – –
1998-99 Krylja Sovetov Russia 13 2 1 3 2 – – – – –
dynamo Moscow Russia - - - - - 3 0 0 0 2
1999-00 TSK Tver Russia-2 29 8 14 22 26 – – – – –
dynamo Moscow Russia 19 1 0 1 8 1 0 0 0 0
dynamo Moscow euroHL 2 0 2 2 0 – – – – –
2000-01 Toronto NHL 22 1 3 4 14 – – – – –
St. John’s aHL 49 12 24 36 44 4 0 0 0 4
2001-02 Toronto NHL 8 2 0 2 0 10 0 0 0 4
St. John’s aHL 72 21 27 48 74 5 2 1 3 8
2002-03 St. John’s aHL 63 24 22 46 68 – – – – –
Toronto NHL 13 0 3 3 11 – – – – –
2003-04 Toronto NHL 73 9 19 28 44 13 1 3 4 8
2004-05 (b) Voskresensk Russia 19 1 5 6 16 – – – – –
2005-06 Toronto NHL 81 21 17 38 68 – – – – –
2006-07 Toronto NHL 71 21 24 45 63 – – – – –
2007-08 Toronto NHL 66 18 17 35 36 – – – – –
2008-09 Toronto NHL 82 23 38 61 38 – – – – –
2009-10 (c) Toronto NHL 61 19 22 41 44 – – – – –
Pittsburgh NHL 16 2 7 9 17 11 1 4 5 4
2010-11 (d, e) Los Angeles NHL 61 5 10 15 36 4 1 0 1 0
NHL Totals (10 Seasons) 554 121 160 281 371 38 3 7 10 16
(a) June 27, 1908—Selected by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1998 NHL entry draft. Fourth Leafs pick, 87th overall, fourth round.
(b) Nov. 13, 2004—Signed as a free agent by Voskresensk (Russia).
(c) March 2, 2010—acquired by the Pittsburgh Penguins from the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for Martin Skoula and Luca Caputi.
(d) July 27, 2010—Signed as a free agent by the Los angeles Kings.
(e) July 1, 2011—Signed as a free agent by the Carolina Hurricanes.
PERSONAL
alexei and his wife, inna, have three children: Jessica (9), alexander (6) and Max
(2)… They spend their offseasons in Toronto, and alexei enjoys fishing… He has
been involved with Shoot for the Cure, a campaign of the american and Canadian
Spinal Research Organizations… He started playing hockey at age 5 for Sokol
Kiev… His favorite hockey player growing up was Wayne Gretzky and he lists
Mats Sundin and Joe Nieuwendyk as major influences on his career… alexei’s
favorite movie is The Hangover and favorite television show is deadliest Catch…
His favorite food is olivie, a Russian salad that includes chicken, potatoes, peas and
VS. NHL
CLUB gP g A PTS PIM
aNa 9 0 3 3 6
BOS 43 11 10 21 30
BuF 38 7 12 19 23
CGY 12 1 4 5 6
CaR 25 3 7 10 27
CHi 8 1 1 2 10
COL 10 1 3 4 6
CBJ 9 0 4 4 4
daL 11 4 2 6 4
deT 9 2 2 4 6
edM 12 1 1 2 8
FLa 21 5 9 14 16
La 6 0 2 2 8
MiN 9 2 0 2 6
MTL 38 10 15 25 18
NSH 10 3 4 7 2
NJ 30 6 7 13 16
NYi 25 7 6 13 33
NYR 24 8 8 16 18
OTT 40 5 13 18 20
PHi 27 5 6 11 18
PHX 10 3 2 5 4
PiT 23 6 13 19 8
STL 8 2 0 2 6
SJ 9 1 2 3 4
TB 26 3 7 10 24
TOR 2 0 1 1 0
VaN 12 0 4 4 10
WSH 25 9 6 15 16
WPG 23 15 6 21 14
carrots… He enjoys techno and dance music, and likes to play angry Birds on his
iPad… He wears No. 23 because he’s worn it since minor hockey, and his wife,
mother and grandfather all have birthdays that fall on the 23rd… alexei’s favorite
teams outside of hockey are Chelsea and dynamo Kiev, and his favorite athlete is
Lance armstrong… The person he would most like to meet is Vladimir Putin… His
favorite former teammate is Nik antropov… His most memorable hockey moment
was reaching the conference finals with Toronto in 2002… His favorite road city is
Montreal, and favorite arena is Bell Centre.