Ottawa Signs Bois, Carkner
July 3, 2007 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Binghamton Senators News Release
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - Ottawa Senators general manager Bryan Murray announced today the signing of four players to contracts. The club signed Danny Bois and Jim McKenzie to two-year contracts, defenseman Matt Carkner to a one-year contract and 2005 first-round pick Brian Lee to an entry level contract.
Bois, 24, spent the 2006-07 season with the Binghamton Senators, scoring 14 goals and adding 13 assists while leading the team with 153 penalty minutes. In three full American Hockey League seasons with Binghamton, Bois collected 34 goals, 34 assists and 666 penalty minutes in 216 games.
The Thunder Bay, Ont., native was Colorado's third-round draft choice (97th overall) in the 2001 entry draft. Bois made his National Hockey League debut during the 2006-07 season with Ottawa, playing in one game and recording seven penalty minutes.
Carkner, 26, signs with the Senators after spending last season with the Pittsburgh Penguins' American Hockey League affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. In 75 games with the Penguins, he scored six goals and added 24 assist for 30 points while recording 167 penalty minutes. In addition to his on-ice prowess, Carkner excelled off the ice as the defenseman won the Yanick Dupre Memorial Award as the 2006-07 American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year.
The Winchester, Ont., native was Montreal's second-round draft choice (58th overall) in the 1999 entry draft. In 2001, he signed a free agent contract with the San Jose Sharks, spending the next five seasons with the AHL's Cleveland Barons. Carkner made his NHL debut during the 2005-06 season, recording one assist and two penalty minutes in one game with San Jose.
McKenzie, 23, was Ottawa's first fifth-round draft pick (141st overall) in the 2004 entry draft. The St. Paul, Minn., native spent last season with the Michigan State Spartans of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. McKenzie set career highs in goals (12), assists (18), points (30), while adding 56 penalty minutes.
Lee, 21, was Ottawa's first-round pick (ninth overall) in the 2005 entry draft. The native of Fargo, N.D., recently completed his second season at the University of North Dakota, where he set career highs in assists (24), points (26) and penalty minutes (69).
DANNY BOIS, Right wing, Shoots right, 6'1, 200 lbs.
Born: 6/1/83 (Thunder Bay, Ont.) Drafted: 2001 - Colorado's third-round pick (97th overall)
MATT CARKNER, Defence - Shoots right - 6'4", 229 lbs.
Born: Nov. 3, 1980 (Winchester, Ont.) - Drafted: 1999 - Montreal's second- round pick (58th overall)
JIM McKENZIE, Right wing, Shoots right, 6'2, 206 lbs.
Born: 6/10/84 (St. Paul, Minn.) Drafted: 2004 - Ottawa's first fifth-round pick (141st overall)
BRIAN LEE, Defence, Shoots right, 6'2, 202 lbs.
Born: 3/26/87 (Fargo, N.D.) Drafted: 2005 - Ottawa's first-round pick (9th overall)
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