Bears Sign Lawrence Nycholat for 2010-11
Published on July 8, 2010 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Hershey Bears News Release
HERSHEY - The 2010 Calder Cup Champion HERSHEY BEARS announced today that the club has signed defenseman Lawrence Nycholat. The announcement was made today by BEARS President/GM Doug Yingst.
A member of the 2006 Calder Cup Champion BEARS, Nycholat returns to HERSHEY for his second tour of duty. He skated in 73 regular season games for the BEARS in 2005-06, scoring 13 goals and recording 57 points. Nycholat also notched 14 points in 16 postseason games, helping the Chocolate and White win the 2006 title.
Nycholat, 31, has 50 games of NHL experience with the New York Rangers, Washington Capitals, Vancouver Canucks, Ottawa Senators and Colorado Avalanche. He played in 18 games for the Capitals in 2006-07, scoring two goals and assisting on six others, and played five games with Colorado during the 2008-09 campaign.
Most recently, Nycholat played with the Manitoba Moose in 2009-10, scoring five goals and assisted on 17 others in just 37 games played. He ranks 30thall-time in BEARS history in points by a defenseman, posting the ninth-best single season point total by a rearguard in 2005-06.
"Lawrence proved to us long ago that he's a winner in every sense of the word" said BEARS President/GM Doug Yingst. "We are very pleased to have his leadership and playmaking abilities back with our club."
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