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Habs ink Pacioretty to long-term contract
Max Pacioretty (CP)
MONTREAL -- The Montreal Canadiens have locked down winger Max Pacioretty with a six-year contract extension.
The 23-year-old led Montreal last season with 65 points in 79 games and was second in goal-scoring with 33, two fewer than Erik Cole.
Reports said the deal was worth US$27-million, an average of $4.5 million per season. He will earn $1.65-million this season. The new deal kicks in for the 2013-14 campaign and runs through 2018-19.
"Thanks for the support everyone! So happy to be a part of this organization long - term.. habs," Pacioretty wrote on Twitter.
The move was announced Monday night and comes two months after he won the Bill Masterton Trophy for perseverance, determination and dedication to the game.
The six-foot-two, 210-pound Connecticut native sustained a fractured neck and a concussion in March 2011 after taking a hit from Boston's Zdeno Chara, but returned to Montreal's roster the following season.
He started the Max Pacioretty Foundation to help the Montreal General Hospital Foundation raise money for an MRI machine at the hospital.
Since the Habs drafted Pacioretty 22nd overall in 2007, he's scored 53 goals and 114 points in 202 games.
-- The Canadian Press
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition August 15, 2012 C6
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