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Bruins Bring Back Recchi With One-Year Deal

POSTED: 6:05 pm EDT July 2, 2009

(Sports Network) - The Boston Bruins re-signed veteran winger Mark Recchi to a one-year contract on Thursday. Per club policy, terms of the deal will not be disclosed.

Recchi posted 10 goals and six assists in 18 games for Boston last year after being acquired from Tampa Bay at the trading deadline. In 80 games combined, the 41-year-old had 23 goals and 38 assists for 61 points. He added three goals and six helpers during 11 games in the playoffs before the B's were eliminated by Carolina in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

A seven-time NHL all-star and two-time Stanley Cup Champion with Pittsburgh and Carolina, Recchi has played in 1490 regular season games over 20 seasons. The native of Kamloops, British Columbia has 545 goals and 897 assists for 1,442 points. He has 16 career 20-goal seasons, seven 30-goal seasons, four 40-goal seasons and one 50-goal season to his credit. In 151 career playoff tilts, the diminutive winger has tallied 50 goals and 73 assists for 123 points.

Recchi ranks third among active players in games played, fifth in goals and second in both assists and points having suited up for Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Montreal, Carolina, Atlanta, Tampa Bay and Boston.

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