Lawrence Nycholat, a former Binghamton Senators fan favorite, has joined the enemy and will be returning to the Broome County Arena in 2010 as a member of the Calder Cup Champion Hershey Bears.
Nycholat appeared in 77 games with the B-Sens in the 2007-08 season and was a member of the Bears when they won the cup in 2006.
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 30th all-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."
Information in this article courtesy of an official Hershey Bears press release.
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