RANGERS AGREE TO TERMS WITH FORWARD BRANDON DUBINSKY
New York, July 21, 2011 – New York Rangers President andGeneral Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has agreed to termswith forward Brandon Dubinsky on a new contract.
Dubinsky, 25, skated in 77 games with the Rangers lastseason, registering 24 goals and 30 assists for 54 points, along with 100penalty minutes. He established career-highs in goals, assists, points,power play assists (seven), power play points (11), and shots on goal(202). Dubinsky led the Rangers in points, goals, assists, and roadpoints (26), ranked second in shots, tied for first in road goals (14), thirdin power play goals (four) and power play points (11), fourth in power playassists (seven), and led all team forwards in average ice time (20:13). He led the Blueshirts with a career-high, 13 multi-point performances,including a season-high, three-point effort (one goal, two assists) at Pittsburgh on March20. His goal in that contest, an empty-netter, was his 50th point of theseason, marking the first time he reached that scoring plateau. Dubinskyskated in his 300th career NHL game on March 3 vs. Minnesota,and recorded his 100th career NHL assist on February 1 vs. Pittsburgh. In addition, Dubinsky ledthe Rangers with two playoff goals and tied for the team lead in scoring withthree points in five postseason contests.
The 6-1, 210-pounder has skated in 316 career NHL contestswith the Rangers, registering 71 goals and 108 assists for 179 points, alongwith 347 penalty minutes. Dubinsky has reached the 40-point plateau ineach of his four NHL seasons, and has notched 20 or more goals in each of thelast two seasons. In 2009-10, he established career-highs with aplus-nine rating and six power play goals. Dubinsky led the Rangers ingame-winning goals for two consecutive seasons in 2008-09 (seven) and 2009-10(five), with 12 of his 33 goals counting as game-winners over the span. His seven game-winning tallies in 2008-09 marked a career-high and tied for14th among all NHL skaters. Dubinsky was twice selected to skate in theNHL YoungStars Game at the NHL All-Star Weekend (2008, 2009), and was named MVPof the 2008 event after registering three points (two goals, one assist) in thecontest. In addition, Dubinsky has registered seven goals and eightassists for 15 points, along with 32 penalty minutes in 22 career NHL playoffgames. He established postseason career-highs in games played (10), goals(four), assists (four), and points (eight), while finishing fourth on the teamin points and tying for second in goals during the 2008 playoffs.
As a rookie in 2007-08, Dubinsky ranked seventh in the NHLamong first-year players in scoring with 40 points, and led all rookies andranked 15th in the league overall with 196 hits. He won the StevenMcDonald Extra Effort Award, voted by the fans as the player who performs“above and beyond the call of duty,” following his rookieseason. Dubinsky made his NHL debut on March 8, 2007 at Long Island, andrecorded his first career NHL point with a power play assist on October 25,2007 vs. New Jersey. Dubinsky captured the 2006 Lars-Erik Sjoberg Award as the best rookie of theRangers Training Camp as voted by select New York media.
Internationally, Dubinsky recently represented the United States at the 2010 World Championship in Germany,registering three goals and seven assists for 10 points, along with aplus-three rating in six contests. He ranked second among all tournamentskaters in assists and points.
The Anchorage, Alaska native was originallyselected as the Rangers’ second round choice, 60th overall, in the 2004NHL Entry Draft.
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