Alexei Ponikarovsky Tribute

'Poni' was drafted back in 1998, 87th overall, by the Toronto Maple Leafs. In the 2005-2006 NHL Season, Ponikarovsky put up career highs in goals, assists. points, and penalty minutes. He saw added responsibility and was given more ice-time, often with former Moscow Dynamo teammate Nik Antropov or Mats Sundin, and became one of the team's regular penalty-killers. Ponikarovsky finished the season with four shorthanded goals and 1 assist. His four shorthanded goals tied ten players, including teammate Matt Stajan, for eighth in the league.

On December 16, 2006 Ponikarovsky notched a career high five points in Toronto's 9-2 victory of the New York Rangers, scoring two goals and assisting on three others. He is commonly referred to by his teammates as "The Poni Express" , "The Ukraine Train" or simply "Poni". On May 10, 2007, the Maple Leafs re-signed Ponikarovsky to a $6.315 million, 3 year contract.

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• hockey
• alexei
• ponikarovsky
• tribute
• toronto
• maple
• leafs
• ukraine
• st.
• john's
• left
• wing
• dynamo
• moscow

[glimpus]

You've got to be kidding me. This is one of the most soft playing (he's 6"4 or 5), inconsistent and flat out laziest players the Leafs have had in years, and you make a tribute for him?

Wow. Just wow.

Wait, I'll make it easier. Ponikarovsky sucks.

[thejaysfan4life]

I didn't make this, Leafs TV did

[thejaysfan4life]

Oops, typo :) Was supposed to say 87th

[cuttysarkn3ss]

Welcome to the Kings

[popasoda1900]

@glimpus expalbe all the goals

[Markiyan100]

Poni rocks

[azzurridego96]

to go pens go: they said ponikarovsky was having visa problems..not to sure if he'll be in the lineup tomorro

[GoPensGo377]

welcome to the burgh!

[musicgeek3]

poni is a plug they should have traded him @ the deadline I heard from tsn that he almost went to nasville would be nice is sully came back.

[Beeninfritz]

I think it wasn't really a tribute. Just more a less a recap of all the goals he's ever scored as a member of the leafs.

How many was that? 15 or so??? Sounds about right....

Ponikarovsky DOES suck.

[AnimationArtist001]

awsome!