{"id":17163,"date":"2017-10-05T14:08:22","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T18:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=17163"},"modified":"2017-10-05T14:19:17","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T18:19:17","slug":"ottawa-senators-re-sign-mark-borowiecki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2017\/10\/05\/ottawa-senators-re-sign-mark-borowiecki\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa Senators Re-Sign Mark Borowiecki"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/senators\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ottawa Senators<\/a> re-sign defenseman <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/borowma01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Borowiecki<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>to a two-year\u00a0$2.4 million dollar deal\u00a0the team announced Thursday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">News Release: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sens?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Sens<\/a> sign defenceman <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/borowma01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Borowiecki<\/a> to a two-year contract extension: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tAMKBAXSZe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/tAMKBAXSZe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ottawa Senators (@Senators) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Senators\/status\/915948741714169856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 5, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1>Ottawa Senators Re-Sign Mark Borowiecki<\/h1>\n<p>Mark Bororwiecki played in a career-high 70 games last year for the Senators. He scored one goal and two assists for three points while leading the NHL in hits (364) and penalty minutes (164). Unfortunately, the Ottawa native was limited to two playoff games because of an injury he sustained in the Senators first-round\u00a0playoff series against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/bruins\/\" target=\"_self\">Boston Bruins<\/a>. Despite the long Senators playoff run, he could not get healthy enough to return.<\/p>\n<p>The Senators selected Borowiecki\u00a0in the fifth round, 139th overall, at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. The hard-hitting 28-year-old has four goals and 13 assists for 17 career points. He has also added 436 penalty minutes in 217 career NHL games. Considered a long shot to make the NHL, Borowiecki developed into a fan favorite in Ottawa through his physical play and punishing hits. The signing makes sense for the Senators who are looking to build on their playoff success from last season.<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa general manager <strong>Pierre Dorion<\/strong> cited Borowiecki&#8217;s physical play as a reason for the extension. Dorion also likes the fact that Borowiecki is a hometown boy. The contract carries an average annual value of $1.2 million in the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons the team said.<\/p>\n<p>Borowiecki was drafted out of the CJHL&#8217;s Smith Falls Bears. After being drafted, he spent three years playing for Clarkson University in the NCAA&#8217;s ECAC conference before turning pro. He has also spent time with the AHL&#8217;s Binghamton Senators.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"BL40YrhUT21-7QvqTluPfg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/513557876\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'BL40YrhUT21-7QvqTluPfg',sig:'jtd7SbZ0ilSJ-ApCL0Cd58fDmg2gR8BrzGZnF_7Wla4=',w:'594px',h:'412px',items:'513557876',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Caption: Mark Borowiecki #74 of the Ottawa Senators warms up before the start of their NHL game against the Calgary Flames at the Scotiabank Saddledome on February 27, 2016 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. (Tom Szczerbowski \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ottawa Senators re-sign defenseman Mark Borowiecki\u00a0to a two-year\u00a0$2.4 million dollar deal\u00a0the team announced Thursday. News Release: #Sens sign defenceman Mark Borowiecki to a two-year contract extension: https:\/\/t.co\/tAMKBAXSZe \u2014 Ottawa Senators (@Senators) October 5, 2017 Ottawa Senators Re-Sign Mark Borowiecki Mark Bororwiecki played in a career-high 70 games last year for the Senators. 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