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Penguins release veteran defenceman Sergei Gonchar; rookie forward Daniel Sprong makes team

Saturday, 10.03.2015 / 5:25 PM / News

The Canadian Press

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Penguins release veteran defenceman Sergei Gonchar; rookie forward Daniel Sprong makes team

PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Veteran defenceman Sergei Gonchar's bid to make the Pittsburgh Penguins is over.

The team released the 41-year-old Gonchar on Saturday while trimming its roster to 25 players ahead of the season opener next week in Dallas. The four-time All-Star was attempting to make a successful return to Pittsburgh, where he played from 2005-10 while helping the franchise to the 2009 Stanley Cup.

While Gonchar is gone, rookie forward Daniel Sprong will stick around. The second-round pick in the June draft had three goals during the preseason. The 18-year-old Sprong can play nine games with the Penguins before his entry-level contract kicks in.

Forward Bobby Farnham also survived the final round of cuts. Farnham played 11 games with Pittsburgh last season. He did not score a point but provided a jolt to the fourth line with his physical play.

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