FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Thursday, March 9, 2017
GLENDALE, ARIZONA ---Arizona Coyotes forward Radim Vrbata will skate in his 1,000th career NHL game tonight versus the Ottawa Senators at Gila River Arena. The Coyotes will hold a pregame ceremony honoring Vrbata's 1,000th game milestone on Saturday, March 18th, versus the St. Louis Blues.
Vrbata will become the 310th player in NHL history to reach the 1,000 game milestone and only the 12th player in franchise history to skate in his 1,000th game with the franchise (Serge Savard, Randy Carlyle, Rick Tocchet, Teppo Numminen, Paul Ranheim, Geoff Sanderson, Shane Doan, Ed Jovanovski, Adrian Aucoin, Derek Morris & Steve Sullivan).