Sergei Gonchar RUMORS & NEWS

Ottawa Sun "As a guy that's been around, Sergei Gonchar should know better. Not only was he in the box when Steven Stamkos scored the winner late in the third period Tuesday, but he also took a bad penalty at an inopportune time earlier in the game. Following the 3-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning, coach..." April 11

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "Ottawa Senators defenseman Sergei Gonchar was always as much a big brother to center Evgeni Malkin as a teammate during their four seasons with the Penguins. Gonchar is in his second season with Ottawa, but the bond remains. The Russians spent Thanksgiving together — Malkin's girlfriend did the..." November 26

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Ottawa defenseman Sergei Gonchar and Penguins center Evgeni Malkin have been close for years. Malkin was Gonchar's tenant for part of the time that Gonchar played with the Penguins. The two also use the same summer training facility in Moscow. This year, Gonchar knew Malkin was..." November 26

Ottawa Sun "Sergei Gonchar can only look back on last season with disappointment and frustration. After a signing a three-year, $16.5-million deal on July 1, 2010 with the Senators, he turned in a miserable season under a coaching system by Cory Clouston he didn't like. "Yes I was (disappointed)," said..." October 06

Ottawa Sun "Sergei Gonchar's season could be over. The veteran blueliner, who left Saturday's 3-2 comeback victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning after getting run into the glass by Mattias Ritola, is out with a concussion and there is no timetable for his return. Senators GM Bryan Murray told the Ottawa..." March 21

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Sergei Gonchar turns 37 next month and has pretty much seen it all during his 16 seasons in the National Hockey League. Some of it, twice. Like how he struggles to settle in with new teams. He joined the Penguins as a free agent in 2005 and, for the first few months of the 2005-06 season,..." March 16

Ottawa Citizen "Life hasn't gone as planned for Sergei Gonchar. When the veteran defenceman signed with the Ottawa Senators as a free agent last summer, he had his eyes on another shot at the Stanley Cup, hoping to create offensive magic with a group that included Daniel Alfredsson, Jason Spezza, Alex Kovalev..." March 04

Ottawa Sun "Sergei Gonchar will be fine. The Senators defenceman left the ice with 20 minutes remaining in practice Monday after taking a shot off the foot, but he was walking around afterward and will be ready to suit up against the Isles Tuesday. "He should be OK. He just took a puck in a bad spot and..." February 15