Straka signs extension with Rangers

The New York Rangers have signed forward Martin Straka to a contract extension, the team annouced on Wednesday. Terms of the deal were not released but the New York Post reported on its web site that the Czech inked a one-year extension worth $3.3 million.

Straka, 34, has 24 goals and 31 assists for 55 points in 47 games with the Rangers this season.

He has plus-14 rating and 22 penalty minutes. Straka is tied for sixth in the NHL with five game-winning goals and tied for 10th in the league with 24 power play points.

On January 4 against. Philadelphia, he tallied three goals for his sixth career hat trick and reached the 20-goal plateau for the sixth time in his career.

A veteran of 14 NHL seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Ottawa Senators, New York Islanders, Florida Panthers, Los Angeles Kings and the Rangers, Straka has 238 goals and 423 assists for 661 points in 859 career NHL games.

In 2005-06, Straka appeared in 82 games with the Rangers, collecting 22 goals and 54 assists for 76 points.

His best professional season came in 2000-01 with the Penguins, when he played in all 82 games and charted career-highs in assists (68) and points (95). In 1998-99, Straka tallied a career-high 35 goals and represented the Penguins at the NHL All-Star Game.
The 5-9, 180-pounder has also appeared in 86 career playoff contests with the Penguins, Panthers and Rangers, registering 21 goals and 29 assists for 50 points.