Capitals sign RW Semin to two-year contract extension

Oct 27, 2007 - 5:15 PM ARLINGTON, Virginia (Ticker) - The Washington Capitals on Saturday signed right wing Alexander Semin to a two-year contract extension.

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Semin, 23, ranked second on the Capitals last season with 38 goals and had 35 assists in 77 games. He led the team and tied for fourth in the NHL with 17 power-play goals.

Only two players age 23 or younger scored more goals than Semin's 38 in 2006-07 - teammate Alex Ovechkin and Buffalo's Thomas Vanek. Semin recorded eight multiple-goal games and 19 multiple-point games during the year, including a pair of hat tricks.

The 6-2, 205-pound native of Russia, has been limited to three games this season by an ankle injury, posting one assist. He has appeared in 132 career games, recording 48 goals and 48 assists.