Chicago Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford celebrated his day with the Stanley Cup over the weekend. He now has even more cause to celebrate.
Crawford and the Blackhawks finalized what is being reported by ESPNChicago.com as a six-year, $36 million contract extension. The team announced the deal on its website Monday. By Crawford's words to ESPN, this is shaping up to be a memorable holiday weekend.
To have a chance to bring the Cup back home, all of the people I played minor hockey with and grew up with and all of my family, is pretty special to start off with. To add this on top on it, it's amazing. I want to be in Chicago for my whole career. This is amazing to be able to do this and get this deal done.
Following his run to the championship this spring, Crawford has a year remaining on his current contract. The extension will kick in after the 28-year-old netminder collects $2.6 million for the 2013-14 season.
This extension represents a huge amount of faith in Crawford by general manager Stan Bowman. It also ...
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