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Set career-highs in assists (34) and points (67) ... Had assist (on PP) in 5-0 win @ New Jersey (4/6) ... Scored goal in 3-2 win vs. Toronto (4/3) ... Had four points in game for third time this season with goal and three assists (1 on GWG) and was +4 in 5-1 win @ Carolina (3/27) ... Was 13th multi-point game of season (34th of career) ... Scored two goals (1 on PP) in 4-2 win vs. Calgary (3/23)...First goal marked first back-to-back 30 goal seasons since Alexander Mogilny scored 76 in 1992-93 and 32 in 1993-94 ... Also marked 100th goal as a Sabre ... Stopped on third penalty shot attempt this season by Kevin Weekes @ NY Islanders (3/4) ... Had assist (on PP) on Curtis Brown's game-tying goal with 3:11 remaining in 3-3 tie @ NY Rangers (3/1) ... Assist set new career-high for one season ... Scored goal (on PP) and assist (on PP/GWG) in 3-2 win vs. New Jersey (2/21) ... Scored empty net goal in 4-1 win vs. Los Angeles (2/19) ... Had assist on Jason Woolley's OT winner in 2-1 OT win @ Nashville (2/10) ... Scored game's first goal (SH/GWG) in first period and added 100th NHL/career assist in 2-0 win @ Colorado (2/8) ... In first all-star appearance, scored goal in third period of 50th Annual All-5tar game @ Toronto (2/6) ... Tallied goal (while shorthanded) and two assists in 5-0 win @ Anaheim (1/17) ... Had six-game point streak (6+8), from 12/28 vs. Detroit to 1/8 @ Ottawa ... Scored third career hat trick (1 goal on PP) and added two assists in 7-4 win @ Ottawa (1/8) ... Set career-high with five points (1/8) after recording previous high (4) vs. Atlanta (1/4) two games prior ... Named to World Team All-Stars (first time in career) after finishing 8th in voting among wingers with 160,301 votes ... Had four points vs. Atlanta (1/4) by scoring two goals (1 on PP) and two assists (1 on PP) ... Has scored the third most goals during the calendar year 1999 with 43 (Jagr - 63, Selanne - 48) ... Scored goal vs. Detroit (12/28) and was stopped by Ken Wreggett on second penalty shot attempt of season ... Had six-game point streak (4+2), from vs. Chicago (12/10) to vs. Colorado (12/23) ... Scored Sabres' first goal :34 into third period in 2-1 win vs. Chicago (12/10)...goal broke Sabres' shutout streak at 162:29, second longest in team history ... Appeared in 200th game as Sabre in scoreless tie vs. Ottawa (12/8) ... Had third two-goal game of this season and added assist on Brian Holzinger's shorthanded goal in 5-2 win vs. Washington (11/24) ... Assist was 200th NHL/career point ... Scored two goals, including one on a penalty shot on Damian Rhodes (GTG) in 5-5 tie @ Atlanta (10/9) ... Appeared in first game of season vs. Washington (10/8) after signing multi-year contract (10/5/99).
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Shared this season,Memorial Trophy (MVP award as voted by teammates) with Dominik Hasek...Named NHLs Player of the Week for March 15-21, figuring in all of Sabres,five goals (4+1=5) as team went 2-0 during week...Named NHL Player of the Week for Feb. 15-21 (4 GP, 4+3=7, NHL-leading +8)...Was first time in career to be awarded NHL Player of the Week...Finished tied for seventh in NHL in goals and fifth in shooting percentage with 19.2%...Eight-game goal scoring streak (12/19/98 to 1/2/99) tied for longest in NHL in 1998-99 (tied with Anaheim Teemu Selanne), as well as tying club record...Led Sabres in scoring and set season highs in goals (40), assists (26), and points (66)...Scored 40th goal of season (PP/GWG) in 3-0 win vs. Washington (4/18)...First Sabre 40-goal scorer since Pat LaFontaine scored 40 in 1995-96...Scored goal and had assist (on PP) in 3-1 win vs. Florida (4/9)...Scored 100th NHL goal (on PP) in 4-3 OT win vs. Pittsburgh (3/28)...Had six-game point streak (6+3=9) from at Carolina (3/8) to at New Jersey (3/23)...Scored two goals, including first overtime goal as Sabre (on PP), and added assist (on PP) in 3-2 OT win at N.Y. Rangers (3/19)...Also tied career high for points in one game (3, now done 7 times)...Scored both goals (1 PP, 1 SH/GWG) in 2-1 win vs. N.Y. Islanders (3/15), becoming first Sabre to reach 30 goals since Pat LaFontaine (40 in 1995-96)...Had six-game point streak (6+4=10) from vs. Montreal (2/11) to vs. Detroit (2/21), including goal in each game...Scored goal and had two assists (1 on PP) in 4-4 tie vs. Detroit (2/21)...Tied career highs for points (3) and assists in one game (2, now done 5 times)...Recorded 26th goal of season (100th point as Sabre) and had assist (on GWG) vs. San Jose (2/19), surpassing season best for goals (prev. best: 25 in 1996-97)...Recorded goal and assist vs. Montreal (2/11)...Recorded 20th goal of season at Pittsburgh (2/2), marking third consecutive 20-goal season...Had nine-game point streak (11+4=15) from vs. Carolina (12/19) to at Anaheim (1/6)...Upped goal streak to eight games (11 goals from 12/19/98 to 1/2/99) while adding one assist (1+1=2) vs. Calgary (1/2), tying Sabres record for most consecutive games with at least one goal (8 games: Alexander Mogilny, 16 goals from 12/15/92 to 1/3/93; Mike Foligno, 9 goals from 12/28/84 to 1/12/85)..Score vs. New Jersey (12/28) was first short-handed goal of career and moved goal-scoring streak to five games...Streak was Sabres longest since five-game stint back in 1994-95 by Mogilny (5 goals, 4/24/95 to 5/1/95)...Posted both Buffalo goals (1 ENG) in 2-0 win at New Jersey (12/26), marking Sabres first four-game goal scoring streak since Jason (R/LW) four-gamer back in 1995-96 (5 goals, 3/29/96 to 4/3/96)...Recorded two goals (1 PP, 1 ENG) and one assist (on PP) at Carolina (12/21), tying career high for points in one game...Scored Sabres final two goals (1 on PP) in 4-1 win at Boston (12/12)...Tied career best for assists in one game by setting up both Curtis Brown (C/LW) goals in 2-2 tie at St. Louis (12/8), which included GTG in third period...Returned to action at Tampa Bay (11/29) after missing game at Florida (11/28) with flu...Posted two-point outing (1+1=2) vs. Boston (11/3), marking second time with Sabres to have three consecutive multi-point performances (6+1=7 from 4/4/97 to 4/10/97)...Playing in 100th game with Sabres, recording goal (on PP) and assist at Toronto (10/31)...Assisted on two goals in 4-1 win vs. Toronto (10/30), tying career game high for assists...Agreed to terms with Sabres on new contract (10/8)...Games missed due to injury/illness: 1...Multi-point games: 17...In 1999 Playoffs: Tallied assist (on PP) in Game Two at Dallas (6/10)...Assisted on both goals by Geoff Sanderson (LW) in 5-2 win in Game Four vs. Toronto (5/29)...Was third multi-point game this postseason (5th of playoff career)...Recorded goal and assist (on ENG) in 4-2 win in Game Three vs. Toronto (5/27) after missing previous nine playoff games with bruised foot suffered after being hit by puck in Game Three vs. Ottawa (4/25)...Did not play in ECSF vs. Boston...Assisted on first goal, scored to tie game in third period (on PP) and recorded GWG at 10:35 of second OT in 3-2 win in Game Two at Ottawa (4/23)...Set career best for points in playoff game (2+1=3)...Was second multi-goal game in playoffs and first OT playoff goal of career...Games missed this postseason due to injury: 9...Multi-point games this postseason: 3.
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Finished second on Sabres in goals (22) and first in points (46)...Was second
on team in power-play goals (9)...Assisted on Sabres second goal in 3-2 win at
Anaheim (1/7) for 100th NHL point...Registered second hat trick of career
(other: 4/4/97 vs. N.Y.R.) with all three goals in 3-0 win at Washington
(3/1)...Tied personal mark for most points (3) in game as Sabre (others: 3+0=3
vs. N.Y.R. 4/4/97, 2+1=3 at Bos. 11/20/97)...Played in 200th NHL game in 3-1 win
vs. San Jose (3/12)...Scored Sabres only goal (on PP) in 1-0 win at Edmonton
(3/27), marking fourth game-winning goal of season...Named to Slovakian Olympic
hockey team (1998 Nagano, Japan)...Team did not qualify for medal round and did
not play in Olympics...Games missed due to injury: 0...Multi-point games:
6...Led Sabres in 1998 playoffs while ranking tied for first in NHL in
power-play goals (4) and power-play points (8)...Scored first two goals of
postseason career (both on PP) in 6-1 win vs. Philadelphia (4/27) in 1998
playoffs...Tied Sabresplayoff record for power-play goals in one playoff game
(2, also done by two others)...Fed pass to Michal Grosek (LW) for series-winning
goal (on PP) in OT of Game Five at Philadelphia (5/1)...
Acquired from Edmonton for Barrie Moore and Craig Millar, March 18, 1997. Second NHL season. Led NHL with 21.0 shooting percentage...Second on team in power-play goals...Third on team in goals...Had five-game point-scoring streak from Dec. 27 to Jan. 7 (with Edmonton)...Played in 100th career NHL game at St. Louis (1/7)...Played first game as Sabre at Washington (3/21)...Scored first goal as Sabre at Florida (3/22)...Recorded first career hat trick vs. New York Rangers (4/4)...First player to wear #81 in Sabre history... He scored 8-2-10 in his last 12 games when it counted down the stretch, while his teammates were all slumping...Missed Game One of Ottawa playoff series with appendicitis episode
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Finished 12th in Calder Trophy voting for Rookie of the Year...NHL Rookie of the Month for March (14 GP, 8+8=16, +10)...Had 11-game point-scoring streak (6+9=15) from Feb. 28 to March 23, which was longest such streak by rookie in Oiler history...Made NHL debut at Philadelphia (10/15) and recorded first point (assist)...Member of Slovakian National Team at 1996 World Championships..
Scored nine goals in eight games (including two hat tricks) while
representing Slovakia in 1994 Olympics...Originally a fifth-round selection
(111th overall) by Edmonton in 1993 NHL Entry Draft
Satan has terrific breakaway speed, which allows him to pull away from many defenders. He uses his skills in a strictly offensive sense. He developed as a very solid two-way player. Satan isn't shy about shooting. He keeps his head up and looks for his shooting holes, and is accurate with a wrist and snap shot. He sees his passing options and will sometimes make the play, but he is the sniper on whatever line he is playing and prefers to take the shot himself. Even if he is not scoring he is doing much else to help his team win.
Satan has added muscle during his first two NHL seasons, but has to get the idea that it's okay to bump people. He's not huge but he's solid.
Satan was the Oilers' sixth pick, 111th overall, in the 1993 entry draft. The highly skilled forward had nine goals in eight games for Slovakia at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics and was a 32-goal scorer for Dukla Trencin of the Slovakian league. He came to North America last year, splitting his season between Cape Breton of the American Hockey League, and Detroit and San Diego of the International Hockey League. Satan produced 25 goals and 24 assists in 25 games for the AHL Oilers.
Top scorer and named best Slovakian player at the 1994 World Junior Pool C Championships ... Led Slovakia in goal scoring at the 1994 Olympics with nine and ranked 2nd to Zigmund Palffy in points ... Had two hat-tricks in 1994 Olympics : in a 10-4 win vs. Italy and a 6-2 win vs. France ... Member of Slovakian National Team at the 1996 World Championships.