Kings Exercise Contract Options On Steve McKenna And Jaroslav Modry

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The Los Angeles Kings have exercised the team contract options on left winger Steve McKenna and defenseman Jaroslav Modry, Kings Senior Vice President and General Manager Dave Taylor announced today. Per club policy, terms and conditions of the contracts were not announced.

McKenna, 27, this season recorded 125 penalty minutes, third most on the Kings, and five points (0-5=5). The 6-8, 225-pounder from Toronto was signed by the Kings as a free agent on May 17, 1996, and in 137 career NHL games - all with the Kings - McKenna has 14 points (5-9=14) and 348 penalty minutes.

Modry, 29, played in 426 games for the Kings this season and recorded nine points (5-9=14) and 18 penalty minutes, with all five of his goals scored on the power play. In addition the 6-2, 219-pound native of Budejovice, Czech Republic, played in 11 games for the Long Beach Ice Dogs of the International Hockey League and registered six points (2-4=6) and eight penalty minutes, and in two playoff games for the Kings he went scoreless with two penalty minutes.

Originally selected by the New Jersey Devils in the ninth round (179th overall) in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft, Modry has scored 54 points (14- 40=54) in 186 career NHL games with the Devils, Ottawa Senators and Kings.

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