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Friday, November 3, 2000
Salo signs for 3 years, plus 2 option seasons



EDMONTON -- Goaltender Tommy Salo signed a three-year, $10.4 million contract extension with the Edmonton Oilers through the 2003-04 season, it was announced Thursday.

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Salo is making $1.8 million this season, and the Oilers have an option for an additional two seasons.

Salo, 29, has started 12 of Edmonton's 14 games this season and is 6-4-2 with a 2.55 goals-against average and an .896 save percentage. He recorded his 100th career win with 23 saves in a 3-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Oct. 13.

A native of Sweden, Salo was acquired by Edmonton from the New York Islanders in March 1999. Since joining the Oilers, Salo has appeared in 95 regular-season games with a 41-34-17 record, two shutouts and a 2.71 GAA.

Salo was the lone representative for the Oilers at the 50th annual NHL All-Star Game in Toronto last season, earning the win for the World Team.

A fifth-round pick of the Islanders in the 1993 draft, Salo has a career record of 103-128-38 and 2.63 GAA with 16 shutouts in 282 games.

Salo has represented Sweden seven times in international competition, including two Olympic Games and three world championships. He was a member of Sweden's first ever Olympic gold medal team in 1994 at Lillehammer, Norway, stopping five Canadian shooters in the overtime shootout of the championship game.




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