Bonvie/Stephens Trade Articles: Stephens, Bonvie trading spaces
January 23, 2004

Posted by: Bob Howard
Credit: The AHL.com

Fri, January 23, 2004

Stephens, Bonvie trading spaces

The Ottawa Senators have acquired 2003 AHL All-Star forward Charlie Stephens from the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for the league's all-time penalty minutes king, Dennis Bonvie.

Bonvie has been assigned to the Hershey Bears.

Stephens, 22, had five goals and nine assists in 32 games with Hershey this year. His roller-coaster sophomore season has also included six NHL games with the Avalanche (two assists) and a seven-game stint with Quad City in the United Hockey League.

Stephens recorded 50 points in 74 games with the Bears in 2002-03, and represented Hershey at the 2003 Dodge AHL All-Star Classic in Portland.

Bonvie, 30, has amassed an AHL-record 3,162 minutes in penalties in 587 career AHL games over the past 11 seasons with Binghamton, Providence, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Portland, Philadelphia, Hamilton and Cape Breton. He has also chipped in 71 goals and 147 assists for 218 points.

An AHL All-Star in 1995, Bonvie reached the Calder Cup Finals with the Bulldogs in 1997 and the Penguins in 2001, and helped the Senators to the conference finals in 2003.

This season, he had two goals, four assists and 137 PIM in 29 games with Binghamton.