TORONTO (AP) Center Radek Bonk of the Ottawa Senators was awarded a two-year, $6.7-million contract in arbitration Wednesday, nearly doubling his salary from last season.

Bonk, 26, was seeking $3.5 million a year in his hearing on Monday. The new deal will pay him $3.2 million next season and $3.5 million in 2003-04.

The small-budget Senators had reportedly offered Bonk about $5.75 million over two years.

He earned $1.8 million last season when he had a career-high 25 goals and 45 assists.

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