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Ottawa’s Smith inks in Danish league

Zack Smith

On Monday, Zack Smith became the second Senator to join the Danish league by agreeing to terms with the Frederikshavn White Hawks.

Smith, 24, is coming off a breakout campaign in Ottawa in which he posted career-highs in games played (81), goals (14) assists (12) and points (26).

He went on to appear in all seven opening-round playoff games against the Rangers and, shortly thereafter, agreed to a four-year, $7.5 million extension with the club.

According to the White Hawks website, Smith was signed based on a recommendation from Sens teammate Peter Regin, one of the few Danish players in the NHL (Regin used to play with Herning of the AL-Bank Ligaen.)

Speaking of Smith’s teammates....

He’ll join fellow Sens forward Colin Greening in the Danish league, as Greening inked with Aalborg in late October. Greening has 9G-9A-18PTS in 10 games thus far -- he and Nashville defenseman Kevin Klein are the league’s two most noteworthy NHL imports.

Oh yeah, one of the league’s biggest sponsors is Dong Energy, Denmark’s leading energy company. Have fun with that in the comments section.