Alexei Ponikarovsky Welcomes Third Child

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Toronto Maple Leafs left wing Alexei Ponikarovsky and his wife Inna welcomed a son around 3 a.m. on Sunday, November 2nd. The new baby, whose name is reportedly Max, joins siblings Jessica and Alex. The 28-year-old’s coach, Ron Wilson, jokingly told reporters that Alexei "had a baby boy, he named it Ron."

Alexei, 28, has played for the Maple Leafs since being drafted in 1998. Prior to that, he played in his native Ukraine.

Source: The Star

Comments

I heard during the Leafs game on Tuesday that they name him Max.

- Remy Reid on November 7th, 2008

Poni has three kids? Wow. Congrats to him and his family.

- martina on November 7th, 2008

Aww, congrats Poni! GO LEAFS GO

- Priya on November 7th, 2008

OMG PONI! I love him and CONGRATS!

- Jerrica on November 7th, 2008

Aww! Congrats to the family!!

- brooklyn on November 7th, 2008

aww! congrats to them i haven’t seen his kids in a while! they used to go to our neighbourhood park w/ their granny! very sweet kids…the daughter loved dogs and always tried to ride and hug my dogs!

- r9lee on November 7th, 2008

I hope they continue to sell the dayplanner with all of the teams family pics in them!
I have watched the families grow for years. I don’t think Poni and Inna were even married in the first couple that I have.

Congrats to them!!

- Christine on November 7th, 2008