Word: kharlamov
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...squad, the Interstate League's youngest team, with an average age of 20, is responding too: halfway through this season, the Penguins have won more games than in all of last year. Says center Alexander Kharlamov, 18: "This is the first time most of us have felt this kind of excitement from the spectators." There may be a more fundamental explanation, however, for the upswing. The players, who on paper are soldiers in the army, this year are being paid up to $12,000 a season. Last year the army never managed to send out any paychecks...