for the league minimum salary of $100,000; he promised to donate his salary to charity if his contract were approved by the league, but it never was. The attempt was immediately denied by the NHL for obvious reasons; Wolfe had long retired from the NHL and was well into his career as a financial planner. Phil Esposito, who had recently become part owner of the expansion Tampa Bay Lightning, was quoted as saying about the incident: "I didn't just pay $50 million for Bernie Wolfe. He wasn't any good when I played against him". Since the Capitals were unwilling to expose any of their current goaltenders, they eventually signed Steve Weeks for that purpose. Wolfe also co-wrote a book, How to Watch Ice Hockey, with journalist Mitch Henkin. Wolfe was the president of the Washington Capitals Alumni Association from 1992 to 2007. In 1999, he had both of his hips replaced. See also List of select Jewish ice hockey players References External links Bernard R. Wolfe & Associates, Inc. Washingtonian Magazine 2009 1951 births Anglophone Quebec people Canadian ice hockey goaltenders Ice hockey people from Montreal Jewish Canadian sportspeople Jewish ice hockey players Living people Undrafted National Hockey League players Washington Capitals players