Jiri Slegr
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Jiří Šlégr (ˈjɪr̝iː ˈʃlɛːɡr̩; born 30 May 1971) is a Czech
professional ice hockey
defenceman currently playing for HC Litvínov of the Czech Extraliga
. He is also the estranged son of former Vancouver Canucks
defenceman Jiří Bubla
. He legally changed his surname from Bubla to his stepfather's surname of Slegr as a child.
Šlégr was drafted 23rd overall by the Vancouver Canucks
in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft
.
for Roman Oksiuta
, where he played for parts of two seasons. He spent the 1996–97 season playing in Södertälje SK
in Sweden. He then returned to the NHL
, where he had been traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins
for a 3rd round draft pick, and played three and a half seasons there. In January 2001, he was traded to the Atlanta Thrashers
for a 3rd round draft pick. Atlanta traded Šlégr to the Detroit Red Wings
for Yuri Butsayev
and a 3rd round draft pick in March 2002. He signed as a free agent with Vancouver in September 2003, but was traded to the Boston Bruins
in January 2004 for a conditional pick after falling out of favor with Vancouver Canucks
coach Marc Crawford
. Šlégr spent the 2004–05 NHL lockout season with HC Litvínov in the Czech Republic
before returning to the Boston Bruins
for the 2005–06 season
. He is currently playing with HC Litvínov and since March 2007 for the playoff with the Swiss
team EHC Biel
.
Šlégr won a gold medal in the 2005 World Championships
and 1998 Olympics
for the Czech Republic
, and a bronze medal in the 1992 Olympics for Czechoslovakia
. He also won a Stanley Cup
with the Detroit Red Wings
in 2002. Having won all three major trophies in ice-hockey, he is a member of the prestigious Triple Gold Club
.
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
professional ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
defenceman currently playing for HC Litvínov of the Czech Extraliga
Czech Extraliga
The Czech Extraliga is the highest-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic. As of 2009, it is ranked by the IIHF as the third strongest league in Europe....
. He is also the estranged son of former Vancouver Canucks
Vancouver Canucks
The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, :British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The Canucks play their home games at Rogers Arena, formerly known as General Motors Place,...
defenceman Jiří Bubla
Jirí Bubla
Jiří Bubla is a retired Czech ice hockey defenceman.Bubla played his entire National Hockey League career with the Vancouver Canucks, beginning in 1982. He retired after the 1985–86 season...
. He legally changed his surname from Bubla to his stepfather's surname of Slegr as a child.
Šlégr was drafted 23rd overall by the Vancouver Canucks
Vancouver Canucks
The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, :British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The Canucks play their home games at Rogers Arena, formerly known as General Motors Place,...
in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft
1990 NHL Entry Draft
The 1990 National Hockey League Entry Draft was the 28th NHL Entry Draft. It was hosted by the Vancouver Canucks at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on June 16, 1990...
.
Playing career
Šlégr played parts of three seasons with the Canucks, before being traded to the Edmonton OilersEdmonton Oilers
The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....
for Roman Oksiuta
Roman Oksiuta
Roman Nikolaevich Oksiuta is a retired Russian ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for the Edmonton Oilers, Vancouver Canucks, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and the Pittsburgh Penguins. He played a total of 153 regular season games, scoring 46 goals and 41 assists for 87 points...
, where he played for parts of two seasons. He spent the 1996–97 season playing in Södertälje SK
Södertälje SK
Södertälje Sportklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey club playing in HockeyAllsvenskan. Södertälje were charter members of Elitserien when the league was founded in 1975 and have since played 24 seasons in the league...
in Sweden. He then returned to the NHL
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
, where he had been traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins
Pittsburgh Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the first expansion teams during the league's original...
for a 3rd round draft pick, and played three and a half seasons there. In January 2001, he was traded to the Atlanta Thrashers
Atlanta Thrashers
The Atlanta Thrashers were a professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Atlanta was granted a franchise in the National Hockey League on June 25, 1997, and became the league's 28th franchise when it began play in the 1999–2000 NHL season...
for a 3rd round draft pick. Atlanta traded Šlégr to the Detroit Red Wings
Detroit Red Wings
The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League , and are one of the Original Six teams of the NHL, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, New York...
for Yuri Butsayev
Yuri Butsayev
Yuri Gennadievich Butsayev is a Russian professional ice hockey winger. He was drafted in the second round, 49th overall, by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft...
and a 3rd round draft pick in March 2002. He signed as a free agent with Vancouver in September 2003, but was traded to the Boston Bruins
Boston Bruins
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The team has been in existence since 1924, and is the league's third-oldest team and its oldest in the...
in January 2004 for a conditional pick after falling out of favor with Vancouver Canucks
Vancouver Canucks
The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, :British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The Canucks play their home games at Rogers Arena, formerly known as General Motors Place,...
coach Marc Crawford
Marc Crawford
Marc Joseph John Crawford is a Canadian professional ice hockey head coach, most recently employed by the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League. He was previously the head coach of three other organizations and won a Stanley Cup in 1996 with the Colorado Avalanche...
. Šlégr spent the 2004–05 NHL lockout season with HC Litvínov in the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
before returning to the Boston Bruins
Boston Bruins
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The team has been in existence since 1924, and is the league's third-oldest team and its oldest in the...
for the 2005–06 season
2005–06 Boston Bruins season
The 2005–06 Boston Bruins season was the Boston Bruins' 82nd season of operation. The Bruins slipped to 13th in the Eastern Conference and did not qualify for the playoffs.-Offseason:Key dates prior to the start of the season:...
. He is currently playing with HC Litvínov and since March 2007 for the playoff with the Swiss
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
team EHC Biel
EHC Biel
The EHC Biel or HC Bienne is a professional ice hockey Club based in the bilingual city of Biel/Bienne, Switzerland and plays in the National League A....
.
Šlégr won a gold medal in the 2005 World Championships
Ice Hockey World Championships
The Ice Hockey World Championships are an annual ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation . First officially held at the 1920 Summer Olympics, it is the sport's highest profile annual international tournament. The IIHF was created in 1908 while the European...
and 1998 Olympics
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
for the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
, and a bronze medal in the 1992 Olympics for Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
. He also won a Stanley Cup
Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
with the Detroit Red Wings
Detroit Red Wings
The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League , and are one of the Original Six teams of the NHL, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, New York...
in 2002. Having won all three major trophies in ice-hockey, he is a member of the prestigious Triple Gold Club
Triple Gold Club
The Triple Gold Club is a term used to describe ice hockey players and coaches who have won an Olympic Games gold medal, a World Championship gold medal, and the Stanley Cup, the championship trophy of the National Hockey League...
.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1992–93 | Vancouver Canucks Vancouver Canucks The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, :British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The Canucks play their home games at Rogers Arena, formerly known as General Motors Place,... |
NHL National Hockey League The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States... |
41 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 109 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1993–94 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 78 | 5 | 33 | 38 | 86 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 19 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 57 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 74 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1996-97 | Södertälje SK | Elitserien | 30 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Pittsburgh Penguins Pittsburgh Penguins The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the first expansion teams during the league's original... |
NHL | 73 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 109 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 1998–99 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 63 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 86 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | ||
| 1999–00 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 74 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 82 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 19 | ||
| 2000–01 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 42 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Atlanta Thrashers Atlanta Thrashers The Atlanta Thrashers were a professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Atlanta was granted a franchise in the National Hockey League on June 25, 1997, and became the league's 28th franchise when it began play in the 1999–2000 NHL season... |
NHL | 33 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 38 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Detroit Red Wings Detroit Red Wings The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League , and are one of the Original Six teams of the NHL, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, New York... |
NHL | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2003–04 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 16 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Boston Bruins Boston Bruins The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The team has been in existence since 1924, and is the league's third-oldest team and its oldest in the... |
NHL | 36 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 32 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 622 | 56 | 193 | 249 | 838 | 42 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 39 | ||||