Valeri Bure

Valeri Bure
Born	June 13, 1974 (1974-06-13) Moscow, Russian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	181 lb (82 kg; 12 st 13 lb)
Position	Right wing
Shot	Right
Played for	Montreal Canadiens (1995–1998) Calgary Flames (1998–2001) Florida Panthers (2001–2003) St. Louis Blues (2003) Florida Panthers (2003–2004) Dallas Stars (2004)
National team	Russia
NHL Draft	33rd overall, 1992 Montreal Canadiens
Playing career	1990–2004

Valeri Vladimirovich Bure (Russian: Валерий Владимирович Буре, Valerij Bure; born June 13, 1974) is a retired professional ice hockey right winger from Russia. He played ten seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He is the younger brother of retired NHL star Pavel Bure.

Playing career

Bure played one season of junior hockey for HC CSKA Moscow before coming to Canada to play junior hockey in 1991. After his first season with the Spokane Chiefs of the Western Hockey League (WHL), he was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, second round, thirty-third overall. He played two further seasons before becoming a professional with the Fredericton Canadiens in 1994–95. That same season, he was called up to the Canadiens and played 24 games.

He played two full seasons for the Canadiens before being traded to the Calgary Flames in February 1998. He played three full seasons with the Flames, where he recorded his best season in 1999–2000, when he scored 35 goals and 75 points. In the 2001 off-season, he was traded to the Florida Panthers, where his brother Pavel was playing. His time at Florida was interrupted by injuries, playing only 31 and 46 games before he was traded to the St. Louis Blues as a deadline day pickup. He played five games in the regular season and six in the playoffs, without recording a goal. He returned to the Panthers as a free agent, and had a better season in 2003-04, scoring 20 goals in 55 games before being traded to the Dallas Stars, again at the trade deadline.

Bure underwent back surgery following the 2003–04 NHL season, and never played a game for the Los Angeles Kings after signing with them on August 12, 2005. On the Drew Marshall radio show he announced that he would not be returning to hockey and wanted to spend as much time as possible with his children.

Off the ice

Bure married actress Candace Cameron on June 22, 1996. The couple were first introduced by Cameron's former Full House co-star, actor Dave Coulier, at a hockey game. They have three children, Natasha Valerievna Bure (b. August 15, 1998), Lev Valerievich Bure (b. February 20, 2000) and Maksim Valerievich Bure (b. January 20, 2002).

Following his retirement, Bure's wife, Candace, announced on her website that the couple would be opening a restaurant, "The Milk and Honey Café", in Pembroke Pines, Florida in April 2007; the restaurant later closed. Bure ventured into the wine making business, where he has partnered with a few entrepreneurs and created Bure Family Wines.^{[citation needed]}

In September 2010, Bure began figure skating with Ekaterina Gordeeva as a contestant on the second season of the Canadian reality show Battle of the Blades. The pair won the competition on November 22, 2010.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1990–91	CSKA Moscow	Soviet		3	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	Spokane Chiefs	WHL		53	27	22	49	78		10	11	6	17	10
1992–93	Spokane Chiefs	WHL		66	68	79	147	49		9	6	11	17	14
1993–94	Spokane Chiefs	WHL		59	40	62	102	48		3	5	3	8	2
1994–95	Fredericton Canadiens	AHL		45	23	25	48	32		—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		24	3	1	4	6		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		77	22	20	42	28		6	0	1	1	6
1996–97	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		64	14	21	35	6		5	0	1	1	2
1997–98	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		50	7	22	29	33		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Calgary Flames	NHL		16	5	4	9	2		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Calgary Flames	NHL		80	26	27	53	22		—	—	—	—	—
1999–00	Calgary Flames	NHL		82	35	40	75	50		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Calgary Flames	NHL		78	27	28	55	26		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Florida Panthers	NHL		31	8	10	18	12		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Florida Panthers	NHL		46	5	21	26	10		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	St. Louis Blues	NHL		5	0	2	2	0		6	0	2	2	8
2003–04	Florida Panthers	NHL		55	20	25	45	20		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Dallas Stars	NHL		13	2	5	7	6		5	0	3	3	0
NHL totals				621	174	226	400	221		22	0	7	7	16

International play

Olympic medal record
Ice hockey
Silver	1998 Nagano	Men
Bronze	2002 Salt Lake City	Men

He and his brother won a bronze medal with Russia in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and a silver medal in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.

International statistics

Year	Team	Event	Place		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1994	Russia	WJC	3 !		7	5	3	8	4
1994	Russia	WC	5th		6	3	0	3	2
1996	Russia	WCH	SF		1	0	0	0	2
1998	Russia	Oly	2 !		6	1	0	1	0
2002	Russia	Oly	3 !		6	1	0	1	2
Senior Int'l Totals					19	5	0	5	6

Transactions

• February 1, 1998 - Traded from Montreal Canadiens with fourth-round pick in the 1998 draft (Shaun Sutter) to Calgary Flames for Jonas Hoglund and Zarley Zalapski.
• June 23, 2001 - Traded from Calgary Flames with Jason Wiemer to Florida Panthers for Rob Niedermayer and second-round pick in the 2001 draft (Andrei Medvedev).
• March 11, 2003 - Traded from Florida Panthers with conditional pick in the 2004 draft to St. Louis Blues for Mike Van Ryn.
• March 8, 2004 - Traded from Florida Panthers to Dallas Stars for Drew Bagnall and second-round pick in the 2004 draft (Enver Lisin).

Source: hockeydb.com

See also

• Notable families in the NHL

References

Sports Reference

External links

• Valeri Bure's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• www.burefamilywines.com, Bure Family Wines.