Marco Sturm
Marco Sturm | |||
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Born |
Dingolfing, West Germany | September 8, 1978||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
Weight | 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb) | ||
Position | Left/right wing | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
NHL team Former teams |
Boston Bruins San Jose Sharks | ||
National team | Germany | ||
NHL draft |
21st overall, 1996 San Jose Sharks | ||
Playing career | 1997–present |
Marco Johann Sturm (born September 8, 1978) is a German professional ice hockey forward for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played for the San Jose Sharks of the NHL.
Playing career
Sturm was drafted by the San Jose Sharks in the first round, 21st overall, in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. Sturm scored his first career NHL goal against Jeff Hackett of the Chicago Blackhawks on October 3, 1997. He was then traded to the Boston Bruins on November, 30, 2005 with Brad Stuart and Wayne Primeau for Joe Thornton. As of the end of the 2007–08 Boston Bruins season, Sturm is the only player involved in that trade that is still with the team.
A notoriously strong skater, he is often referred to as "the fastest German on ice." His forays into the offensive zone are known as the blitzkrieg. In the 1999 All-Star Game, Sturm had the second best time to Peter Bondra in the fastest skater competition.
Sturm was to be the captain of Germany's men's ice hockey team at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, but pulled out days before leaving for Italy due to an unspecified upper-body injury.
On February 24, 2007, Sturm agreed to a multi-year contract extension. [1]
As of February 2, 2008, Sturm played in his 730th career NHL professional ice hockey game, more than any other German-born and raised player.
In the listing for the German national team roster for the 2008 IIHF World Ice Hockey Championships, Sturm is one of the selected German-born NHL players to be selected to play for Team Deutschland as of April 26, 2008.[2]
Sturm's most famous goal may have come in the 2008 Stanley Cup playoffs in the first round against the Montreal Canadiens. With less than three minutes remaining in regulation of Game 6, Sturm took a wrist shot from the right point on the Canadiens' goaltender Carey Price. After saving the initial shot, Price gave up a costly rebound, and Sturm, leaping over a fallen Montreal defender, held the puck and proceeded around the diving Montreal goaltender, and flipped the puck into the top right corner of the net. This resulted in the game-winning goal for the Boston Bruins and sent the underdog Bruins back to Montreal for a Game 7, which was won by the Canadiens.
Sturm was forced to undergo surgery to repair his meniscus and anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his left knee during the 2008–09 NHL season. He played in just 19 games, scoring 7 goals.
Sturm scored the overtime game-winning goal in the 2010 Winter Classic between the Bruins and the Philadelphia Flyers held at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.
Sturm injured his knee 21 seconds into Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday, May 2, 2010. He will not return for the remainder of the playoffs. Sturm will have surgery on his knee.The return date is in December.
Personal
Sturm is married and has two children: son Mason Joseph and daughter Kaydie.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1995–96 | EV Landshut | DEL | 47 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 50 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 18 | ||
1996–97 | EV Landshut | DEL | 46 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||
1997–98 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 74 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1998–99 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 78 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 52 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
1999–00 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 74 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||
2000–01 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 81 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
2001–02 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 77 | 21 | 20 | 41 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
2002–03 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 82 | 28 | 20 | 48 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2003–04 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 64 | 21 | 20 | 41 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2004–05 | ERC Ingolstadt | DEL | 45 | 22 | 16 | 38 | 56 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | ||
2005–06 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 23 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2005–06 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 51 | 23 | 20 | 43 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2006–07 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 76 | 27 | 17 | 44 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2007–08 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 80 | 27 | 29 | 56 | 40 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
2008–09 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 19 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2009–10 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 76 | 22 | 15 | 37 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
NHL totals | 855 | 234 | 232 | 466 | 398 | 45 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 18 |
International
Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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1995 | Germany | WJC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
1995 | Germany | EJC | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
1996 | Germany | WJC | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 51 |
1996 | Germany | EJC | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 |
1997 | Germany | WC | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
1998 | Germany | Oly | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2001 | Germany | WC | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 26 |
2004 | Germany | WCp | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2006 | Germany | Oly | — | — | — | — | — |
2006 | Germany | WC-B | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
2008 | Germany | WC | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Junior int'l totals | 23 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 67 | ||
Senior int'l totals | 32 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 40 |
- All statistics taken from NHL.com[3]
References
External links
- 1978 births
- Bavarian sportspeople
- Boston Bruins players
- ERC Ingolstadt players
- EV Landshut players
- German ice hockey players
- Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Living people
- National Hockey League All-Stars
- National Hockey League first round draft picks
- Olympic ice hockey players of Germany
- San Jose Sharks draft picks
- San Jose Sharks players