Pavel Vladimirovich Bure

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Hockey Hall of Fame , 2012
IIHF Hall of Fame , 2012
Pavel Bure
Date of birth March 31, 1971
place of birth Minsk , Belarusian SSR
Nickname Pasha, The Russian Rocket
size 178 cm
Weight 85 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1989 , 6th lap, 113th position
Vancouver Canucks
Career stations
1987-1991 HK CSKA Moscow
1991-1999 Vancouver Canucks
1999-2002 Florida panthers
2002-2003 New York Rangers

Pawel Vladimirovich Bure ( Russian Павел Владимирович Буре ; born March 31, 1971 in Minsk , Belarusian SSR ) is a former Russian ice hockey player on the position of the right winger . His professional career began in 1987 at HK CSKA Moscow in the top division of the Soviet Union , the Wysschaja Liga . In 1991 he moved to North America in the National Hockey League (NHL), where he was active until his retirement in 2005 for the Vancouver Canucks , Florida Panthers and the New York Rangers . During his time in the NHL, he won several individual awards; Among other things, the Calder Memorial Trophy as the best rookie in 1992. After moving to the National Hockey League in 1991, Bure quickly established himself as one of the league's most dangerous strikers and was the top scorer in the NHL in 1994, 2000 and 2001 . In addition, he has been elected to an NHL All-Star Team three times . The Vancouver Canucks honor the player by no longer giving his number 10 shirt.

At the international level, he won the gold medal with the Soviet national team at the 1990 World Cup and the silver medal with the Russian selection at the 1998 Winter Olympics . In recognition of his achievements, Pawel Bure was honored with induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame and the IIHF Hall of Fame .

Family and origin

Pawel Bure (2nd from right ) next to his younger brother Valeri Bure (far right) at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin (far left) and the President of the Russian NOK Leonid Tjagachev at the Russian Embassy in Washington, DC (2001).

Bure comes from an athletic family. His paternal grandfather was a water polo goalkeeper and Olympic swimming coach. His father Vladimir Bure was a successful swimmer and represented the Soviet Union at the Summer Olympics in 1968 , 1972 and 1976 . Wladimir Bure won a total of four Olympic medals, including the bronze medal in the 100 meter freestyle final in 1972, in which he set a new European record, but had to admit defeat to US swimming legend Mark Spitz by half a second. Wladimir Bure is of Swiss descent; his family branch originated in Furna in the canton of Graubünden . He was also Pawel's personal trainer until 1997.

Pawel's younger brother Valery Bure was also a hockey player and completed a total of ten seasons in the National Hockey League . In the 2002/03 season they were briefly teammates with the Florida Panthers .

Pawel Bure was named after his great-grandfather, the clockmaker of Tsar Alexander III. was. The Bures were watchmakers for the tsarist families from 1815 to 1917 and enjoyed aristocratic status as craftsmen for the imperial family. During his first long injury break in 1995, he made an attempt to revive his ancestors' watch business. 50 replicas of the imperial clocks were offered at a price of $ 30,000; In addition, Russian President Boris Yeltsin , Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin and Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov each received a copy.

Career

Beginnings in the Soviet Union (1971–1987)

Bure was born on March 31, 1971 in Minsk , because his mother was a native of Minsk and therefore wanted to give birth to her two children in her hometown. In his childhood in Moscow , he first played street hockey and started ice hockey at the age of six . Bure completed a trial training session at the HK CSKA Moscow ice hockey school and initially failed to convince the coaching team of his skills. As a result, his father, who dreamed of his son's swimming career, threatened to withdraw him from school if his performance did not improve significantly.

In July 1982, Bure was one of three young Soviet players who were allowed to train with Wayne Gretzky and the Soviet national goalkeeper Wladislaw Tretjak as part of a television special . At the age of 14 he switched to the HK CSKA Moscow junior team. A year later he traveled through Canada with the Soviet junior national team . During the tour from Ottawa in Ontario to Vancouver on the Pacific Ocean , he played some test matches against Canadian National Hockey League teams; including the Edmonton Oilers with Gretzky and the Vancouver Canucks .

Successes with HK CSKA Moscow (1987–1991)

Pawel Bure took at the age of 16 before the start of the season 1987/88 in the season preparation of the professional team of HK CSKA Moscow, but was found to be too young and not yet ready for the Vysschaja Liga , the highest Soviet division. Nevertheless, he came this season on five missions for Moscow, since the club had to assign several players in September 1987 in the course of the Canada Cup 1987 for the Soviet national team.

In the following season, Bure established himself as a regular at ZSKA and set a new Soviet record for rookies with 17 goals . This record was valid for 18 years and was surpassed by Alexei Tscherepanow , who scored 18 goals in the 2006/07 season. In addition, Pawel Bure contributed nine assists . HK CSKA Moscow secured its 13th consecutive championship and 32nd overall at the end of the 1988/89 season. Bure himself was voted the best rookie in the Wysschaya League at the end of the season.

At the end of his third and final professional season in Moscow, Bure was CSKA's most successful scorer together with Valery Kamensky . His 35 goals scored in 44 games were the second most in the league. On the eve of the 1991 Canada Cup , Bure was presented with a new three-year contract. Bure decided against a contract extension and a move to the National Hockey League (NHL), which is why he was removed from the Soviet Union's squad for the tournament at the last moment.

Change to the NHL

Draft controversy

In the 1989 NHL Entry Draft , Bure was selected in the sixth round in 113th position by the Vancouver Canucks . This choice was controversial because, as an 18-year-old, according to the NHL regulations at the time, he should have been selected in the first three rounds; unless he had played at least eleven games per season for his professional team in the previous two seasons. Vancouver scout Mike Penny found out, however, that Bure could still be drafted after the third round if you add test and international matches to the regular league games. Several teams interested in the winger knew about this rule and the additional games, but were unsure of the player's availability. The Detroit Red Wings asked NHL Vice President Gilbert Stein whether they could select Bure in the fifth round with their right to vote, which Bure denied. Winnipeg Jets General Manager Mike Smith claimed to have made a deal with the Soviet Ice Hockey Federation that would allow Bure to join the Jets in the NHL when he was 21 in 1992. In return, the jets were supposed to transfer a transfer fee to the association once a year from 1989 to 1992. Smith had no intention of using a voting right for Bure in the 1989 Entry Draft because he believed it was against the regulations.

Vancouver's general manager Pat Quinn originally wanted to draft Bure in the eighth round, but learned that the Edmonton Oilers had similar plans and ultimately selected him with the Canucks six- round pick . Shortly thereafter, Detroit's scout Christer Rockström made an official protest and officials from other NHL franchises stormed the Met Center stage where the Entry Draft was taking place. In addition to Rockström, the Hartford Whalers and Washington Capitals protested against the election of Vancouver, whereupon the league investigated the case. On May 17, 1990, the selection of Bures was classified as illegal by league president John Ziegler . The Vancouver Canucks appealed against this decision and subsequently submitted match reports on Bures additional bets. Only on the eve of the NHL Entry Draft in 1990 , in which Bure could have been selected again by a NHL team, the election of Vancouver from the previous year was classified as compliant.

Migration to North America

Bure's move to North America turned out to be difficult due to the political situation. The Soviets forbade the Canucks to contact Bure personally. In an interview with the Toronto Star in early 1991, Bure said he was reluctant to move to North America because he feared the authorities would "cause trouble" for his three-year-old brother Valeri Bure , who was playing in a Russian junior league at the time. Finally, on September 6, 1991, Pawel Bure left Moscow with his father and brother for Los Angeles , where they lived for a short time. His mother followed a little later.

Before the Vancouver Canucks and Bure could agree on a valid contract, the existing contract between Bure and HK CSKA Moscow had to be terminated. At a court hearing between representatives of both parties in Detroit in late October 1991, the Canucks offered the counterparty 200,000 US dollars for the cancellation of the contract. The CSKA did not accept the offer, whereupon Bure offered an additional 50,000 US dollars in the courtroom. The CSKA then accepted the offer and the Canucks paid the entire sum of 250,000 US dollars. Shortly thereafter, Pawel Bure signed a four-year contract with the Vancouver Canucks worth $ 2.7 million; in addition, he received a signature bonus of $ 800,000. This made him the second highest paid player in Vancouver, behind team captain Trevor Linden .

Vancouver Canucks (1991-1999)

Instant success in the NHL

Bure won the 1992 Calder Memorial Trophy as the best rookie in the National Hockey League.

The trial delayed Bure's debut in the National Hockey League by about a month. The winger played his first game in the NHL on November 3, 1991 against the Winnipeg Jets. Although he remained without a scorer point in this game , he made a lasting impression on both fans and media representatives because of his talent and above all his speed. In a Vancouver Sun newspaper report on the game, a columnist compared Bure to a rocket and described it as "the fastest Soviet creation since Sputnik ". Bure would keep the nickname The Russian Rocket until the end of his career. In his third NHL game, he scored his first point, an assist. One game later he scored his first goal against goalkeeper Daniel Berthiaume of the Los Angeles Kings . Overall, Pawel Bure scored 34 goals in 65 games in the 1991/92 season , including 22 in the last 23 games of the season. In the 1992 play-offs , he managed his first hat trick in the sixth game of the best-of-seven series against the Winnipeg Jets . In the second play-off round, the Canucks were eliminated against the Edmonton Oilers.

At the end of the season, Bure was awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy , which is awarded annually by the NHL to the best new professionals. In the election, he prevailed against defender Nicklas Lidström from the Detroit Red Wings. The Calder Memorial Trophy for Bure and the Jack Adams Award for Trainer Pat Quinn were the first ever NHL awards for the British Columbia franchise . Despite the award as the best rookie, Pawel Bure was denied the election to the NHL all-rookie team , because he got the most votes in the election, but these were divided between the position of the left and right winger and he ended up with neither position had enough votes to qualify for election to the team. This makes him the only player in NHL history to win the Calder Memorial Trophy but not be elected to the all-rookie team.

In the following season, Bure first took part in the NHL All-Star Game . He ran for the Campbell Conference team and scored two goals in the 6:16 defeat against the Wales Conference team. In the course of the 1992/93 season , Pawel Bure set several franchise records. His 60 goals scored were the most since Tony Tanti's 45 goals from the 1983/84 season . In total, Bure reached 110 points scorer and thus improved Patrik Sundström's franchise record of 91 points, also from the 1983/84 season. Bure's point record lasted until 2010, when Henrik Sedin set a new record with 112 points. Following the season, Bure became the first Vancouver Canucks player to be elected to the NHL First All-Star team . In the following season, the offensive player was the most successful goalscorer in the entire NHL with 60 hits - since 1999 the NHL has awarded the Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy for this performance . Additionally, Pawel Bure became the eighth NHL player to score 60 or more goals in two consecutive seasons. In March 1994, Bure was named NHL Player of the Month after scoring 19 goals and preparing 11 more in the Canucks' 16 games that month. After his first three seasons, Pawel Bure had scored a total of 154 goals himself; only Wayne Gretzky and Mike Bossy were more successful in their first three seasons.

The Vancouver Canucks reached the play-offs in 1994 as the seventh best team in the Western Conference and met the Calgary Flames in the first round . In the seventh and decisive game of the best-of-seven series, Bure scored one of the most important goals in Vancouver Canucks history. In the second overtime , after a pass from Jeff Brown, he was alone in front of Flames goalkeeper Mike Vernon , whom he was able to overcome with a deception and score the winning goal. The Vancouver Canucks reached after further victories against the Dallas Stars and the Toronto Maple Leafs the final of the Stanley Cup against the winner of the Eastern Conference , the New York Rangers . The Rangers won their seventh game 3-2 and thus their fourth Stanley Cup after 1928, 1933 and 1940. Pawel Bure scored 16 goals in 24 games and a total of 31 points, making him the second best point collector behind New York's Brian Leetch , who also played the Conn Smythe Trophy as Most Valuable Player of the Stanley Cup Play-offs.

In the off-season that followed , Bure signed a new five-year contract valued at $ 24.5 million on June 16, 1994. This made Bure the third-highest paid player in the NHL with an annual salary of $ 4.9 million, behind Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux . The negotiations turned out to be difficult. At the beginning of the 1993/94 season, both sides were working unsuccessfully on a new contract. The main reason for the failure of the negotiations were the Canucks' demands for the salary to be paid in Canadian dollars and at the current exchange rate of the US dollar. During the 1994 Stanley Cup play-offs, Bure was repeatedly alleged that he would threaten the Canucks not to play for the team in the play-offs if his claims - allegedly a five-year deal worth $ 30 million - were not to be met.

During the lockout at the beginning of the 1994/95 season , Bure completed one game each for HK Spartak Moscow in the Russian International Hockey League and for EV Landshut in the German Ice Hockey League . In addition, he completed five charity games in Russia for a team consisting of Russian NHL players. In the event organized by Vyacheslav Fetissov , he played with Sergei Fjodorow and Alexander Mogilny , with whom he was already successful at HK CSKA Moscow. After the National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players' Association settled their dispute on January 12, 1995 and agreed to resume play, there were again contractual disagreements between Bure and the Canucks. Bure's agent Ron Salcer claimed that the Vancouver Canucks had promised to pay Bure his full salary, even though the lockout had forced the NHL to cancel almost half of all games. Both parties agreed to transfer the sum - around 1.7 million US dollars - to an escrow account and the talks to continue at a later date. In the shortened NHL season 1994/95, Bure played 44 games for the Canucks and scored 43 points scorer. In the play-offs, Vancouver was eliminated in the second round after a sweep against the Chicago Blackhawks .

Injury bad luck and transfer request

Bure's jersey (center) that he wore in his first NHL game in November 1991; exhibited in the Rogers Arena .

At the beginning of the 1995/96 NHL season , Bure changed from shirt number 10 to 96 (9th month, 6th day) in memory of his move to North America on September 6, 1991. Bure wanted to wear the 96 at the beginning of his NHL career, but this was forbidden by the then coach Pat Quinn, as he did not believe in high shirt numbers. At the beginning of this season, Bure suffered his first of numerous serious knee injuries. In a game against Chicago on November 9, 1995, Bure fell on the ice after a duel with Steve Smith ; he got stuck in the gang with his right skate . He tore his right cruciate ligament and was out for the remainder of the season.

In the first game of the season in the following season, Bure was checked head first into the gang by Calgary Flames defender Todd Simpson . Although he had a headache in the weeks that followed, he continued to let his head coach Tom Renney line him up. A good month before the end of the regular season , Bure left the game after another body check by Aaron Miller of the Colorado Avalanche . The winger was out for the rest of the season and only admitted after the game that he had been struggling with persistent whiplash since the Simpson check from the first game of the season .

Pawel Bure in the jersey of the Vancouver Canucks (1997).

After two seasons marked by injuries, Bure switched back to shirt number 10. Bure emphasized that he was not superstitious, but referred to the two unsuccessful previous seasons in his decision. On August 26, 1997, The Province newspaper reported that Bure had asked the Vancouver Canucks to change clubs. Other daily newspapers then reported about the player's intentions to switch. In terms of sport, the 1997/98 NHL season was personally successful for Bure. He remained injury free and played all 82 games for the Canucks. He scored 51 goals - one goal less than top scorer Peter Bondra and Teemu Selänne . Pawel Bure finished the season with a total of 90 scorer points together with Wayne Gretzky as the third best point collector in the entire National Hockey League behind Jaromír Jágr (102) and Peter Forsberg (91).

On July 5, 1998, Bure informed the new general manager of the Canucks, Brian Burke , about the fact that he would no longer play for Vancouver despite an ongoing contract. A month later he went public and declared that he wanted to leave the Canucks for "personal reasons". Bure stayed away from the Canucks pre-season and instead trained at his old club HK CSKA Moscow. During his strike, he turned down an offer from Belarusian President Aljaksandr Lukashenka to play in the Belarusian league for a salary of 4 million US dollars .

Florida Panthers (1999-2002)

On January 17, 1999, Pawel Bure was transferred to the Florida Panthers together with the players Bret Hedican and Brad Ference and a third-round vote for the NHL Entry Draft 2000 ; the Vancouver Canucks received in return the players Ed Jovanovski , Dave Gagner , Mike Brown and Kevin Weekes as well as a first-round draft pick for the Entry Draft 2000. Burke and Panthers general manager Bryan Murray had been working on the swap since December 1998. After the transfer was completed, Bure explained in an interview that after his arrival from Moscow in 1991, those responsible had hardly integrated him into the team and that over time he developed a feeling of alienation. As examples, he cited that management did not contact him until two weeks after his arrival in Los Angeles. Bure also alleged that the alleged strike threats circulated in the media were launched by Canucks officials during the 1994 play-offs.

Pawel Bure played his first game for the Panthers on January 20, 1999. He scored two goals against the New York Islanders . In his first six games for his new club, Bure scored eight times and prepared three goals. Shortly afterwards he injured his right knee again and was out for the next three weeks. Three days after the injury became known, the Panthers announced the contract extension with Bure. The new contract had a term of five years and was worth a total of 47.5 million US dollars. Florida also had the option for a sixth year, which guaranteed Bure a salary of $ 10.5 million. This contract was the most expensive in the history of the Panthers. Pawel Bure completed five more games for Florida in the 1998/99 season before he collided with defender Adam Foote in the game against the Colorado Avalanche on March 3, 1999 , had to undergo cruciate ligament surgery and was out for the rest of the season.

In the 1999/2000 NHL season , Bure scored 58 goals in 74 games, making it the best scorer in the National Hockey League for the second time since 1994. As a result, he won the Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy for the first time , which was only introduced in the preseason and is awarded annually to the top scorer in the NHL. His total of 94 points scored were the second most behind Art Ross Trophy winner Jaromír Jágr (96). With this, Bure set new franchise records in the categories goals and scorer points in his first season. Through Bures performances Florida reached the play-offs for the first time in three years, where they were eliminated in the first round against the eventual Stanley Cup winner New Jersey Devils . For Bure himself it was the last play-off participation in his career. At the end of the season, Bure was elected to the NHL Second All-Star Team. In addition, he was nominated for the Hart Memorial Trophy , which is awarded to the most valuable player of the regular season. The trophy, however, went to defenseman Chris Pronger of the St. Louis Blues . In the voting for the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy , which is given to the fairest player, he took fourth place.

Pawel Bure also led the NHL scorers list the following season and consequently won his second Maurice Richard Trophy. With 59 goals, he also improved his own franchise record. The Florida Panthers missed the play-offs as twelfth-placed team in the Eastern Conference . While Bure was able to convince with 92 points, the season was very disappointing for the rest of the Panthers offensive; Florida's second-best scorer, Wiktor Koslow, scored only 14 hits and a total of 37 points. At the beginning of the 2001/02 season , the Panthers signed Pawel's brother Waleri Bure from the Calgary Flames.

New York Rangers (2002-2003)

After 56 games in the 2001/02 season, in which Bure led the Panthers again in the scorer standings, he was released on March 18, 2002 together with a second-round draft pick for the 2002 NHL Entry Draft to the New York Rangers . In return, Florida received the players Igor Ulanow and Filip Novák , as well as a first and second-round vote for the Entry Draft 2002 and a four-round draft pick for the NHL Entry Draft 2003 . The Rangers wanted to sign Bure back in 1997 when Bure refused to play for the Vancouver Canucks. Wayne Gretzky , who ended his NHL career as a Rangers player the same year that Bure moved to Florida, said at the end of the 1999/2000 season that he would have continued his career if Bure had been transferred to the New York Rangers. Bure completed twelve games for the Rangers in the 2001/02 season, scoring twelve goals and eight assists.

Before the start of the 2002/03 season, Bure injured his knee during a test game against the New Jersey Devils and fell out for the first three games of the season. After 27 games for the Rangers, Bure suffered a meniscus tear on December 6, 2002 after a collision with Curtis Brown of the Buffalo Sabers , which again had to suspend him for several weeks from the game. Overall, Pawel Bure completed only 39 of 82 games for the Rangers this season due to injury.

End of career

Before the start of the 2003/04 NHL season , Bure failed due to persistent knee problems in the Rangers' fitness test and was classified by the medical staff as not fit for play. The New York Rangers left him unprotected in the NHL Waiver Draft , so he could have been signed by another franchise without compensation. The Rangers hoped that another team would take over the player and his salary, as the latter was only 80% paid by the insurance company. Bure was not selected by any team and did not play a game in the 2003/04 season. Even during the lockout in the 2004/05 season , which ultimately failed completely, he did not join any other team.

On November 1, 2005, Pawel Bure announced the end of his career as a player at a press conference in Moscow due to complications with his chronically injured knee. He played the last game of his career more than two years earlier on March 15, 2003, a few weeks before his 32nd birthday, against the New Jersey Devils. Immediately after the announcement of the end of his career, he took over the post of General Manager of Russia's Olympic ice hockey team at the 2006 Winter Olympics .

Bure scored 437 goals in 702 NHL games and is the fifth most successful goalscorer in this statistic with an average of 0.623 goals per game behind Mike Bossy (0.762), Cy Denneny (0.756), Mario Lemieux (0.754) and Babe Dye (0.742) of the National Hockey League history.

International career with the Soviet and Russian national teams

Pawel Bure (right) in the jersey of the Russian national team next to Russia's President Vladimir Putin (2001).

Bure first represented his home country with the Soviet national team at the Québec Esso Cup in 1988 . At this tournament he and his team won the gold medal after beating the Swedish selection in the final . In the same year he also took part in the U18 European Junior Championship . Bure scored ten goals in six games and earned the bronze medal and a nomination for the all-star team of the competition with his team. At the U18 European Junior Championships in 1989 , the Soviets won the gold medal. In the same year, Pawel Bure took part in a U20 Junior World Championship for the first time at the age of 17 . Bure played in a series of attacks with Sergei Fjodorow and Alexander Mogilny , with whom he also formed a series of attacks at HK CSKA Moscow . When the Soviet Union won gold medals, Bure scored eight times in seven games and was the most successful goalscorer of the tournament together with the American Jeremy Roenick . His total of 14 scorer points were the most within the team. Following the World Cup, Bure was elected to the All-Star Team and named the tournament's best striker.

In 1990 he took part in three international competitions. First he represented the Soviet Union at the U20 Junior World Championship , where he finished second behind the Canadian national team . A few months later he made his debut in the Soviet men's team at the Ice Hockey World Championship . He won his first gold medal in the professional field at the tournament held in Switzerland . He bought a new Lada with the US $ 10,000 prize money that every Soviet player received . In July 1990 he also took part in the Goodwill Games in Seattle . Bure scored four goals and one assist in five games and the Soviet team won the gold medal after beating Team USA in the final.

The following year he took part in his third and last U20 World Junior Championship . Pawel Bure finished the tournament as the top scorer with 12 goals in 7 games, but had to be content with second place behind the Canadian selection, as in the previous year. In total, Bure scored 27 goals in his three U20 World Cup appearances; more than any other player. His 39 scorer points are the third most in tournament history behind Peter Forsberg (Sweden, 42) and Robert Reichel ( Czechoslovakia , 40). At the men's world championship in 1991, a few months later, he won the bronze medal. Bure was supposed to represent the Soviet Union at the Canada Cup in 1991 , but was removed from the squad on the eve of the tournament due to the contract dispute with HK CSKA Moscow.

For the Russian national team , Bure was supposed to play for the first time at the 1996 World Cup of Hockey , but fell out because of a kidney contusion that he suffered during a friendly against Team USA before the start of the tournament. Two years later he reached the final of the 1998 Olympic ice hockey tournament in Nagano with the Russian selection and was defeated there by the Czech national team with 0: 1. Bure scored nine goals in six games and was voted the tournament's best striker.

After the Florida Panthers were eliminated in the National Hockey League - play-offs in the first round against the New Jersey Devils , Bure was nominated for the Russian squad of the 2000 World Cup. In his first World Cup participation after 1991, however, the Russians missed the medal ranks. Pawel Bure's last appearance at international level was at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City . Bure, who played the tournament despite a broken hand, reached the semi-finals with the Sbornaja and lost to the Americans 2: 3. In the game for third place, he and his team secured the bronze medal after beating Belarus .

After retiring, he assumed the post of general manager of Russia's ice hockey Olympic team at the 2006 Winter Olympics . In this position, the selection of the Russian ice hockey Olympic delegation was one of his main tasks. The team lost to the Finns in the semi-finals and missed the medal ranks due to another defeat against the Czech national team in the game for third place. At the 2010 Winter Olympics , Bure was no longer part of Russia's staff.

Honors

On May 20, 2012, Pawel Bure was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame for his achievements on an international level , six months later he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame (HHOF) on November 12, 2012 . The laudation for Bure at the HHOF admission ceremony was held by his former trainer Pat Quinn . Quinn mentioned that Bure, like Bobby Orr, knew how to inspire both his own fans and those of the opposing team with his style of play. Igor Larionov emphasized Bure's role model for other young Russian players at the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union . Bure's fame in North America would have made them aware that Russian players could also be successful in the National Hockey League. Bure's influence also spread to the next generation, including the Russian winger Nail Jakupow as an admirer of Pavel Bure; He also wears the number 10 on his back in his honor.

The Vancouver Canucks honor Bure by not giving his number 10 back. In the 2013-14 NHL season , his jersey will be hung under the roof of the Rogers Arena .

Career statistics

National competitions

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- PP SH GW SM Sp T V Pt +/- PP SH GW SM
1987/88 HK CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 5 1 1 2 0
1988/89 HK CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 32 17th 9 26th 8th
1989/90 HK CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 46 14th 10 24 20th
1990/91 HK CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 44 35 11 46 24
1991/92 Vancouver Canucks NHL 65 34 26th 60 ± 0 7th 3 6th 30th 13 6th 4th 10 +4 0 0 0 14th
1992/93 Vancouver Canucks NHL 83 60 50 110 +35 13 7th 9 69 12 5 7th 12 ± 0 0 0 1 8th
1993/94 Vancouver Canucks NHL 76 60 47 107 +1 25th 4th 9 86 24 16 15th 31 +8 3 0 2 40
1994/95 EV Landshut DEL 1 3 0 3 2 - - - - - - - - -
1994/95 HK Spartak Moscow IHL 1 2 0 2 2 - - - - - - - - -
1994/95 Vancouver Canucks NHL 44 20th 23 43 −8 6th 2 2 47 11 7th 6th 13 −1 2 2 0 10
1995/96 Vancouver Canucks NHL 15th 6th 7th 13 −2 1 1 0 8th - - - - - - - - -
1996/97 Vancouver Canucks NHL 63 23 32 55 −14 4th 1 2 40 - - - - - - - - -
1997/98 Vancouver Canucks NHL 82 51 39 90 +5 13 6th 4th 48 - - - - - - - - -
1998/99 Florida panthers NHL 11 13 3 16 +3 5 1 0 4th - - - - - - - - -
1999/00 Florida panthers NHL 74 58 36 94 +25 11 2 14th 16 4th 1 3 4th −3 1 0 0 2
2000/01 Florida panthers NHL 82 59 33 92 −2 19th 5 8th 58 - - - - - - - - -
2001/02 Florida panthers NHL 56 22nd 27 49 −14 9 1 1 56 - - - - - - - - -
2001/02 New York Rangers NHL 12 12 8th 20th +9 3 0 1 6th - - - - - - - - -
2002/03 New York Rangers NHL 39 19th 11 30th +4 5 1 3 16 - - - - - - - - -
Wysschaja League overall 127 67 31 98 52
NHL overall 702 437 342 779 +42 121 34 59 484 64 35 35 70 +8 6th 2 3 74

International

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1988 USSR Québec Esso Cup gold
1988 USSR U18 European Championship bronze 6th 10 0 10 2
1989 USSR U20 World Cup gold 7th 8th 6th 14th 4th
1989 USSR U18 European Championship gold 6th 5 5 10 4th
1990 USSR U20 World Cup silver 7th 7th 3 10 10
1990 USSR WM gold 10 2 4th 6th 10
1990 USSR Goodwill Games gold 5 4th 1 5
1991 USSR U20 World Cup Silver 7th 12 3 15th 31
1991 USSR WM bronze 10 3 8th 11 2
1998 Russia Olympia silver 6th 9 0 9 2
2000 Russia WM 11th place 6th 4th 1 5 10
2002 Russia Olympia bronze 6th 2 1 3 8th
Juniors total a 33 42 17th 59 51 b
Men overall 43 24 15th 39 32

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

a = overall youth statistics without Québec Esso Cup 1988.
b = penalty minutes without Goodwill Games 1990.

Play style

Pawel Bure's most striking playful trait was his acceleration and high top speed on the ice, which earned him the nickname 'Russian Rocket' early in his NHL career and which made him one of the most feared goalscorers of his era. This style of play was taught to him in the HK CSKA Moscow ice hockey school and was typical for Soviet players of the time. His speed enabled him to break away from opposing defenders; he scored many of his goals in one-on-one situations. Bure's running technique differed significantly from the technique used by many North American players and allowed him to achieve higher performance with the same amount of force and to reach his top speed faster.

In addition, Bure's outstanding mastery of the puck stood out, which did not decrease even at high speed and enabled him to get from one end of the playing area to the other in single actions, bypassing several opponents through deception and ultimately overcoming the opposing goalkeeper. Bure was a comparatively small player with a height of 178 cm, but was able to compensate for this disadvantage with strength, speed and courage and thus survive against physically superior opponents. His defensive play is rated as average compared to his offensive skills. Pawel Bure possessed a dangerous shot and was widely referred to as a "pure goal scorer" .

Outside of sport

In 2002, Bure sued Russian newspaper the eXile for damages after it reported that he broke up with his then girlfriend Anna Kurnikova because she had two vaginas . Although the newspaper claimed it was a joke, in June 2002 it was sentenced to pay 500,000 rubles . In addition, a correction had to be printed. A similar process occurred in January 2005. The Russian cosmetics chain Arbat Prestige claimed in an advertisement that Bure had bragged about the defloration of Kurnikova. Bure sued Arbat Prestige for 300 million rubles, plus a revocation and apology. In November 2005, the Moscow court approved Bures' lawsuit, ordering Arbat Prestige to pay 300,000 rubles.

On October 31, 2006, a British Airways pilot mistook him for a rampaging football fan before the flight from Moscow to London took off and was banned from boarding. Despite a personal apology from the airline, Bure sued British Airways for 20 million rubles in compensation. At the end of August 2007, a court in Tver Bure ruled; interpreted the sentence with 67,000 rubles but significantly lower than requested by Bure.

Achievements and Awards

Soviet Union

National Hockey League

International

Juniors

Men's

Others

literature

  • Kerry Banks: Pavel Bure: The Riddle of the Russian Rocket. Greystone Books, 1999, ISBN 1550547143 .

Web links

Commons : Pawel Bure  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Bure, Pavel Vladimirovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bure, Pavel (English spelling); Буре, Павел Владимирович (Russian spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow , Russian SFSR