Peter Bondra

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SlovakiaSlovakia  Peter Bondra Ice hockey player
IIHF Hall of Fame , 2016
Date of birth 7th February 1968
place of birth Bakiwzi , Ukrainian SSR
size 183 cm
Weight 91 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1990 , 8th round, 156th position
Washington Capitals
Career stations
until 1986 PS Poprad
1986-1990 TJ VSŽ Košice
1990-2004 Washington Capitals
2004 Ottawa Senators
2004-2005 HK Aquacity ŠKP Poprad
2005-2006 Atlanta Thrashers
2006-2007 Chicago Blackhawks

Peter Bondra (born February 7, 1968 in Bakiwzi , Ukrainian SSR ) is a former Slovak ice hockey player and official of Ukrainian origin, who played 1161 games for the Washington Capitals , Ottawa Senators , Atlanta Thrashers and during his active career between 1986 and 2007 Chicago Blackhawks has graduated in the National Hockey League in the position of right winger . Bondra celebrated his greatest career success by winning the world championship with the Slovak national team . He was also named the NHL's top scorer twice. His older brother Juraj Bondra was and his son Dávid Bondra is also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Peter Bondra was born in the Ukrainian SSR and moved with his family to Poprad , Slovakia when he was a child , as his father was a Slovak by birth . His mother was of Polish origin. Bondra played in the youth division of today's HK Poprad before he moved to TJ VSŽ Košice in 1986 . There he played with his brother Juraj , together they won the Czechoslovak championship in 1988 .

Peter Bondra (right) scores against Roberto Luongo (2005)

In the 1990 NHL Entry Draft , the Washington Capitals selected him in the ninth round in 156th place. Just a few months after his draft, he made his debut in North America on October 5, 1990 against the Pittsburgh Penguins . Exactly a week later, Bondra scored his first NHL goal against the New Jersey Devils . He managed his first hat trick in 1990, after which he was voted best rookie of the month for November. His best season to date was 1994/95 when he was the NHL's top scorer in the regular season . But the next 1995/96 season was also very successful, as he became only the fourth player in the Washington Capitals to break the 50-goal mark in one season. He was involved in over 20% of all Caps goals this season. That season he completed seven games for the Detroit Vipers . The 1997/98 season , in which his Washington Capitals reached the final of the Stanley Cup for the first time , he finished as the best overall scorer (regular season and playoffs ). On November 30, 2001, he scored his 398th NHL goal, one more than Mike Gartner made.

After 14 years in the US capital, he was transferred to the Ottawa Senators in 2004 . During his time in Washington he scored a total of 472 goals and 353 assists (825 points). During the NHL - Lockouts he played at HK Tatravagónka Poprad ( Slovakia ). Since his contract with the Senators was not renewed, he then moved to the Atlanta Thrashers . There he played a season in which he reached 39 points. But after only one year he had to leave Atlanta because his contract was not renewed here either. At the beginning of the 2006/07 season , Peter Bondra was not under contract with any team. It was not until mid-December that he was signed by the Chicago Blackhawks . There he shot the 500th goal of his NHL career on December 22, 2006. After the season, as in the previous year, no team signed him. He ended his active career on October 29, 2007 and took over the post of General Manager of the Slovak national team . He completed this by 2011.

International

At the qualifying tournament for the 1994 Olympic Games , he was on the ice for the first time in the jersey of the Slovak national team . After the 1995/96 season he was allowed to pull on the national team jersey at the 1996 World Cup of Hockey . In 1998 he ran again for the Slovak national team at the Olympic players in Nagano . At the 2002 men's ice hockey world championship , "Bonzai" scored two goals in the final against Russia , including the decisive winner. Slovakia won the first ever gold medal in international ice hockey. At the World Cup the following year, he helped Slovakia to win the bronze medal with a goal in a 4-2 win over the Czech Republic .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM +/- Sp T V Pt SM +/-
1986/87 VSŽ Košice 1st League 32 4th 5 9 24
1987/88 VSŽ Košice 1st League 45 27 11 38 20th
1988/89 VSŽ Košice 1st League 40 30th 10 40 20th
1989/90 VSŽ Košice 1st League 49 36 19th 55
1990/91 Washington Capitals NHL 54 12 16 28 47 -10 4th 0 1 1 2 +1
1991/92 Washington Capitals NHL 71 28 28 56 42 -16 7th 6th 2 8th 4th +4
1992/93 Washington Capitals NHL 83 37 48 85 70 +8 6th 0 6th 6th 0 +2
1993/94 Washington Capitals NHL 64 24 19th 43 40 +22 9 2 4th 6th 4th +2
1994/95 HC Košice Extra league 2 1 0 1 0 +1 - - - - - -
1994/95 Washington Capitals NHL 47 34 9 43 24 +9 7th 5 3 8th 10 0
1994/95 Detroit Vipers IHL 7th 8th 1 9 0 - - - - - -
1995/96 Washington Capitals NHL 67 52 28 80 40 +18 6th 3 2 5 8th 0
1996/97 Washington Capitals NHL 77 46 31 77 72 +7 - - - - - -
1997/98 Washington Capitals NHL 76 52 26th 78 44 +14 17th 7th 5 12 12 +4
1998/99 Washington Capitals NHL 66 31 24 55 56 -1 - - - - - -
1999/00 Washington Capitals NHL 62 21st 17th 38 30th +5 5 1 1 2 5 -4
2000/01 Washington Capitals NHL 82 45 36 81 60 +8 6th 2 0 2 2 -1
2001/02 Washington Capitals NHL 77 39 31 70 80 -2 - - - - - -
2002/03 Washington Capitals NHL 76 30th 26th 56 52 -3 6th 4th 2 6th 8th +2
2003/04 Washington Capitals NHL 54 21st 14th 35 22nd -17 - - - - - -
2003/04 Ottawa Senators NHL 23 5 9 14th 16 +1 7th 0 0 0 6th -4
2004/05 HK Poprad Extra league 6th 4th 2 6th 4th +2 - - - - - -
2005/06 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 60 21st 18th 39 40 -3 - - - - - -
2006/07 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 37 5 9 14th 26th +2 - - - - - -
NHL overall 1081 503 389 892 749 +74 80 30th 26th 56 60

International

Represented Slovakia at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM +/-
1996 Slovakia World cup 7th place 3 3 0 3 2
1998 Slovakia Olympia 10th place 2 1 0 1 25th −1
2002 Slovakia WM 1st place, gold 9 7th 2 9 20th +12
2003 Slovakia WM 3rd place, gold 8th 3 2 5 6th +3
2006 Slovakia Olympia 5th place 6th 4th 0 4th 2 ± 0
Men overall 28 18th 4th 22nd 55

( 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 )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ (Не) відомі волиняни: талановитий хокеїст Петер Бондра
  2. ↑ thehockeynews.com, Veteran NHLer Peter Bondra retires, becomes GM of national Slovak team ( Memento of the original from December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.thehockeynews.com

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personal data
SURNAME Bondra, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovak ice hockey player and official
DATE OF BIRTH 7th February 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Bakiwzi , Ukrainian SSR