Steve Bégin

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Steve Bégin
Date of birth June 14, 1978
place of birth Trois-Rivières , Quebec , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 88 kg
position center
number # 44
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1996 , 2nd lap, 40th position
Calgary Flames
Career stations
1995-1998 Foreurs de Val-d'Or
1998-2001 Saint John Flames
2001-2003 Calgary Flames
2003-2009 Canadiens de Montréal
2009 Dallas Stars
2009-2010 Boston Bruins
2010-2011 Milwaukee Admirals
2012 Calgary Flames

Joseph Denis Stéphan "Steve" Bégin (born June 14, 1978 in Trois-Rivières , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and coach who played 560 games for the Calgary Flames , Canadiens de Montréal , Dallas Stars , Boston Bruins and Nashville Predators in the National Hockey League on the position of the center has denied.

Career

Bégin in the jersey of the Boston Bruins

Steve Bégin began his career as a hockey player with the Foreurs de Val-d'Or , for which he was active from 1995 to 1998 in the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec and with whom he won the Coupe du Président in 1998. During this time he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 1996 in the second round as a total of 40th player by the Calgary Flames , for which he made his debut in the National Hockey League at the end of the 1997/98 season .

With Calgary's farm team , the Saint John Flames from the American Hockey League , Bégin won the Calder Cup in the 2000/01 season and was awarded the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as the most valuable player in the playoffs. After five years in Calgary, Bégin was handed over to the Buffalo Sabers on July 3, 2003 together with Chris Drury in exchange for Steven Reinprecht and Rhett Warrener , but already committed before the start of the season by the Canadiens de Montréal , for whom he played the following five and a half years. The only exception was the 2004/05 season , when the Canadian ran up during the lockout for their farm team, the Hamilton Bulldogs in the AHL.

From the end of February 2009, Bégin was under contract with the NHL club Dallas Stars , who had signed him in exchange for Doug Janik . In July 2009, Bégin was signed by the Boston Bruins , but received no contract renewal in 2010. Due to an injury, he was unable to find a new club before the Nashville Predators signed him in mid-October. After the Canadian had suspended the 2011/12 season due to injury, he was signed by his ex-team Calgary Flames in January 2013 after a successful trial period. There the striker ended the season and subsequently received a contract with Calgary's cooperation partner Abbotsford Heat . After another injury meant another year off, Bégin ended his active career in January 2014 at the age of 35.

For the following season , the Canadian was hired by his junior team Foreurs de Val-d'Or as an assistant coach. He occupied this post for a season.

International

For his home country, Bégin took part in the U20 World Junior Championship in Finland in 1998 . He acted as the assistant captain of the team that finished eighth at the end of the tournament. The striker remained without a scorer point in seven tournament appearances .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1995/96 Foreurs de Val-d'Or LHJMQ 64 13 23 36 218 13 1 3 4th 33
1996/97 Foreurs de Val-d'Or LHJMQ 58 13 33 46 207 10 0 3 3 8th
1996/97 Saint John Flames AHL - - - - - 4th 0 2 2 6th
1997/98 Foreurs de Val-d'Or LHJMQ 35 18th 17th 35 73 15th 2 12 14th 34
1997/98 Calgary Flames NHL 5 0 0 0 23 - - - - -
1998/99 Saint John Flames AHL 73 11 9 20th 156 7th 2 0 2 18th
1999/00 Saint John Flames AHL 47 13 12 25th 99 - - - - -
1999/00 Calgary Flames NHL 13 1 1 2 18th - - - - -
2000/01 Saint John Flames AHL 58 14th 14th 28 109 19th 10 7th 17th 18th
2000/01 Calgary Flames NHL 4th 0 0 0 21st - - - - -
2001/02 Calgary Flames NHL 51 7th 5 12 79 - - - - -
2002/03 Calgary Flames NHL 50 3 1 4th 51 - - - - -
2003/04 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 52 10 5 15th 41 9 0 1 1 10
2004/05 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 21st 10 3 13 20th 4th 0 2 2 8th
2005/06 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 76 11 12 23 113 2 0 0 0 2
2006/07 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 52 5 5 10 46 - - - - -
2007/08 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 44 3 5 8th 48 12 0 3 3 8th
2008/09 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 42 6th 4th 10 27 - - - - -
2008/09 Dallas Stars NHL 20th 1 1 2 15th - - - - -
2009/10 Boston Bruins NHL 77 5 9 14th 53 13 1 0 1 10
2010/11 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 36 3 3 6th 30th 13 3 4th 7th 12
2010/11 Nashville Predators NHL 2 0 0 0 4th - - - - -
2011/12 without a contract not played because of hip injury
2012/13 Calgary Flames NHL 36 4th 4th 8th 22nd - - - - -
LHJMQ total 157 44 73 117 498 38 3 18th 21st 75
AHL total 235 51 41 92 414 47 15th 15th 30th 62
NHL overall 524 57 52 109 561 36 1 4th 5 30th

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1998 Canada June World Cup 8th place 7th 0 0 0 10
Juniors overall 7th 0 0 0 10

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Bégin, Steve
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bégin, Joseph Denis Stéphan (full name); Begin, Steve
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH June 14, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Trois-Rivières , Quebec, Canada