Steve Bégin
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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
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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
- 1998 Coupe du Président win with the Foreurs de Val-d'Or
- 2001 Calder Cup win with the Saint John Flames
- 2001 Jack A. Butterfield Trophy
Career statistics
Regular season | Play-offs | |||||||||||||
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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 | |
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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 )
Web links
- Steve Bégin at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Steve Bégin at eliteprospects.com (English)
personal data | |
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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 |