Steve Bozek

Steve Bozek
Date of birth	November 26, 1960
place of birth	Kelowna , British Columbia , Canada
size	180 cm
Weight	82 kg
position	Left wing
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1980 , 3rd round, 52nd position Los Angeles Kings
Career stations
1977-1988	Castlegar Rebels
1978-1981	Northern Michigan University
1981-1983	Los Angeles Kings
1983-1988	Calgary Flames
1988	St. Louis Blues
1988-1991	Vancouver Canucks
1991-1992	San Jose Sharks
1992-1993	HC Bolzano

Steven Michael "Steve" Bozek (born November 26, 1960 in Kelowna , British Columbia ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player who played 699 games for the Los Angeles Kings , Calgary Flames , St. Louis between 1978 and 1993 Blues , Vancouver Canucks and San Jose Sharks played in the National Hockey League on the left winger position . Bozek celebrated his greatest career success in the jersey of the Canadian national team by winning the silver medal at the 1991 World Cup .

Career

Bozek first played three years from 1978 to 1981 at Northern Michigan University . There the left winger was elected to three national teams in his senior year. The year before he was selected in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft by the Los Angeles Kings in the third round in 52nd place.

For the 1981/82 season Bozek then moved to the NHL and played for two seasons for the Los Angeles Kings before they transferred him to the Calgary Flames in the summer of 1983, after a weak season for Bozek . The Canadian stayed in Calgary for five years, but was then handed over to the St. Louis Blues with Brett Hull in March 1988 . Bozek only played seven games for the Blues and was sent to Vancouver for the following season in 1988/89 . He stayed with the Canucks for three years before signing a contract with the newly formed San Jose Sharks in the summer of 1991 . After only one year of play, Bozek moved to HC Bozen , where he ended his career in the 1992/93 season and in the following season at HK Olimpija Ljubljana .

International

For his home country Bozek took part in the 1991 World Cup in Finland and won the silver medal there with the team. He scored twice in eight tournaments.

Achievements and Awards

1980 CCHA championship with Northern Michigan University 1980 CCHA First All-Star Team 1981 CCHA championship with Northern Michigan University 1981 CCHA First All-Star Team

1981 NCAA West First All-American Team 1981 NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team 1993 runner-up in the Alpine League with HC Bozen 1993 Italian runner-up with HC Bozen

International

• 1991 silver medal at the world championship

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1978/79	Northern Michigan University	CCHA		33	12	12	24	21st
1979/80	Northern Michigan University	CCHA		41	42	47	89	32
1980/81	Northern Michigan University	CCHA		44	35	55	90	46
1981/82	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		71	33	23	56	68		10	4th	1	5	6th
1982/83	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		53	13	13	26th	14th		-	-	-	-	-
1983/84	Calgary Flames	NHL		46	10	10	20th	16		10	3	1	4th	15th
1984/85	Calgary Flames	NHL		54	13	22nd	35	6th		3	1	0	1	4th
1985/86	Calgary Flames	NHL		64	21st	22nd	43	24		14th	2	6th	8th	32
1986/87	Calgary Flames	NHL		71	17th	18th	35	22nd		4th	1	0	1	2
1987/88	Calgary Flames	NHL		26th	3	7th	10	12		-	-	-	-	-
1987/88	St. Louis Blues	NHL		7th	0	0	0	2		7th	1	1	2	6th
1988/89	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		71	17th	18th	35	64		7th	0	2	2	4th
1989/90	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		58	14th	9	23	32		-	-	-	-	-
1990/91	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		62	15th	17th	32	22nd		3	0	0	0	0
1991/92	San Jose Sharks	NHL		58	8th	8th	16	27		-	-	-	-	-
1992/93	HC Bolzano	Alpine League		17th	13	11	24	6th		-	-	-	-	-
1992/93	HC Bolzano	Series A1		9	4th	3	7th	8th		6th	2	2	4th	11
1993/94	HK Olimpija Ljubljana	Slovenian. league		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
NCAA overall				118	89	114	203	99
NHL overall				641	164	167	331	309		58	12	11	23	69

International

Represented Canada to:

• World Championship 1991

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1991	Canada	WM			8th	1	1	2	4th
Men overall					8th	1	1	2	4th

( 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 Bozek at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Steve Bozek at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Steve Bozek at hockeydb.com (English)