Born: | June 13, 1974 | Draft: | 1992 Canadiens 33rd Overall |
Hometown: | Moscow, Russia | Position: | Right Wing |
Known For: | Shoots: | Right | |
National Team: | Russia | Current Team: | Retired |
Valeri Vladimirovich “Val” Bure (born June 13, 1974) is a Russian-American former ice hockey right winger. He played 10 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens, Calgary Flames, Florida Panthers, St. Louis Blues, and Dallas Stars. A second round selection of the Canadiens, 33rd overall, at the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, Bure appeared in one NHL All-Star Game, in 2000. He led the Flames in scoring with 35 goals and 75 points in 1999–2000, a season in which he and brother, Pavel Bure, combined to set an NHL record for goals by a pair of siblings with 93. He is also the husband of actress Candace Cameron Bure since 1996.
Bure left his home in the Soviet Union in 1991 to play junior hockey in the Western Hockey League (WHL) for the Spokane Chiefs. A two-time WHL all-star, he was the first Russian player in the league’s history. Internationally, he represented Russia on numerous occasions. He was a member of the bronze medal-winning squad at the 1994 World Junior Championship and was a two-time medalist at the Winter Olympics. Bure and the Russians won the silver medal in 1998 and bronze in 2002.
Valeri Bure Statistics
Trade Tracker
Date | Traded From | Traded With | Traded To | Traded For |
February 1, 1998 | Fourth-Round Pick (Shaun Sutter) | Jonas Hoglund Zarley Zalapski | ||
June 24, 2001 | Jason Wiemer | Second-Round Pick (Andrei Medvedev) Rob Niedermayer | ||
March 11, 2003 | Fifth-Round Pick (Nikita Nikitin) | Mike Van Ryn | ||
March 8, 2004 | – | Second-Round Pick (Enver Lisin) Drew Bagnall |
Deeper Dive
Achievements
- WHL West First All-Star Team (1993)
- WHL West Second All-Star Team (1994)
- IIHF U20 World Juniors Bronze Medal (1994)
- IIHF U20 World Juniors All-Star Team (1994)
- Olympic Silver Medal (1998)
- Olympic Bronze Medal (2002)