- Jiří Šlégr
Infobox Ice Hockey Player
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team =HC Litvínov
former_teams =Vancouver Canucks
Edmonton Oilers
Pittsburgh Penguins
Atlanta Thrashers
Detroit Red Wings
Boston Bruins
league = CZE
position = Defence
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 1
weight_lb = 210
nickname =
nationality = CZE
birth_date = Birth date and age|1971|5|30|mf=y
birth_place =Jihlava , CZE
draft = 23rd overall
draft_year = 1990
draft_team =Vancouver Canucks
career_start = 1988Jiří Šlégr ( Audio-IPA|Jirislegr.ogg| [ˈjɪr̝iː ˈʃlɛːgr̩] ) or Jiri Slegr (born
May 30 ,1971 inJihlava ,Czechoslovakia ) is aprofessional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for theHC Litvínov of theCzech Extraliga . He is also the estranged son of formerVancouver Canucks defencemanJiří Bubla .Šlégr was drafted 23rd overall by the
Vancouver Canucks in the1990 NHL Entry Draft .Playing career
He played parts of three seasons with the Canucks, before being traded to the
Edmonton Oilers forRoman Oksiuta , where he played for parts of two seasons. Spent the 1996–97 season playing inEurope . Returned to the NHL where he had been traded to thePittsburgh Penguins for a 3rd round draft pick and played three and a half seasons there. In January 2001, he was traded to theAtlanta Thrashers for a 3rd round draft pick. Atlanta traded Šlégr to theDetroit Red Wings forYuri Butsayev and a 3rd round draft pick in March 2002. He signed as a free agent with Vancouver in September 2003, but after falling out of favor withVancouver Canucks coachMarc Crawford , was traded to theBoston Bruins in January, 2004 for a conditional pick. Šlégr spent the2004–05 NHL lockout season with HC Litvínov in theCzech Republic before returning to theBoston Bruins for the 2005–06 season. He is currently playing with HC Litvínov and since March 2007 for the playoff with the Swiss TeamEHC Biel .Šlégr won a gold medal in the 2005 World Championships and 1998 Olympics for the
Czech Republic , and a Bronze Medal in the 1992 Olympics forCzechoslovakia . He also won aStanley Cup with theDetroit Red Wings in 2002. Having won all three major trophies in ice-hockey he is the member of prestigiousTriple Gold Club .Regular Season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2005–06 Boston Bruins NHL 30 5 10 15 50 - - - - - 11th Season Career NHL 620 56 192 248 832 42 4 14 18 39
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