Valeri Bure

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
played_for = Los Angeles Kings
Dallas Stars
St. Louis Blues
Florida Panthers
Calgary Flames
Montreal Canadiens
position = Right Wing
shot = Right
height_ft = 5
height_in = 10
weight_lb = 180
nationality = Russia
birth_date = birth date and age|1974|6|13
birth_place = Moscow, USSR
draft = 33rd overall
draft_year = 1992
draft_team = Montreal Canadiens
career_start = 1994
career_end = 2004

Valeri Vladimirovich Bure (Russian: Валерий Владимирович Буре, "Valerij Bure"; born June 13, 1974 in Moscow, USSR) is a retired professional ice hockey right winger from Russia and is the younger brother of retired NHL star Pavel Bure.

He and his brother won a bronze medal with Russia in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and a silver medal in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. He was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, second round, thirty-third overall. Valeri married actress Candace Cameron ("Full House"), with whom he has three children: Natasha Valerievna Bure (Наташа), born August 15, 1998; Lev Valerievich Bure (Лев), born February 20, 2000; and Maksim Valerievich Bure (Максим), born January 20, 2002. Bure and Cameron were brought together by Cameron's former Full House co-star, Dave Coulier, at a hockey game.

Bure underwent back surgery following his final active NHL season, and never played a game for the Los Angeles Kings after signing with them on August 12, 2005.

On the Drew Marshall radio show he announced that he would not be returning to hockey and wanted to spend as much time as possible with his children. His wife Candace announced on her website that they were opening a restaurant called "The Milk and Honey Café" in Pembroke Pines, Florida in April 2007.

Valeri Bure has recently ventured into the wine making business where he has partnered with a few entrepreneurs and created Bure Family Wines:http://www.burefamilywines.com

See also

* List of NHL players
* Notable families in the NHL

External links

*hockeydb|663