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| Born |
March 11 1977 Banská Bystrica, CS | ||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) | ||
| Weight | 217 lb (98 kg; 15 st 7 lb) | ||
| Position | Center | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| NHL team Former teams |
Chicago Blackhawks St. Louis Blues Phoenix Coyotes Philadelphia Flyers | ||
| NHL draft |
101st overall, 1995 St. Louis Blues | ||
| Playing career | 1998–present | ||
Michal Handzuš (Born March 11 1977, in Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak professional ice hockey player. He plays centre.
Playing career
Michal Handzuš was drafted 101st overall in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft by the St. Louis Blues, playing with them for two and a half seasons from 1998-99 to 2000-01. He was then traded on March 13, 2001 with Ladislav Nagy, Jeff Taffe and two first-round draft picks to the Phoenix Coyotes for Keith Tkachuk. Handzuš spent two seasons with Phoenix. On June 12, 2002, Handzuš was traded with Robert Esche to the Philadelphia Flyers for Brian Boucher and a third-round draft pick. In the 2003-04 season he finished second on the Flyers with 58 points. During the 2004-05 NHL lockout he played for the HKm Zvolen, which reached the playoff finals in the Slovak Extraliga. On August 4, 2006, he was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks for Kyle Calder. Only eight games into his season with Chicago, however, Handzus suffered a torn ACL which sidelined him for what was originally projected to be the remainder of the 2006-2007 season.
Awards
- Runner-up to the Frank J. Selke Trophy in 1999-2000 season
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PP | SH | GW | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1998-99 | St.Louis Blues | NHL | 66 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 30 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 1999-00 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 81 | 25 | 28 | 53 | 44 | +19 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2000-01 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 36 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 12 | +11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2000-01 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21 | +5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2001-02 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 79 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 34 | -8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2002-03 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 82 | 23 | 21 | 44 | 46 | +13 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | ||
| 2003-04 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 82 | 20 | 38 | 58 | 82 | +18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | ||
| 2004-05 | Zvolen | SVK | 33 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 34 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| 2005-06 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 73 | 11 | 33 | 44 | 38 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2006-07 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | +4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| NHL Totals | 517 | 115 | 185 | 300 | 313 | +51 | 19 | 11 | 20 | 60 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 34 | ||||
Stats as of December 4th, 2006
International play
- Silver medal with Slovakia in 2000 World Ice Hockey Championships
- Played for Team Slovakia in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City
- Gold medal with Slovakia in 2002 World Ice Hockey Championships
- Team Slovakia - 25 caps / 6 goals
References
- Michal Handzuš at NHL official page
- Michal Handzuš at NHLPA
- Michal Handzuš on Internet Hockey Database