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Revision as of 22:05, 14 June 2006 by Masterhatch (talk | contribs) (moved Michal Handzuš to Michal Handzus)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Michal Handzuš (Born March 11 1977, in Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovakian 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 three seasons from 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, spending with them two seasons. 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 was the second best player of Philadelphia with 58 points. During the 2004-05 NHL lockout he played for the HKm Zvolen, which reached to the play-off finale in the Slovak Extraliga. Now, he plays for the Philadelphia Flyers again.
Awards
- Runner-up to the Frank J. Selke Trophy in 1999-2000 season
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 HKm | SVK | 33 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 34 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| 2005-06 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 73 | 11 | 33 | 44 | 38 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NHL Totals | 509 | 112 | 180 | 292 | 307 | +47 | 19 | 11 | 20 | 54 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 32 | ||||
Stats as of April 24th, 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
See also
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