Jiří Šlégr

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Position	Defence
Shoots	Left
Height Weight	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 210 lb (95 kg/14 st 0 lb)
CZE Team F. teams	HC Litvínov Vancouver Canucks Edmonton Oilers Pittsburgh Penguins Atlanta Thrashers Detroit Red Wings Boston Bruins
Nationality	Czech Republic
Born	May 30, 1971 (1971-05-30) (age 37), Jihlava, CZE
NHL Draft	23rd overall, 1990 Vancouver Canucks
Pro career	1992 – present

Men's Ice hockey
Olympic medal record
Bronze	1992 Albertville	Ice hockey
Gold	1998 Nagano	Ice hockey

Jiří Šlégr (pronounced [ˈjɪr̝iː ˈʃlɛːgr̩] (help·info)) or Jiri Slegr (born May 30, 1971 in Jihlava, Czechoslovakia) is a professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for the HC Litvínov of the Czech Extraliga. He is also the estranged son of former Vancouver Canucks defenceman Jiří Bubla.

Šlégr was drafted 23rd overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft.

[edit] Playing career

He played parts of three seasons with the Canucks, before being traded to the Edmonton Oilers for Roman Oksiuta, where he played for parts of two seasons. Spent the 1996–97 season playing in Europe. Returned to the NHL where he had been traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins for a 3rd round draft pick and played three and a half seasons there. In January 2001, he was traded to the Atlanta Thrashers for a 3rd round draft pick. Atlanta traded Šlégr to the Detroit Red Wings for Yuri 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 with Vancouver Canucks coach Marc Crawford, was traded to the Boston Bruins in January, 2004 for a conditional pick. Šlégr spent the 2004–05 NHL lockout season with HC Litvínov in the Czech Republic before returning to the Boston Bruins for the 2005–06 season. He is currently playing with HC Litvínov and since March 2007 for the playoff with the Swiss Team EHC 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 for Czechoslovakia. He also won a Stanley Cup with the Detroit Red Wings in 2002. Having won all three major trophies in ice-hockey he is the member of prestigious Triple 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