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Born	June 13, 1974 (1974-06-13) (age 35), Moscow, USSR
Height Weight	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 181 lb (82 kg; 12 st 13 lb)
Position	Right wing
Shot	Right
Pro clubs	Montreal Canadiens (1995–1998) Calgary Flames (1998–2001) Florida Panthers (2001–2003) St. Louis Blues (2003) Florida Panthers (2003–2004) Dallas Stars (2004)
Ntl. team	Russia
NHL Draft	33rd overall, 1992 Montreal Canadiens
Pro career	1994 – 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. He played ten seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He is the younger brother of retired NHL star Pavel Bure.

[edit] Playing career

Bure played one season of junior hockey for HC CSKA Moscow before coming to Canada to play junior hockey in 1991. After his first season with the Spokane Chiefs of the Western Hockey League (WHL), he was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, second round, thirty-third overall. He played two further seasons before becoming a professional with the Fredericton Canadiens in 1994–95. That same season, he was called up to the Canadiens and played 24 games.

He played two full seasons for the Canadiens before being traded to the Calgary Flames in February 1998. He played three full seasons with the Flames, where he recorded his best season in 1999-2000, when he scored 35 goals and 75 points. In the 2001 off-season, he was traded to the Florida Panthers, where his brother Pavel was playing. His time at Florida was interrupted by injuries, playing only 31 and 46 games before he was traded to the St. Louis Blues as a deadline day pickup. He played five games in the regular season and six in the playoffs, without recording a goal. He returned to the Panthers as a free agent, and had a better season in 2003-04, scoring 20 goals in 55 games before being traded to the Dallas Stars, again at the trade deadline.

Bure underwent back surgery following the 2003–04 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.

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] International play

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.

[edit] International statistics

Year	Team	Event	Place		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1994	Russia	WJC	3 		7	5	3	8	4
1994	Russia	WC	5th		6	3	0	3	2
1996	Russia	WCH	SF		1	0	0	0	2
1998	Russia	Oly	2 		6	1	0	1	0
2002	Russia	Oly	3 		6	1	0	1	2
Senior Int'l Totals					19	5	0	5	6

[edit] Transactions

• February 1, 1998 - Traded from Montreal Canadiens with fourth-round pick in the 1998 draft (Shaun Sutter) to Calgary Flames for Jonas Hoglund and Zarley Zalapski.
• June 23, 2001 - Traded from Calgary Flames with Jason Wiemer to Florida Panthers for Rob Niedermayer and second-round pick in the 2001 draft (Andrei Medvedev).
• March 11, 2003 - Traded from Florida Panthers with conditional pick in the 2004 draft to St. Louis Blues for Mike Van Ryn.
• March 8, 2004 - Traded from Florida Panthers to Dallas Stars for Drew Bagnall and second-round pick in the 2004 draft (Enver Lisin).

Source: hockeydb.com

[edit] Personal life

Valeri married actress Candace Cameron (Full House), with whom he has three children: Natasha Valerievna Bure (Наташа), born August, 1998; Lev Valerievich Bure (Лев), born February, 2000; and Maksim Valerievich Bure (Максим), born January, 2002. Bure and Cameron were brought together by Cameron's former Full House co-star, Dave Coulier, at a hockey game.

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. That restaurant is now out of business. Valeri Bure has recently ventured into the wine making business where he has partnered with a few entrepreneurs and created Bure Family Wines.

Though his brother was widely known as the "Russian Rocket", it is not well known that Valeri was called "The Russian Red Rocket".

[edit] See also

• Notable families in the NHL

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Valeri Bure's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• www.burefamilywines.com, Bure Family Wines.