Valeri Bure is a Russian-American former ice hockey player and Olympic medalist, born June 13, 1974 in Moscow, Russia. He is known for his play as a right winger for the Montreal Canadiens and Calgary Flames.
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Early life
Valeri Vladimirovich Bure is the youngest son of Vladimir and Tatiana Bure. Her father was an Olympic swimmer who won four medals between the years of 1968 and 1976 for the Soviet Union. The de Valeri family has a noble origin, acquired since they created watches for the tsars for more than a century. Valeri’s parent separated when he was nine years old. He has an older brother named Pavel Bure, who is also an ice hockey player and joined the National Hockey League (NHL) in the 1990s. The Bure siblings have a half-sister named Katya, but they got together. separated from her with their father and stepmother in 1998 for unknown reasons.
In 1991, Valeri moved to the United States to accompany her father and brother who were already living there. Bure’s mother moved to the United States two months after her youngest son.
Career
First steps
During the 1990-1991 season and before his move to the United States, Valery played three games with the HC CSKA Moscow team, which belonged to the Soviet Championship League. After arriving in the United States, Bure’s family settled in Los Angeles, where Vladimir continued to coach Valeri and his brother Pavel in hockey and general fitness. At the time, Valeri was eligible to play junior hockey in the United States and joined the Spokane Chiefs team, which belonged to the Western Hockey League, the first Russian to join said league as a player. of its history. In his time with the Chiefs, Valeri recorded 49 points in 53 games.
Valeri was selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1992 NHL Draft and joined the Canadian Hockey League. This deal is known as the “Import Draft” and occurs when a player does not have residency status in the United States or Canada. Members of the Canadian Hockey League such as the Western Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and Ontario Hockey League may take turns selecting players from previous seasons and may not accept only two imports per season.
Valeri was praised by NHL Central Scouting and returned in the 1992–93 season with the Spokane Chiefs, where he scored 147 points, and his 68 goals are still a team record. For his work that season, he was included by the Western Hockey League in its Western Division First All-Star Team.
The following season he returned to the Spokane Chiefs and scored 102 points; during his time with the Chiefs, he scored 298 goals and is fourth on the team’s all-time goalscoring list.
Beginning of the professional league: 1994
After three years in the junior division, in 1994 Valeri Bure finally entered the professional league. During the 1994-95 season, he spent the majority of his time playing for the Fredericton Canadiens, which is an affiliate of the Montreal Canadiens and a team in the American Hockey League. In his time with the team and for 45 games he scored 48 points. At the end of the season, he was recalled by the Montreal Canadiens and officially played in the NHL for the first time against the New York Islanders, although he didn’t score a point until two weeks later. of a game against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
In his time with the Montreal Canadiens, he scored just three goals and struggled to live up to the expectations the team had for him. Meanwhile, her brother Pavel was hired out in Vancouver and lightly shadowed Valeri’s work.
In the 1996 season, Valeri scored 22 points, but the following season only 14. In the team he was known to be part of the so-called “Smurf line”, to be one of the players in the smaller team with Saku Koivu and Oleg Petrov. At the end of the 1997-98 season, he was traded to the Calgary Flames, where he played 16 games and scored 24 goals. The change seemed more appropriate not only for his performance, but also because the team was closer to his family in California.
Calgary Flames: 1998 – 2001
Bure’s performance in the Calgary Flames continued to improve, scoring 53 points in 1998, becoming one of his top scorers.
The following season, he also became one of the NHL’s leading scorers, when former team star Theoren Fleury was replaced. Valeri was included in the All Star-Game of the Year 2000, because at the end of the 1990-2000 season he finished as the top scorer in his team, with 35 goals.
In the 2000-01 season, Bure vacated the leading scorer position with 27 goals, surpassed by Jarome Iginla’s 31 goals. After a series of coaching changes, Bure requested a trade, and so he was traded to the Florida Panthers on June 24, 2001.
Florida Panthers and retirement
Several injuries halted Bure’s performance with the Florida Panthers. Early on, a knee injury worsened while playing the start of the season with the team, and after a medical evaluation, he underwent arthroscopic surgery. During his recovery he missed 37 games and then had to stop playing again when a second knee injury occurred.
At the end of the season, he had scored only 18 points.
During the following season (2002-03), he also had several problems, including a broken wrist. At the end of the season, he only scored 5 goals and 2 points, so he was traded to the St. Louis Blues team. There he suffered another knee injury and was kept out of the team roster. Around this time, he returned to the Panthers and became one of the team’s leaders, scoring 20 goals and 45 points while finally injury-free. However, he was traded again, this time to the Dallas Stars, in which he scored 7 points for the remaining 13 games of the season.
During the 2005-06 season, he signed with the Los Angeles Kings, but was dropped from training as he suffered a back injury, followed by another hip injury.
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Both injuries required surgery, and Bure lost the entire hockey season. Around this time, in 2007, he decided to retire, not only because of his injuries, but also because he wanted to spend more time with his family.
International career and Olympics
Valeri Bure played at the 1994 World Junior Championships for his country, Russia, winning the bronze medal, and Bure was included in the All-Star team. He also played on the senior team that year at the World Championships.
Bure returned to the international league when he played in the inaugural game of the World Cup of Hockey in 1996. Two years later he competed in the 1998 Olympics, teaming up with his brother Pavel for the first time since years and winning the gold medal. medal. In 2002, he was again invited to play with Russia at the Salt Lake Games, and his team won the bronze medal.
Private life
Valeri met actress and “Full House” star Candance Cameron in 1995, when Candance attended a charity hockey game to cheer on her co-star Dave Coulier, who was playing on Bure’s team. Candance told US Weekly: “We were watching these two cute guys on the ice, and I was like, ‘I want to meet that one, the blond one,’ which was Val.” The same day, Coulier introduces them and they are immediately attracted to each other. At the time, Valeri was 22 and Candance was 19.
The day after their presentation, they dated and dated for less than a year before becoming engaged, and on June 22, 1996, they were married. They welcomed their first child in 1998, a girl they named Natasha. The second child came in 2000, a boy they named Lev followed by their third child born in 2002, a boy they named Maksim.
Ok, enough pictures – let’s have a look @scoob #scoobmovienight !!! pic.twitter.com/jK6NiiKAXs
— Candace Cameron Bure (@candacecbure) May 15, 2020
Of their long-lasting marriage, Candance said, “There were many tough years in a row, ups and downs, bad attitudes and bad decisions, but we persevered. We chased them away. We loved each other through them”. The couple are still together.
In 2001, Valeri Bure obtained American citizenship. In 2002, he returned to visit his native Russia for the first time in 11 years, with his family.
Other projects
Bure and Candance opened a restaurant in Florida in 2007, but it closed after the couple moved to California. Valeri, who had developed an interest in wine early in his hockey career, opened his own winery which he named “Bure Family Wines”.
Net value
Valeri Bure’s has an estimated net worth of $15 million in 2020 as a result of his career as an ice hockey player and vineyard owner.
Appearance
Valeri is a man of white ethnicity, with a slender but strong figure due to intense physical activity. He is 1.78m (5ft 10in) tall and when he was a professional hockey player, his weight was around 180lbs (82kg). He has short blond hair and has grown a beard.
Interesting facts
He declined Russia’s offer to play at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey because he had no injury insurance, as he did not have an active NHL contract at the era.
His brother Pavel is considered an NHL superstar.
Valeri modified the imperial seal that his noble great-grandfather used to affix his handmade watches and used said seal as his cellar label.
Valeri’s family is Christian.
