Jozef Stümpel (born 20 July 1972) is a Slovak former professional
ice hockey
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. He played in the
National Hockey League
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with the
Boston Bruins
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,
Los Angeles Kings
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, and
Florida Panthers
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between 1992 and 2008. Internationally Stümpel played for the
Slovak national team at several tournaments, including the
2002
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,
2006
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Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
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, and
2010 Winter Olympics
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, and eight
World Championships
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, winning a gold in
2002
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.
Playing career
Stümpel was selected in the second round, 40th overall, by the
Boston Bruins
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in the
1991 NHL Entry draft, and immediately joined the Bruins organization. Prior to the
2004–05 NHL lockout
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season, Stümpel had played for only two clubs, the Bruins and the
Los Angeles Kings
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. For the
2005–06 season, Stümpel joined the
Florida Panthers
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.
Stümpel was placed on unconditional waivers on June 27, 2008, and Florida decided to buy out his contract.
On May 4, 2011, Stümpel moved from the
Kontinental Hockey League
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(KHL)'s
Dinamo Minsk to
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.
A long-time friend of
Žigmund Pálffy
Žigmund Pálffy (; born 5 May 1972), nicknamed "Ziggy" in English and "Žigo" in Slovak, is a Slovak former professional ice hockey player.
One of the most talented wingers, Pálffy played in the NHL for 12 years with the New York Islanders, ...
since the beginning of their professional careers, they were often line-mates on the Slovak national team.
In season 2023/2024 he played three games for HC Levice, in 3rd ice hockey League in Slovakia.
Awards
*Boston Bruins' E.C. Dufresne Trophy as the best player on home ice in 1996–97
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
Source
Awards and honours
See also
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Slovaks in the NHL
References
External links
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1972 births
Living people
Barys Astana players
Boston Bruins draft picks
Boston Bruins players
Florida Panthers players
HC Dinamo Minsk players
HC Slovan Bratislava players
HC Spartak Moscow players
HK Dukla Trenčín players
HK Nitra players
Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Kölner Haie players
Los Angeles Kings players
MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš players
Olympic ice hockey players for Slovakia
Oulun Kärpät players
Providence Bruins players
Ice hockey people from Nitra
Slovak ice hockey centres
Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Czechoslovak expatriate ice hockey people
Czechoslovak ice hockey centres
Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Germany
Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Russia
Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in the Czech Republic
Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Finland
Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Belarus
Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Kazakhstan
21st-century Slovak sportsmen