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Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia
About Valeri Bure
- Valeri Vladimirovich "Val" Bure (; Russian: ??????? ???????????? ????, IPA: [v?'l?er??j b?'r?]; born June 13, 1974) is a Russian-American former ice hockey right winger.
- He played 10 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens, Calgary Flames, Florida Panthers, St.
- Louis Blues, and Dallas Stars.
- A second round selection of the Canadiens, 33rd overall, at the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, Bure appeared in one NHL All-Star Game, in 2000.
- He led the Flames in scoring with 35 goals and 75 points in 1999–2000, a season in which he and brother Pavel combined to set an NHL record for goals by a pair of siblings with 93. Bure left his home in the Soviet Union in 1991 to play junior hockey in the Western Hockey League (WHL) for the Spokane Chiefs.
- A two-time WHL all-star, he was the first Russian player in the league's history.
- Internationally, he represented Russia on numerous occasions.
- He was a member of the bronze medal-winning squad at the 1994 World Junior Championship and was a two-time medalist at the Winter Olympics.
- Bure and the Russians won the silver medal in 1998 and bronze in 2002. Back and hip injuries led to Bure's retirement from hockey in 2005.
- He now operates a winery in California with his wife, Candace Cameron.
- Bure paired with Ekaterina Gordeeva in 2010 to win the second season of the figure skating reality show Battle of the Blades.
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