Philippe Bozon
| Philippe Bozon | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 30, 1966 Chamonix, FRA |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 191 lb (87 kg; 13 st 9 lb) |
| Position | Left Wing |
| Shot | Left |
| Played for | NHL St. Louis Blues IHL Peoria Rivermen Ligue Magnus HC Mont-Blanc Chamonix HC Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble DEL Adler Mannheim Nationalliga A HC Lugano Genève-Servette HC Nationalliga B HC Lausanne HC La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| National team |  France |
| NHL Draft | Undrafted |
| Playing career | 1986–2006 |
Philippe Bozon (born November 30, 1966) is a former professional ice hockey player who played for the St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League (NHL) between the 1991-92 and 1994-95 seasons. He is the first of only three French-trained players to appear in the NHL, the other two being Cristobal Huet and Stéphane Da Costa. He is currently the head coach of the French national junior ice hockey team.
Playing career
Bozon began his career playing for the St. Jean Beavers in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League followed by four years competing in his native France. Playing for the Grenoble Brûleurs de Loups, he won the French championship in 1991. He was then recruited by the Blues and was used as a defensive-minded forward and occasionally on the scoring line with Brett Hull. After his time with the Blues, Bozon played professionally in Germany and Switzerland. In Germany, his Adler Mannheim team won the league championship in 1997, 1998 and 1999.
International play
In addition to his professional career, Bozon appeared internationally for France, for which he competed in four Olympic Games.
Post-playing career
He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2008.[1] On July 14, 2009, Bozon was named the head coach of the French national junior ice hockey team.[2]
Family
Bozon is married to Hélène Barbier, who was an alpine skier. They have three children, sons Timothé and Kevin, and daughter Allison. Both Timothé and Kevin play hockey; Timothé is with the Kootenay Ice of the Western Hockey League and was selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, while Kevin is currently with the junior club of HC Lugano in Switzerland. Bozon's father, Alain Bozon, was also a hockey player, and was elected into the French Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 2012.
Career NHL Statistics
| Regular season | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||||||
| 1991–92 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| 1992–93 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 54 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 55 | ||||||
| 1993–94 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 80 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 42 | ||||||
| 1994–95 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 4 Years | Totals | NHL | 144 | 16 | 25 | 41 | 101 | ||||||
References
- ↑ IIHF Top 100 Hockey Stories of All Time, Szymon Szemberg and Andrew Podnieks, p.145, Fenn Publishing, Bolton, Ontario, Canada, 2008, ISBN 978-1-55168-358-4
- ↑ Merk, Martin (2009-07-14). "Bozon to lead French U20s". IIHF. Retrieved 2009-07-14.