Jan Bulis
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| Position | Centre |
| Shoots | Left |
| Nickname(s) | Jany-B |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 209 lb (95 kg/14 st 13 lb) |
| RUS Team F. teams |
Khimik Mytishchi NHL: Washington Capitals Montreal Canadiens Vancouver Canucks |
| Nationality |  Czech Republic |
| Born | April 18, 1978 , Pardubice, CS |
| NHL Draft | 43rd overall, 1996 Washington Capitals |
| Pro career | 1997 – present |
| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's Ice hockey | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze | 2006 Turin | Ice hockey | |
Jan Bulis Listen (born March 18, 1978 in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech professional hockey winger. He is currently playing for Khimik Mytishchi of the Russian Super League.
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[edit] Playing career
He was drafted by the Washington Capitals in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft, Second Round, Forty-third Overall. Bulis was a fan favourite while playing for the Barrie Colts of the OHL and was among the top players in the OHL at that time from 1995–1997. In Bulis' top season for Barrie he accumulated 42 goals and 61 assists for a total of 103 points in 64 games. Unfortunately, that offensive potential has not shown up in the NHL where he has a total of 192 points in 428 games played.
He has played for the Montreal Canadiens, Washington Capitals, AHL Portland Pirates, IHL Cincinnati Cyclones, OHL Kingston Frontenacs and Barrie Colts. On March 13th of 2001, Bulis was traded from the Washington Capitals along with Richard Zedník and a first round pick (Alexander Perezhogin) to the Montreal Canadiens for Dainius Zubrus, Trevor Linden and a second round draft pick (later traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning, who selected (Andreas Holmqvist). During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Bulis played for HC Pardubice in the Czech Republic Elite League. He scored 24 goals and had 25 assists in 45 games played. To date, Bulis' best season in the NHL was in the 2005–2006 season with Montreal where he scored 20 goals and 20 assists for 40 points in 73 games played. In December of 2005, Bulis was named to the Czech national ice hockey team for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. It was the first time that Bulis played for the Czech National Team.
[edit] Movements
- June 22, 1996 - Drafted by the Washington Capitals in the 2nd round, 43rd overall.
- March 13, 2001 - Traded to the Montreal Canadiens along with Richard Zednik and a 1st round selection in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft (Alexander Perezhogin) in exchange for Trevor Linden, Dainius Zubrus, and a 2nd round selection in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft (previously acquired, later traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning - Andreas Holmqvist).
- July 25, 2006 - Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Vancouver Canucks.
[edit] Trivia
- On January 25, 2006 Bulis scored four goals in four shots against the Philadelphia Flyers [1]
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1995–96 | Barrie Colts | OHL | 59 | 29 | 30 | 59 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 1997–98 | Kingston Frontenacs | OHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 12 | ||
| 1997–98 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1997–98 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 48 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 18 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1998–99 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 38 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1998–99 | Cincinnati Cyclones | IHL | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1999–00 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 56 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 30 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2000–01 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2000–01 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 39 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 26 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2000–01 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2001–02 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 53 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 2002–03 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 82 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 30 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2003–04 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 72 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2004–05 | Pardubice HC | Czech | 45 | 24 | 25 | 49 | 113 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 43 | ||
| 2005–06 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 73 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 50 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2006–07 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 79 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 70 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| NHL Totals | 552 | 96 | 149 | 245 | 268 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | ||||
