Pavel Bure made his NHL debut with the Vancouver Canucks on Nov. 5, 1991, and it didn't take long for the creative right wing with blazing speed and a lethal scoring touch to earn his nickname.
Getting a load of the then-20-year-old Bure's eye-popping acceleration and straight-ahead speed in his first game with the Canucks, Vancouver Sun columnist Iain MacIntyre wrote: "He is the fastest Soviet creation since Sputnik."
For more of Pavel Bure's 100 Greatest Players bio, please click here.
Pavel Bure made his NHL debut with the Vancouver Canucks on Nov. 5, 1991, and it didn't take long for the creative right wing with blazing speed and a lethal scoring touch to earn his nickname.
Getting a load of the then-20-year-old Bure's eye-popping acceleration and straight-ahead speed in his first game with the Canucks, Vancouver Sun columnist Iain MacIntyre wrote: "He is the fastest Soviet creation since Sputnik."
For more of Pavel Bure's 100 Greatest Players bio, please click here.
NOTES & TRANSACTIONS
- WJC-A All-Star Team (1989)
- Named Best Forward at WJC-A Award (1989)
- Soviet National League Rookie of the Year Award (1989)
- NHL First All-Star Team (1994)
- Best Forward at Olympic Games (1998)
- NHL Second All-Star Team (2000, 2001)
- Played in NHL All-Star Game (1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001)
- Traded to Florida by Vancouver with Bret Hedican, Brad Ference and Vancouver's 3rd round pick (Robert Fried) in 2000 NHL Draft for Ed Jovanovski, Dave Gagner, Mike Brown, Kevin Weekes and Florida's 1st round pick (Nathan Smith) in 2000 NHL Draft, January 17, 1999.
- Traded to NY Rangers by Florida with Florida's 2nd round pick (Lee Falardeau) in 2002 NHL Draft for Igor Ulanov, Filip Novak, NY Rangers' 1st (later traded to Calgary -- Calgary selected Eric Nystrom) and 2nd (Rob Globke) round picks in 2002 NHL Draft and NY Rangers' 4th round pick (later traded to Atlanta -- Atlanta selected Guillaume Desbiens) in 2003 NHL Draft, March 18, 2002.
