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Pavel Bure Net Worth and Biography

Pavel Bure is a former professional Russian ice hockey player, with an estimated net worth of $70 Million.

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September 5, 2022

Pavel Bure is a former professional Russian ice hockey player, with an estimated net worth of $70 Million. He played the right-wing position for 12 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Vancouver Canucks, Florida Panthers, and New York Rangers. Prior to his NHL career, he trained in the Soviet Union and played three seasons with the Central Red Army.

Bio Data

Full Name	Pavel Vladimirovich Bure
Date of Birth	March 31, 1971
Gender	Male
Marital Status	Married
Career	Hockey Player
Net worth	$70 Million
Nationality	Russian

Biography

Pavel Bure was born in Moscow in 1971 to Vladimir and Tatiana Bure. His Father, Vladimir Bure is a Russian swimming legend, who had dreams of Pavel becoming a professional swimmer but he aspired to play hockey at an early age.

He attended his first tryout with the CSKA Moscow hockey school at six, despite his limited skating ability. Until that point, Bure had only played ball hockey on the streets. After Bure failed to impress in his first tryout, his father told him that if he did not show significant improvement within two months, he would withdraw him from the hockey school.

By age 11, he was named the best forward in his league. He was also selected as one of three young Russian players to practice with Wayne Gretzky and Soviet national goaltender Vladislav Tretiak in a taped television special. By the time he was 14 years old, Bure got into the Central Red Army’s junior team.

Career

Pavel Bure began his professional hockey career playing for Central Red Army at age 16. He was invited to the senior club’s training camp for the 1987–88 season. Pavel made his debut in September 1987 and spent three seasons with the club. He helped the team capture their thirteenth consecutive Soviet championship and twelfth consecutive IIHF European Cup in 1989.

Bure turned down a three-year contract extension in 1991, resulting in his transfer to NHL. He was selected 113th overall in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft by Vancouver Canucks. Bure began his NHL career in the 1991–92 season and won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the league’s best rookie. He also led the NHL in goal-scoring in 1993-94 and helped the Canucks to the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals.

After seven seasons the Canucks traded Bure to the Panthers, where he won back-to-back Rocket Richard Trophies as the league’s leading goal-scorer. Bure struggled with knee injuries throughout his career, resulting in his retirement in 2005 as a member of the Rangers, although he had not played since 2003.

Internationally, Bure competed for the Soviet Union and Russia. As a member of the Soviet Union, he won two silver medals and a gold in three World Junior Championships, followed by a gold and a silver medal in the 1990 and 1991 World Championships, respectively. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Bure competed for Russia in two Winter Olympics, claiming silver at the 1998 Games in Nagano as team captain, and bronze at the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City.

Honors and Accolades

Pavel Bure is a recipient of numerous honors and accolades, due to his incredible career in the NHL and international hockey. He was awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy as the league’s best rookie before leading the NHL in goal-scoring in 1993-94 and helping the Canucks to the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals.

He was selected to the NHL All-Star Game, 7 times and won the All-Star MVP in 2000. Bure won the Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy, as the leading goal-scorer in the National Hockey League (NHL).

He averaged better than a point per game in his NHL career (779 points with 437 goals in 702 NHL games) and is fourth all-time in goals per game. After six years of eligibility, Bure was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in June 2012. In 2017, an NHL panel named Bure one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in history.