Jan Bulis
Ice hockey player

Jan Bulis

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Birth:
18 March 1978(Pardubice, Pardubice District, Pardubice Region, Czech Republic)
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Pisces
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Jan Bulis (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈbulɪs]) (born March 18, 1978) is a former Czech professional hockey winger who last played as the Captain of Traktor Chelyabinsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Playing career

Bulis 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 251 points in 587 games played.

He has played for the Vancouver Canucks, Montreal Canadiens, Washington Capitals, AHL Portland Pirates, IHL Cincinnati Cyclones, OHL Kingston Frontenacs and Barrie Colts. On March 13 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. Bulis recorded his best NHL season in 2005–06 with Montreal where he scored 20 goals and 20 assists for 40 points in 73 games played. During the campaign in December 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. On January 25, 2006 Bulis scored four goals in four shots against the Philadelphia Flyers.And he scored 4 goals against Vancouver on february 20th 2006

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  • 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.
  • On May 4, 2011 Bulis moved from KHL's Atlant Mytishchi to Traktor Chelyabinsk.
  • April, 2012 - Signed one-year contract with Traktor Chelyabinsk.

    Career statistics

    Regular season and playoffs

    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
    1996–97 Barrie Colts OHL 64 42 61 103 42 9 3 7 10 10
    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
    2007–08 Khimik Moscow Oblast RSL 57 17 31 48 106 5 0 0 0 4
    2008–09 Atlant Moscow Oblast KHL 35 9 8 17 16 — — — — —
    2009–10 Atlant Moscow Oblast KHL 56 25 18 43 68 4 1 2 3 4
    2010–11 Atlant Moscow Oblast KHL 42 14 15 29 62 24 4 6 10 26
    2011–12 Traktor Chelyabinsk KHL 43 5 14 19 68 16 1 2 3 4
    2012–13 Traktor Chelyabinsk KHL 49 16 15 31 32 25 9 2 11 16
    2013–14 Traktor Chelyabinsk KHL 49 11 8 19 44 — — — — —
    2014–15 Traktor Chelyabinsk KHL 43 5 7 12 52 6 0 0 0 4
    NHL totals 552 96 149 245 268 35 3 3 6 14
    KHL totals 317 85 85 170 342 75 15 12 27 54

    International

    Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
    2006 Czech Republic OG 03 !3rd, bronze medalist(s) 8 0 0 0 10
    2006 Czech Republic WC 02 !2nd, silver medalist(s) 9 0 0 0 0
    Senior totals 17 0 0 0 10