Vladimír Búřil

Vladimír Búřil
Born (1969-05-17) May 17, 1969 (age 55)
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
(present day Slovakia)
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 212 lb (96 kg; 15 st 2 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for HC Slovan Bratislava
Bordeaux
Wilhelmshaven-Stickhausen EC
Heilbronn Falcons
Zilina HK-SKP
Székesfehérvár
MsHK Zilina
Podhale Nowy Targ
Cracovia Krakow
TKH Torun
National team  Slovakia
Playing career 1988–2010

Vladimír Búřil (born 17 May 1969 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia)[1] is a Slovak former professional ice hockey player. Buril played with HC Slovan Bratislava in the Slovak Extraliga.[2] Buril retired after the 2009–10 season. He is an uncle of a Canadian ice dancer, Andrew Poje.

Playing career

Buril turned professional in 1998 with HC Slovan Bratislava. He would play eleven seasons in total with Slovan Bratislava during his career. In 1994, Buril transferred to France to play for Bordeaux for two seasons. He then returned to Slovan Bratislava, where he played until the 2000/01 season, when he was transferred to EC Wilhelmshaven-Stickhausen of the Germany 2 league for the season. Buril played three further seasons in the Germany2 league, for Heilbronner Falken. Buril returned to the Slovakian league in 2004 to play for MsHK Zilina. 2005/06 was with Székesfehérvár of the IEL, then back to Zilina in 06/07 before being transferred to Podhale Nowy Targ of Poland, which won the Polish championship. In 2007/08, Buril joined the Polish TKH Torun team, but was transferred mid-season to Cracovia Krakow where he was for the second time a member of a Polish championship squad. Buril returned to TKH Torun in 2008 for two further seasons.

Buril played internationally for Czechoslovakia in the 1989 World Junior championship. He played for Slovakia in the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1987–88 HC Slovan Bratislava TCH 31 0 4 4
1988–89 HC Slovan Bratislava TCH 33 2 0 2 28
1989–90 HC Slovan Bratislava SVK.2
1990–91 HC Slovan Bratislava TCH 25 3 10 13 24
1991–92 HC Slovan Bratislava TCH 31 3 3 6 16
1992–93 HC Slovan Bratislava TCH 30 3 2 5
1993–94 HC Slovan Bratislava SVK 41 8 7 15
1994–95 Aquitains de Bordeaux FRA.2
1995–96 Dogues de Bordeaux FRA.2
1996–97 HC Slovan Bratislava SVK 42 4 11 15 46
1997–98 HC Slovan Bratislava SVK 44 4 5 9 26
1998–99 HC Slovan Bratislava SVK 42 2 9 11 87
1999–2000 HC Slovan Bratislava SVK 43 2 1 3 60
2000–01 HC Slovan Bratislava SVK 5 1 1 2 2
2000–01 EC Wilhelmshaven-Stickhausen GER.2 42 15 19 34 77 5 2 0 2 4
2001–02 Heilbronner EC GER.2 52 7 22 29 76 5 1 0 1 2
2002–03 Heilbronner EC GER.2 51 12 21 33 48 4 0 1 1 2
2003–04 Heilbronner Falken GER.2 44 5 12 17 84
2004–05 MsHK Žilina SVK 35 5 5 10 24 5 0 0 0 4
2005–06 Alba Volán-FeVita IEHL 24 6 3 9 58 8 2 0 2 16
2005–06 Alba Volán-FeVita HUN 10 2 5 7 6 8 0 5 5 6
2006–07 MsHK Žilina a.s SVK 18 1 0 1 20
2006–07 Podhale Nowy Targ POL 33 4 9 13 20
2007–08 THK Torun POL 37 11 17 28 64
2007–08 MKS Cracovia SSA POL 16 3 3 6 30
2008–09 THK Torun POL 42 10 9 19 60
2009–10 THK Torun POL 42 6 8 14 38
TCH totals 150 11 19 30
SVK totals 270 27 39 66 265 5 0 0 0 4
GER.2 totals 189 39 74 113 285 14 3 1 4 8

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
1989 Czechoslovakia WJC 7 0 2 2 8
1994 Slovakia OG 4 0 0 0 0
Senior totals 4 0 0 0 0

References