Jan Bulis

Position Centre ShootsLeft Nickname(s)Jany-B Height
Weight6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
209 lb(95 kg/14 st 13 lb) RUSTeam
F. teams Khimik Mytishchi
NHL:
Washington Capitals
Montreal Canadiens
Vancouver Canucks Nationality Czech Republic Born April 18, 1978(1978-04-18) (age 30),
Pardubice, CS NHL Draft43rd overall, 1996
Washington CapitalsPro career 1997 – present

Olympic medal record Men's Ice hockeyBronze 2006 Turin Ice hockey

Jan Bulis Listen (help·info) (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.

1 Playing career
2 Movements
3 Trivia
4 Career statistics
5 External links

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.

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.

Trivia

On January 25, 2006 Bulis scored four goals in four shots against the Philadelphia Flyers [1]

Career statistics

Regular Season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1995–96 Barrie Colts OHL59 29 30 59 22 7 2 3 5 2 1997–98 Kingston FrontenacsOHL 2 0 1 1 0 12 8 10 18 12 1997–98 Portland Pirates AHL3 1 4 5 12 -- -- -- -- -- 1997–98 Washington Capitals NHL48 5 11 16 18 -- -- -- -- -- 1998–99Washington Capitals NHL 38 7 16 23 6 -- -- -- -- -- 1998–99 Cincinnati Cyclones IHL10 2 2 4 14 -- -- -- -- -- 1999–00Washington Capitals NHL 56 9 22 31 30 -- -- -- -- -- 2000–01Portland Pirates AHL 4 0 2 2 0 -- -- -- -- -- 2000–01Washington Capitals NHL 39 5 13 18 26 -- -- -- -- -- 2000–01 Montreal CanadiensNHL 12 0 5 5 0 -- -- -- -- -- 2001–02Montreal Canadiens NHL 53 9 10 19 8 6 0 0 0 6 2002–03Montreal Canadiens NHL 82 16 24 40 30 -- -- -- -- -- 2003–04Montreal Canadiens NHL 72 13 17 30 30 11 1 1 2 4 2004–05 Pardubice HC Czech45 24 25 49 113 16 7 4 11 43 2005–06Montreal Canadiens NHL 73 20 20 40 50 6 1 1 2 2 2006–07 Vancouver CanucksNHL 79 12 11 23 70 12 1 1 2 2 NHL Totals 552 96 149 245 268 35 3 3 6 14