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Marco Sturm
Born (1978-09-08) September 8, 1978 (age 46)
Dingolfing, West Germany
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb)
Position Left/right wing
Shoots Left
NHL team
Former teams		 Boston Bruins
San Jose Sharks
National team  Germany
NHL draft 21st overall, 1996
San Jose Sharks
Playing career 1997–present

Marco Johann Sturm (born September 8, 1978) is a German professional ice hockey forward for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played for the San Jose Sharks of the NHL.

Playing career

Sturm was drafted by the San Jose Sharks in the first round, 21st overall, in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. Sturm scored his first career NHL goal against Jeff Hackett of the Chicago Blackhawks on October 3, 1997. He was then traded to the Boston Bruins on November, 30, 2005 with Brad Stuart and Wayne Primeau for Joe Thornton. As of the end of the 2007–08 Boston Bruins season, Sturm is the only player involved in that trade that is still with the team.

A notoriously strong skater, he is often referred to as "the fastest German on ice." His forays into the offensive zone are known as the blitzkrieg. In the 1999 All-Star Game, Sturm had the second best time to Peter Bondra in the fastest skater competition.

Sturm was to be the captain of Germany's men's ice hockey team at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, but pulled out days before leaving for Italy due to an unspecified upper-body injury.

On February 24, 2007, Sturm agreed to a multi-year contract extension. [1]

As of February 2, 2008, Sturm played in his 730th career NHL professional ice hockey game, more than any other German-born and raised player.

In the listing for the German national team roster for the 2008 IIHF World Ice Hockey Championships, Sturm is one of the selected German-born NHL players to be selected to play for Team Deutschland as of April 26, 2008.[2]

Sturm's most famous goal may have come in the 2008 Stanley Cup playoffs in the first round against the Montreal Canadiens. With less than three minutes remaining in regulation of Game 6, Sturm took a wrist shot from the right point on the Canadiens' goaltender Carey Price. After saving the initial shot, Price gave up a costly rebound, and Sturm, leaping over a fallen Montreal defender, held the puck and proceeded around the diving Montreal goaltender, and flipped the puck into the top right corner of the net. This resulted in the game-winning goal for the Boston Bruins and sent the underdog Bruins back to Montreal for a Game 7, which was won by the Canadiens.

Sturm was forced to undergo surgery to repair his meniscus and anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his left knee during the 2008–09 NHL season. He played in just 19 games, scoring 7 goals.

Sturm scored the overtime game-winning goal in the 2010 Winter Classic between the Bruins and the Philadelphia Flyers held at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.

Sturm injured his knee 21 seconds into Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday, May 2, 2010. He will not return for the remainder of the playoffs. Sturm will have surgery on his knee.The return date is in December.

Personal

Sturm is married and has two children: son Mason Joseph and daughter Kaydie.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1995–96 EV Landshut DEL 47 12 20 32 50 11 1 3 4 18
1996–97 EV Landshut DEL 46 16 27 43 40 7 1 4 5 6
1997–98 San Jose Sharks NHL 74 10 20 30 40 2 0 0 0 0
1998–99 San Jose Sharks NHL 78 16 22 38 52 6 2 2 4 4
1999–00 San Jose Sharks NHL 74 12 15 27 22 12 1 3 4 6
2000–01 San Jose Sharks NHL 81 14 18 32 28 6 0 2 2 0
2001–02 San Jose Sharks NHL 77 21 20 41 32 12 3 2 5 2
2002–03 San Jose Sharks NHL 82 28 20 48 16 — — — — —
2003–04 San Jose Sharks NHL 64 21 20 41 36 — — — — —
2004–05 ERC Ingolstadt DEL 45 22 16 38 56 11 3 4 7 12
2005–06 San Jose Sharks NHL 23 6 10 16 16 — — — — —
2005–06 Boston Bruins NHL 51 23 20 43 32 — — — — —
2006–07 Boston Bruins NHL 76 27 17 44 46 — — — — —
2007–08 Boston Bruins NHL 80 27 29 56 40 7 2 2 4 6
2008–09 Boston Bruins NHL 19 7 6 13 8 — — — — —
2009–10 Boston Bruins NHL 76 22 15 37 30 — — — — —
NHL totals 855 234 232 466 398 45 8 11 19 18

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
1995 Germany WJC 7 0 0 0 6
1995 Germany EJC 5 2 3 5 2
1996 Germany WJC 6 4 6 10 51
1996 Germany EJC 5 5 6 11 8
1997 Germany WC 8 1 1 2 4
1998 Germany Oly 2 0 0 0 0
2001 Germany WC 7 4 1 5 26
2004 Germany WCp 4 2 0 2 0
2006 Germany Oly — — — — —
2006 Germany WC-B 5 4 3 7 4
2008 Germany WC 6 2 1 3 6
Junior int'l totals 23 11 15 26 67
Senior int'l totals 32 13 6 19 40

  • All statistics taken from NHL.com[3]

References

  1. ^ http://www.bostonbruins.com
  2. ^ http://www.iihf.com/channels/iihf-world-championship/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/krupp-adds-ten.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=552&cHash=51b54d110f
  3. ^ NHL.com (2009). "Marco Sturm's NHL Profile". NHL.com. Retrieved 2009-06-10.

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