Derek Bekar
{{Short description|Canadian businessman and ice hockey player}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image =
| image_size = 167px
| position = Centre
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 200
| played_for = {{plainlist|
- St. Louis Blues
- Los Angeles Kings
- New York Islanders
- EHC Basel
- Hannover Scorpions
- HK Acroni Jesenice
}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|9|15|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
| career_start = 1998
| career_end = 2010
| draft = 205th overall
| draft_year = 1995
| draft_team = St. Louis Blues
}}
Derek Bekar (born September 15, 1975) is a Canadian businessman and former professional ice hockey player. Bekar was born in Burnaby, British Columbia.
Playing career
He played a total of 11 games for the St. Louis Blues, Los Angeles Kings, and the New York Islanders, scoring no points. He was drafted 205th overall by the Blues in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft. He also had spells in Switzerland's Nationalliga A for EHC Basel and in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany for the Hannover Scorpions and HK Acroni Jesenice of the Austrian Hockey League. He also played briefly in the United Kingdom, playing three games in the British National League with the Dundee Stars.
On February 1, 2009. he moved from Springfield Falcons, who play in the American Hockey League to Lausanne Hockey Club of the Nationalliga B, before finishing his professional career with HYS The Hague in the Netherlands.
Since March 2009 he has been a senior vice president at Glacial Energy.
Career statistics
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs | ||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM | ||||||||
1992–93
| Notre Dame Hounds AAA | SMHL | 29 | 25 | 24 | 49 | 68
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1993–94 | SJHL | 62 | 20 | 31 | 51 | 77
| — | — | — | — | — |
1994–95
| BCHL | 46 | 33 | 29 | 62 | 35
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1995–96 | HE | 34 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
1996–97
| University of New Hampshire | HE | 39 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 34
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1997–98 | University of New Hampshire | HE | 35 | 32 | 28 | 60 | 46
| — | — | — | — | — |
1998–99
| AHL | 51 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 6
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
1999–2000
| Worcester IceCats | AHL | 71 | 21 | 19 | 40 | 26
| 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
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| 2000–01 | Worcester IceCats | AHL | 18 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10
| — | — | — | — | — |
2000–01
| AHL | 58 | 19 | 16 | 35 | 49
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2001–02 | AHL | 74 | 27 | 20 | 47 | 42
| 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
2002–03
| NHL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2002–03 | Manchester Monarchs | AHL | 51 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 49
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2003–04
| NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2003–04 | AHL | 76 | 24 | 11 | 35 | 57
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
2004–05
| GBR.2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2004–05 | AHL | 51 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 22
| — | — | — | — | — |
2005–06
| NLA | 10 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
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| 2005–06 | EHC Chur | SUI.2 | 30 | 25 | 18 | 43 | 22
| — | — | — | — | — |
2006–07
| DEL | 50 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 44
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
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| 2007–08 | AUT | 36 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 22
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
2007–08
| HK Acroni Jesenice | SVN | — | — | — | — | —
| 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
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| 2008–09 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 40 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 12
| — | — | — | — | — |
2008–09
| SUI.2 | — | — | — | — | —
| 9 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 |
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| 2009–10 | NED | 27 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 37
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24 |
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! colspan="3" | AHL totals ! 490 ! 148 ! 126 ! 274 ! 273 ! 25 ! 3 ! 9 ! 12 ! 6 | ||||||||
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! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 11 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 ! 4 ! — ! — ! — ! — ! — |
Awards and honors
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! Award ! Year |
All-Hockey East Rookie Team
| 1995–96 |
All-Hockey East Second Team
| 1997–98 |
External links
- {{Ice hockey stats}}
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Category:New Hampshire Wildcats men's ice hockey players
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Category:Worcester IceCats players
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