Jozef Stümpel (born 20 July 1972) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey centre. He played in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins, Los Angeles Kings, and Florida Panthers between 1992 and 2008. Internationally Stümpel played for the Slovak national team at several tournaments, including the 2002, 2006, and 2010 Winter Olympics, and eight World Championships, winning a gold in 2002.

Playing career

Stümpel was selected in the second round, 40th overall, by the Boston Bruins in the 1991 NHL Entry draft, and immediately joined the Bruins organization. Prior to the 2004–05 NHL lockout season, Stümpel had played for only two clubs, the Bruins and the Los Angeles Kings. For the 2005–06 season, Stümpel joined the Florida Panthers.

Jozef Stümpel

Stümpel was placed on unconditional waivers on June 27, 2008, and Florida decided to buy out his contract.

Jozef Stümpel

On May 4, 2011, Stümpel moved from the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL)'s Dinamo Minsk to Spartak Moscow.

Jozef Stümpel

A long-time friend of Žigmund Pálffy since the beginning of their professional careers, they were often line-mates on the Slovak national team.

In season 2023/2024 he will play for HC Levice, in 3rd ice hockey League in Slovakia. He will celebrate 51 years in this season.

Awards

Boston Bruins' E.C. Dufresne Trophy as the best player on home ice in 1996–97

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

| 2023–24

| HC Levice

International

Source

Awards and honours

See also

Slovaks in the NHL

References

External links

1972 births

Living people

Barys Nur-Sultan players

Boston Bruins draft picks

Boston Bruins players

Florida Panthers players

HC Dinamo Minsk players

HC Slovan Bratislava players

HC Spartak Moscow players

HK Dukla Trenčín players

HK Nitra players

Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Kölner Haie players

Los Angeles Kings players

MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš players

Olympic ice hockey players for Slovakia

Oulun Kärpät players

Providence Bruins players

Ice hockey people from Nitra

Slovak ice hockey centres

Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in Germany

Czechoslovak expatriate ice hockey people

Czechoslovak ice hockey centres

Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Germany

Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in the United States

Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Russia

Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in the Czech Republic

Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan

Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Belarus

Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Finland

Expatriate ice hockey players in Belarus

Expatriate ice hockey players in Kazakhstan