Mike Bullard (ice hockey)

Michael Brian Bullard (born March 10, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played 11 seasons in the National Hockey League between 1980–81 and 1991–92.

Mike Bullard
Born (1961-03-10) March 10, 1961 (age 63)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
PositionCentre
ShotLeft
Played forPittsburgh Penguins
Calgary Flames
St. Louis Blues
Philadelphia Flyers
Toronto Maple Leafs
EV Landshut
Eisbären Berlin
SERC Wild Wings
National team Canada
NHL draft9th overall, 1980
Pittsburgh Penguins
Playing career1980–2003

Playing career

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As a youth, Bullard played in the 1974 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from East Ottawa.[1]

Bullard was drafted 9th overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft. In his NHL career he played for the Penguins, Calgary Flames, St. Louis Blues, Philadelphia Flyers, and the Toronto Maple Leafs. He played in Switzerland in 1990 for one season for the HC Ambrì-Piotta in the NDA before moving to the Leafs and then spent ten seasons in Germany before calling time on his playing career in 2003. Playing for EV Landshut he was the Bundesliga's top scorer and player of the year for 1993–94.

Starting in 2003 Bullard coached the 2nd Bundesliga club SERC Wild Wings, later switching to Austrian club Graz 99ers, before he decided to return to Germany to coach ESV Kaufbeuren. After these stations he returned to his longtime employer, the Landshut Cannibals, to coach the team for the 2008–09 season.

For the 2009–2010 season, he became the general manager of the Brantford Eagles and the following season, he became the team's coach as well. As of 2018, Bullard is the head coach of the Caledonia Corvairs of the GOJHL.[citation needed]

Career statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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  Regular season Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
1977–78East Ottawa VoyageursMidget9089114203
1978–79Brantford AlexandersOMJHL6643569966
1979–80Brantford AlexandersOMJHL66668415086111061629
1980–81Brantford AlexandersOHL42476010755645910
1980–81Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL151231943360
1981–82Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL753627639151124
1982–83Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL5722224460
1983–84Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL7651419257
1984–85Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL6832316375
1985–86Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL7741428369
1986–87Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL142101217
1986–87Calgary FlamesNHL572826543464262
1987–88Calgary FlamesNHL7948551036860226
1988–89St. Louis BluesNHL204121646
1988–89Philadelphia FlyersNHL542326496019391232
1989–90Philadelphia FlyersNHL7027376467
1990–91HC Ambrì–PiottaNDA4141377833564106
1991–92Toronto Maple LeafsNHL6514142842
1992–93SC Rapperswil–JonaSUI.23648348240767134
1993–94EV Landshut1.GBun4436276340731410
1994–95EV LandshutDEL38224365831817102728
1995–96EV LandshutDEL5029417056116111720
1996–97EV LandshutDEL47195170697641040
1997–98EV LandshutDEL407212855655108
1998–99Eisbären BerlinDEL502130515881456
1999–2000Eisbären BerlinDEL5421254671
2000–01SERC Wild WingsDEL4420204032
2001–02SERC Wild WingsDEL4819143332
2002–03SERC Wild WingsDEL1055106
2002–03Heilbronner ECDEU.2287132039
NHL totals7273293456747054011172844
DEL totals38116325041346650353469102

International

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YearTeamEvent GPGAPtsPIM
1986CanadaWC102132
Senior totals102132

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
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Preceded by Pittsburgh Penguins first round draft pick
1980
Succeeded by
Preceded by Pittsburgh Penguins captain
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