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Michal Handzus

#26 · Centre · Chicago Blackhawks

Born Mar 11, 1977 in Banská Bystrica, SVK · 6'5", 215 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 101st overall in 1995 by STL (round 4)

Trophy case

Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2012-13

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1998-99. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Andrei Nazarov CGY · 16 P in 62 GP Guy Carbonneau DAL · 16 P in 74 GP Manny Malhotra NYR · 16 P in 75 GP Denny Lambert NSH · 16 P in 76 GP Harry York VAN · 16 P in 56 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

020401998-99: 16 points1698-991999-00: 53 points532000-01: 32 points3200-012001-02: 45 points452002-03: 44 points4402-032003-04: 58 points582005-06: 44 points4405-062006-07: 8 points82007-08: 21 points2107-082008-09: 42 points422009-10: 42 points4209-102010-11: 30 points302011-12: 24 points2411-122012-13: 8 points82013-14: 16 points1613-14

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
1998-99 STL 66 4 12 16 -9 30 78 56 0.24
1999-00 STL 81 25 28 53 19 44 166 50 0.65
2000-01 STL 36 10 14 24 11 12 58 34 0.67
2000-01 PHX 10 4 4 8 5 21 14 6 0.80
2001-02 PHX 79 15 30 45 -8 34 94 67 0.57
2002-03 PHI 82 23 21 44 13 46 133 19 0.54
2003-04 PHI 82 20 38 58 18 82 135 59 0.71
2005-06 PHI 73 11 33 44 -2 38 113 58 0.60
2006-07 CHI 8 3 5 8 4 6 9 8 1.00
2007-08 LAK 82 7 14 21 -21 45 89 69 0.26
2008-09 LAK 82 18 24 42 -7 32 143 75 0.51
2009-10 LAK 81 20 22 42 4 38 117 76 0.52
2010-11 LAK 82 12 18 30 -5 20 94 86 0.37
2011-12 SJS 67 7 17 24 -6 18 81 52 0.36
2012-13 SJS 28 1 1 2 -9 12 31 22 0.07 $2.5M
2012-13 CHI 11 1 5 6 7 4 10 9 0.55
2013-14 CHI 59 4 12 16 0 16 50 35 0.27 $1M
15 seasons Career 1009 185 298 483 14 498 1415 781 0.48

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1998-99 STL 11 0 2 2 0 8 16 26 0.18
1999-00 STL 7 0 3 3 -2 6 16 5 0.43
2001-02 PHX 5 0 0 0 -2 2 7 8 0.00
2002-03 PHI 13 2 6 8 3 6 20 18 0.62
2003-04 PHI 18 5 5 10 7 10 23 17 0.56
2005-06 PHI 6 0 2 2 -2 2 4 4 0.33
2009-10 LAK 6 3 2 5 -5 4 17 6 0.83
2010-11 LAK 6 1 1 2 -4 0 7 18 0.33
2011-12 SJS 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0.00
2012-13 CHI 23 3 8 11 7 6 17 40 0.48
2013-14 CHI 19 2 1 3 -8 8 9 14 0.16
11 seasons Playoffs 116 16 30 46 -6 52 140 158 0.40

1998-99 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
66 4 12 16 -9 30 78 56 0.24 5.1 14:48

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2013-14 to 2013-14 $1M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $2.5M

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 1998-99 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 25, 1999 @ VAN W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 04:49
Mar 22, 1999 vs CAR W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 16:20
Mar 20, 1999 vs OTT L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:40
Mar 18, 1999 vs PHX T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 19:52
Mar 16, 1999 vs PHI W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 19:01
Mar 14, 1999 @ CHI W 5-2 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 16:14
Mar 13, 1999 vs EDM W 6-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 13:14
Mar 11, 1999 vs MTL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:57
Feb 26, 1999 @ CGY W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 15:21
Feb 24, 1999 vs CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:23
Feb 22, 1999 vs LAK W 5-1 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 10:54
Feb 20, 1999 vs NSH L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 09:31
Feb 18, 1999 vs FLA T 0-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:51
Feb 15, 1999 vs VAN W 8-1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 17:10
Feb 13, 1999 vs EDM L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:14
Feb 11, 1999 vs SJS L 1-5 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 11:57
Feb 10, 1999 @ TBL W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 11:24
Feb 8, 1999 @ FLA W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 19:22
Feb 6, 1999 vs ANA L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:44
Feb 4, 1999 vs NJD L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:14
Feb 1, 1999 @ EDM W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 17:04
Jan 30, 1999 @ CGY L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:11
Jan 28, 1999 @ VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 12:18
Jan 26, 1999 @ SJS W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 10:35
Jan 21, 1999 vs TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:36
Jan 19, 1999 @ PHX L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 15:24
Jan 16, 1999 @ COL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:21
Jan 13, 1999 @ BUF W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 19:55
Jan 11, 1999 @ MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:26
Jan 9, 1999 @ PIT L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:53
Jan 7, 1999 vs CHI W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 16:37
Jan 4, 1999 vs VAN W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:06
Jan 2, 1999 vs NYR L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:35
Jan 1, 1999 @ NSH W 6-5 0 2 2 -1 0 2 0 16:37
Dec 28, 1998 @ DET T 4-4 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 2 3 1 14:17
Dec 26, 1998 vs DET W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:25
Dec 23, 1998 @ NJD L 2-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 19:14
Dec 22, 1998 @ NYI T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 18:20
Dec 19, 1998 vs LAK W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 18:29
Dec 17, 1998 vs PHX W 3-2 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 13:17
Dec 15, 1998 @ DAL L 3-7 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:56
Dec 14, 1998 @ COL T 0-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 18:50
Dec 12, 1998 vs PIT L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:13
Dec 8, 1998 vs BUF T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:19
Dec 5, 1998 vs COL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 08:51
Dec 4, 1998 @ COL L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:18
Nov 28, 1998 vs WSH W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 15:32
Nov 27, 1998 vs SJS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:12
Nov 24, 1998 vs NSH W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 21:29
Nov 21, 1998 vs DAL T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:23
Nov 19, 1998 @ NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 4 2 2 15:17
Nov 14, 1998 vs NSH W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 15:55
Nov 11, 1998 @ DET L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:10
Nov 10, 1998 vs CHI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:50
Nov 7, 1998 @ SJS T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 12:13
Nov 5, 1998 @ LAK T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 14:50
Nov 4, 1998 @ ANA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:06
Oct 31, 1998 vs ANA T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:38
Oct 29, 1998 vs DET W 3-1 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 15:07
Oct 27, 1998 @ PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 14:37
Oct 24, 1998 vs CGY W 4-3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 12:33
Oct 22, 1998 @ OTT W 5-3 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 13:59
Oct 17, 1998 vs NYI L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:14
Oct 16, 1998 @ DET L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:01
Oct 12, 1998 @ NYR W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:43
Oct 10, 1998 @ BOS T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:13