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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)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2012-13

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2002-03. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Henrik Zetterberg DET · 44 P in 79 GP Eric Daze CHI · 44 P in 54 GP Dave Scatchard NYI · 45 P in 81 GP Chris Gratton PHX · 45 P in 80 GP Joe Nieuwendyk NJD · 45 P in 80 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

2002-03 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 23 21 44 13 46 133 19 0.54 17.3 17:33

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 2002-03 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
Apr 6, 2003 @ FLA W 6-2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 19:16
Apr 4, 2003 @ TBL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 17:32
Apr 1, 2003 vs CBJ W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:47
Mar 31, 2003 @ PIT W 6-1 1 0 1 1 4 3 0 18:03
Mar 29, 2003 vs PIT W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 18:13
Mar 27, 2003 vs BOS T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 19:50
Mar 25, 2003 @ NSH T 1-1 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 17:22
Mar 24, 2003 vs ATL W 6-2 2 0 2 1 2 3 0 18:47
Mar 22, 2003 vs NYR L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:51
Mar 20, 2003 vs PIT W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 22:25
Mar 18, 2003 @ BUF L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 11:13
Mar 17, 2003 @ NJD W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:27
Mar 15, 2003 @ PIT W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 18:23
Mar 13, 2003 vs CAR W 5-3 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 17:12
Mar 10, 2003 @ WSH L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:47
Mar 8, 2003 vs COL L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 18:20
Mar 7, 2003 @ NYR L 1-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 14:17
Mar 4, 2003 vs VAN W 3-0 1 1 2 2 4 3 0 20:12
Mar 1, 2003 @ BOS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:39
Feb 27, 2003 vs CHI W 5-2 1 3 4 2 0 3 1 17:36
Feb 25, 2003 @ CHI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:58
Feb 22, 2003 vs FLA L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 16:00
Feb 20, 2003 vs LAK W 5-0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 14:27
Feb 18, 2003 vs NJD T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 19:23
Feb 15, 2003 vs CAR T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 4 1 1 20:37
Feb 13, 2003 @ STL W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 2 4 1 19:22
Feb 12, 2003 @ MIN L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19:53
Feb 10, 2003 vs MIN L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:56
Feb 8, 2003 vs NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:57
Feb 6, 2003 @ OTT T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21:44
Feb 4, 2003 @ NYI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 17:05
Jan 30, 2003 @ NJD L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 20:44
Jan 28, 2003 vs TBL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:16
Jan 25, 2003 @ BOS L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:57
Jan 24, 2003 vs NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 17:52
Jan 21, 2003 @ TOR W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 19:39
Jan 19, 2003 @ NYR W 4-2 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 21:22
Jan 18, 2003 vs TBL W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 21:38
Jan 16, 2003 vs MTL W 4-1 1 1 2 3 0 3 0 17:36
Jan 13, 2003 vs ATL L 4-7 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 17:42
Jan 11, 2003 vs DET W 3-2 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 17:43
Jan 9, 2003 @ NYI W 4-0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 16:43
Jan 7, 2003 vs BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:56
Jan 5, 2003 @ ATL W 5-4 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 22:29
Jan 3, 2003 @ ANA W 1-0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 15:01
Jan 2, 2003 @ LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 16:54
Dec 30, 2002 @ SJS L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 21:50
Dec 28, 2002 @ PHX L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 19:49
Dec 27, 2002 @ COL W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 21:26
Dec 23, 2002 @ OTT T 2-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 19:14
Dec 21, 2002 vs OTT L 1-3 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 18:47
Dec 18, 2002 @ ATL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:36
Dec 17, 2002 vs DAL T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:36
Dec 14, 2002 vs BUF W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 16:39
Dec 12, 2002 vs TOR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:06
Dec 10, 2002 @ FLA W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:08
Dec 7, 2002 vs STL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:02
Dec 5, 2002 vs NYR W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 15:41
Dec 2, 2002 vs NJD L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:44
Nov 30, 2002 @ MTL W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 15:39
Nov 29, 2002 vs TOR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:06
Nov 27, 2002 @ PIT L 2-7 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 16:58
Nov 23, 2002 @ TOR L 0-6 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 15:16
Nov 21, 2002 vs SJS T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 17:21
Nov 19, 2002 @ TBL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 18:01
Nov 16, 2002 vs BOS T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:22
Nov 15, 2002 @ CAR T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:22
Nov 13, 2002 vs FLA T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:52
Nov 9, 2002 @ WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 11:33
Nov 7, 2002 vs NJD L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 13:00
Nov 5, 2002 @ CAR W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:33
Nov 2, 2002 vs WSH W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:30
Oct 31, 2002 vs PHX W 6-2 1 1 2 3 2 3 0 14:45
Oct 29, 2002 vs OTT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:14
Oct 26, 2002 @ NYI W 6-2 2 0 2 2 2 4 0 17:17
Oct 24, 2002 vs MTL W 6-2 2 1 3 2 0 3 0 18:39
Oct 22, 2002 @ BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:57
Oct 19, 2002 vs WSH W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:05
Oct 17, 2002 vs NYI T 3-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 17:49
Oct 15, 2002 @ MTL W 6-2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 15:10
Oct 12, 2002 @ CGY W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:49
Oct 10, 2002 @ EDM T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:49