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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 2005-06. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jeff Halpern WSH · 44 P in 70 GP Ryan Malone PIT · 44 P in 77 GP Mike Fisher OTT · 44 P in 68 GP Sergei Fedorov CBJ · 44 P in 67 GP Alexander Steen TOR · 45 P in 75 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

2005-06 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
73 11 33 44 -2 38 113 58 0.60 9.7 18:28

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 2005-06 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 18, 2006 @ NYI W 4-1 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 14:06
Apr 16, 2006 @ NJD L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 16:12
Apr 15, 2006 vs NYR W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 16:12
Apr 13, 2006 @ NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:18
Apr 11, 2006 vs PIT W 4-3 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 14:54
Apr 8, 2006 vs TOR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 16:58
Apr 7, 2006 @ BUF W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:31
Apr 4, 2006 @ NYR L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 23:46
Apr 2, 2006 @ NYI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 15:44
Apr 1, 2006 vs NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 18:23
Mar 28, 2006 vs TOR L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 13:22
Mar 25, 2006 vs OTT W 6-3 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 13:07
Mar 22, 2006 @ NYR W 6-3 1 1 2 0 0 2 3 17:13
Mar 21, 2006 vs NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 12:25
Mar 17, 2006 @ TBL L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:22
Feb 11, 2006 @ OTT L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 15:54
Feb 10, 2006 vs WSH W 5-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 21:37
Feb 8, 2006 vs NYI W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 20:32
Feb 5, 2006 @ MTL L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 20:34
Feb 4, 2006 vs NYR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 25:21
Feb 2, 2006 @ BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 19:58
Jan 30, 2006 @ NYR W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 19:54
Jan 28, 2006 vs TBL L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 4 2 2 15:49
Jan 25, 2006 vs MTL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:39
Jan 23, 2006 vs PIT W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 19:30
Jan 21, 2006 @ PIT W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 24:28
Jan 19, 2006 vs BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 21:20
Jan 17, 2006 vs CAR L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 4 3 20:29
Jan 14, 2006 vs COL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 19:23
Jan 12, 2006 @ DET L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 17:09
Jan 11, 2006 @ CHI W 5-2 0 3 3 3 0 1 1 17:37
Jan 9, 2006 @ NJD L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:18
Jan 6, 2006 @ WSH W 3-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 17:06
Jan 5, 2006 @ NYR W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 18:50
Jan 2, 2006 @ BOS W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:24
Dec 31, 2005 @ WSH L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 22:24
Dec 29, 2005 @ CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 2 2 3 0 2 0 15:22
Dec 28, 2005 @ ATL W 4-3 (OT) 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 13:11
Dec 26, 2005 @ FLA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 20:20
Dec 23, 2005 @ PIT W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:17
Dec 22, 2005 vs OTT W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:12
Dec 19, 2005 vs BUF L 1-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 20:31
Dec 17, 2005 @ STL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 23:00
Dec 15, 2005 vs VAN L 4-5 1 1 2 1 2 6 0 19:19
Dec 13, 2005 @ CBJ W 3-1 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 19:10
Dec 10, 2005 vs MIN W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 20:42
Dec 8, 2005 vs EDM L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 19:14
Dec 6, 2005 vs CGY W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 20:20
Dec 3, 2005 @ NSH L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 24:00
Nov 30, 2005 vs NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 23:08
Nov 29, 2005 @ NYI W 4-3 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 22:23
Nov 26, 2005 vs NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 19:23
Nov 25, 2005 @ BOS W 5-3 1 0 1 -2 0 2 0 17:51
Nov 22, 2005 vs TBL L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 2 17:53
Nov 19, 2005 @ PIT W 6-3 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 20:05
Nov 18, 2005 vs ATL L 5-6 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 18:26
Nov 16, 2005 vs PIT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 21:38
Nov 14, 2005 @ TBL L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 3 17:52
Nov 12, 2005 vs FLA W 5-4 0 2 2 -1 0 1 0 16:15
Nov 10, 2005 vs NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:33
Nov 8, 2005 vs BOS W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14:07
Nov 5, 2005 vs ATL W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 21:48
Nov 3, 2005 vs WSH W 8-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 18:33
Oct 30, 2005 @ OTT W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 18:52
Oct 28, 2005 @ CAR L 6-8 0 3 3 1 0 3 0 14:57
Oct 27, 2005 vs FLA W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 19:23
Oct 25, 2005 @ MTL L 2-3 (OT) 0 2 2 -1 2 1 0 19:37
Oct 22, 2005 @ TOR W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 17:52
Oct 15, 2005 vs NYI W 5-1 2 0 2 3 0 3 1 18:37
Oct 14, 2005 vs PIT W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 21:17
Oct 11, 2005 @ TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:26
Oct 7, 2005 vs NJD W 5-2 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 16:38
Oct 5, 2005 vs NYR L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:22