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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

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2008-09. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Erik Cole CAR · 42 P in 80 GP Wojtek Wolski COL · 42 P in 79 GP David Legwand NSH · 42 P in 73 GP Milan Lucic BOS · 42 P in 72 GP Chuck Kobasew BOS · 42 P in 68 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

2008-09 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 18 24 42 -7 32 143 75 0.51 12.6 18:54

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 2008-09 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 11, 2009 vs SJS W 4-3 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 18:41
Apr 9, 2009 @ VAN L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:12
Apr 7, 2009 @ EDM W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 19:44
Apr 6, 2009 @ CGY L 1-4 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 17:50
Apr 4, 2009 vs PHX W 6-1 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 13:49
Apr 2, 2009 @ PHX L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 17:58
Mar 31, 2009 vs DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 21:44
Mar 28, 2009 @ NSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 18:12
Mar 26, 2009 @ DAL W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 21:40
Mar 24, 2009 @ STL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:48
Mar 22, 2009 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 19:06
Mar 20, 2009 @ PIT L 1-4 1 0 1 -1 0 2 3 20:14
Mar 19, 2009 @ BOS W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 19:18
Mar 16, 2009 vs NSH L 3-4 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 21:09
Mar 14, 2009 @ SJS L 1-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 20:22
Mar 13, 2009 @ VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:35
Mar 9, 2009 vs VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 16:07
Mar 7, 2009 vs MIN W 4-3 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 19:30
Mar 5, 2009 vs DAL W 5-4 (OT) 3 0 3 1 0 6 0 22:38
Mar 3, 2009 @ CBJ L 4-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 17:05
Mar 1, 2009 @ CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:46
Feb 27, 2009 @ DET L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 16:52
Feb 25, 2009 @ PHI L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:14
Feb 24, 2009 @ MIN W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21:15
Feb 21, 2009 vs PHX L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 16:20
Feb 19, 2009 @ SJS L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 17:10
Feb 18, 2009 @ ANA W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20:47
Feb 16, 2009 vs ATL L 6-7 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 5 1 19:47
Feb 14, 2009 vs EDM L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 4 2 21:10
Feb 12, 2009 vs CGY L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:44
Feb 10, 2009 @ NYI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18:01
Feb 7, 2009 @ NJD W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 20:27
Feb 5, 2009 @ WSH W 5-4 1 0 1 -1 2 1 1 20:12
Feb 3, 2009 @ OTT W 1-0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 19:24
Jan 31, 2009 @ MTL L 3-4 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 20:19
Jan 29, 2009 vs CHI W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 19:01
Jan 21, 2009 @ COL W 6-5 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 20:22
Jan 20, 2009 @ MIN W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 19:11
Jan 17, 2009 @ DAL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 21:21
Jan 15, 2009 vs DET L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:53
Jan 12, 2009 vs TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 17:42
Jan 10, 2009 vs NJD L 1-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 14:13
Jan 8, 2009 vs ANA W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 23:15
Jan 6, 2009 @ ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:59
Jan 3, 2009 vs PHI W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 23:22
Dec 29, 2008 vs CBJ L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 18:15
Dec 27, 2008 @ PHX W 4-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 22:48
Dec 26, 2008 vs PHX L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 19:20
Dec 23, 2008 @ CBJ W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19:07
Dec 20, 2008 @ DET L 4-6 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 18:44
Dec 19, 2008 @ BUF L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 16:08
Dec 17, 2008 vs NYR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 21:52
Dec 15, 2008 vs SJS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 22:41
Dec 13, 2008 vs MIN W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 19:36
Dec 11, 2008 vs STL W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:30
Dec 9, 2008 @ COL L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 16:05
Dec 6, 2008 vs CBJ W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 17:09
Dec 5, 2008 vs EDM L 4-5 (SO) 1 1 2 -1 0 3 0 16:26
Dec 2, 2008 @ PHX L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 19:11
Dec 1, 2008 vs TOR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 18:30
Nov 29, 2008 vs CHI W 5-2 0 2 2 2 2 0 2 18:00
Nov 26, 2008 @ EDM W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 16:34
Nov 25, 2008 @ CGY L 2-6 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 13:46
Nov 22, 2008 vs COL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 24:01
Nov 20, 2008 vs WSH W 5-2 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 20:18
Nov 16, 2008 @ ANA L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:36
Nov 15, 2008 vs NSH L 1-3 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 15:27
Nov 13, 2008 @ DAL W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 18:42
Nov 11, 2008 vs DAL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 18:02
Nov 8, 2008 vs STL W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 19:25
Nov 6, 2008 vs FLA W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 18:34
Nov 4, 2008 vs ANA L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 18:43
Nov 1, 2008 vs CGY L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 17:10
Oct 30, 2008 vs VAN L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:58
Oct 27, 2008 vs DET L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 20:31
Oct 25, 2008 @ NSH L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 17:59
Oct 24, 2008 @ STL W 4-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 18:34
Oct 20, 2008 vs COL L 3-4 0 1 1 -2 0 2 1 18:51
Oct 17, 2008 vs CAR W 4-3 (OT) 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 20:33
Oct 14, 2008 vs ANA W 6-3 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 18:18
Oct 12, 2008 vs SJS L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:30
Oct 11, 2008 @ SJS L 1-3 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 18:44