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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 2009-10. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Antti Miettinen MIN · 42 P in 80 GP Brad Boyes STL · 42 P in 82 GP Jochen Hecht BUF · 42 P in 79 GP Brendan Morrison WSH · 42 P in 74 GP Mark Recchi BOS · 43 P in 81 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

2009-10 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
81 20 22 42 4 38 117 76 0.52 17.1 18:18

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 2009-10 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 10, 2010 vs EDM L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 0 3 2 19:41
Apr 8, 2010 vs PHX L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 19:43
Apr 6, 2010 @ ANA W 5-4 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 16:36
Apr 3, 2010 vs ANA L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21:02
Apr 1, 2010 vs VAN W 8-3 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 17:23
Mar 30, 2010 @ NSH W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:43
Mar 29, 2010 @ MIN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:03
Mar 27, 2010 vs DAL L 1-4 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 17:12
Mar 25, 2010 @ STL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:36
Mar 24, 2010 @ COL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:56
Mar 22, 2010 vs COL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 18:02
Mar 20, 2010 vs NYI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:22
Mar 18, 2010 vs CHI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:55
Mar 14, 2010 vs NSH L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 17:48
Mar 12, 2010 @ DAL W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19:23
Mar 10, 2010 @ CHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 19:55
Mar 8, 2010 vs CBJ W 6-0 1 1 2 2 0 3 1 19:19
Mar 6, 2010 vs MTL L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 17:05
Mar 4, 2010 @ NSH L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:19
Mar 2, 2010 @ DAL W 5-1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 17:59
Feb 13, 2010 vs COL W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 18:58
Feb 11, 2010 vs EDM L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 19:24
Feb 8, 2010 @ ANA L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:22
Feb 6, 2010 vs DET W 4-3 2 1 3 2 0 3 1 15:11
Feb 4, 2010 vs ANA W 6-4 1 2 3 0 0 5 0 15:57
Feb 2, 2010 vs NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17:32
Jan 31, 2010 @ NJD W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 16:45
Jan 30, 2010 @ BOS W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 21:38
Jan 28, 2010 @ CBJ W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:56
Jan 26, 2010 @ TOR W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 18:50
Jan 23, 2010 @ DET W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:23
Jan 21, 2010 vs BUF W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 16:39
Jan 19, 2010 vs SJS L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 17:30
Jan 16, 2010 vs BOS W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 21:49
Jan 14, 2010 vs ANA W 4-0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 21:41
Jan 11, 2010 vs SJS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 17:26
Jan 9, 2010 vs STL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 18:41
Jan 7, 2010 vs DET L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:44
Jan 4, 2010 @ SJS W 6-2 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 17:50
Jan 2, 2010 vs WSH W 2-1 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 18:48
Dec 31, 2009 @ MIN W 5-2 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 19:02
Dec 30, 2009 @ CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:18
Dec 28, 2009 vs MIN L 3-4 0 1 1 -2 0 4 0 18:21
Dec 26, 2009 @ PHX L 2-3 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 18:34
Dec 17, 2009 @ CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:54
Dec 15, 2009 @ EDM W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 18:44
Dec 14, 2009 @ VAN L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:06
Dec 12, 2009 vs DAL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 18:09
Dec 10, 2009 vs PHX W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 19:07
Dec 9, 2009 @ SJS W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 17:14
Dec 7, 2009 vs CGY W 2-1 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 17:49
Dec 5, 2009 vs STL L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 18:12
Dec 3, 2009 vs OTT W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 19:20
Dec 1, 2009 @ ANA W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 20:04
Nov 28, 2009 vs CHI W 2-1 (SO) 0 1 1 1 4 0 3 17:30
Nov 26, 2009 @ VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13:47
Nov 25, 2009 @ EDM W 3-1 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 15:11
Nov 21, 2009 vs CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 15:17
Nov 18, 2009 vs PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 19:08
Nov 16, 2009 @ FLA W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 18:58
Nov 14, 2009 @ TBL W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 21:42
Nov 13, 2009 @ ATL L 0-7 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 18:42
Nov 11, 2009 @ CAR W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 19:25
Nov 9, 2009 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 15:38
Nov 7, 2009 vs NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:52
Nov 5, 2009 vs PIT W 5-2 1 0 1 1 2 4 1 20:03
Nov 2, 2009 @ PHX W 5-3 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 16:31
Oct 29, 2009 vs VAN L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 22:24
Oct 28, 2009 @ SJS L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 17:25
Oct 25, 2009 vs CBJ W 6-2 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 18:22
Oct 24, 2009 @ PHX W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:59
Oct 22, 2009 vs DAL W 5-4 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 3 3 23:00
Oct 19, 2009 @ DAL W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 15:30
Oct 17, 2009 @ CBJ L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 19:52
Oct 15, 2009 @ DET L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 20:37
Oct 14, 2009 @ NYR L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 16:32
Oct 12, 2009 @ NYI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:02
Oct 10, 2009 @ STL W 2-1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 20:24
Oct 8, 2009 vs MIN W 6-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 20:41
Oct 6, 2009 vs SJS W 6-4 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 20:52
Oct 3, 2009 vs PHX L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:31