Jiří Šlégr (; born 30 May 1971) is a Czech former professional

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, and was a member of the 2001–02 Detroit Red Wings Stanley Cup championship team after being acquired in a late-season trade. Šlégr was inducted into the

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on December 12, 2019. In 2010, Šlégr, a candidate of the

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, was elected into the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic.

Playing career

Šlégr was drafted 23rd overall by the

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in the

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. Šlégr played parts of three seasons with the Canucks, before being traded to the

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for

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, where he played for parts of two seasons. He spent the 1996–97 season playing in

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in Sweden. He then returned to the

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, where he had been traded to the

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for a 3rd round draft pick, and played three and a half seasons there, wearing number 71 that would later be more associated with

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. In January 2001, he was traded to the

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for a 3rd round draft pick. Atlanta traded Šlégr to the

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for Yuri Butsayev and a 3rd round draft pick in March 2002 and won the Stanley Cup with the Red Wings that season. He signed as a free agent with Vancouver in September 2003, but was traded to the

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in January 2004 for a conditional pick after falling out of favor with

coach Marc Crawford. Šlégr spent the

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season with

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in the

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before returning to the

for the 2005–06 season. After leaving the NHL, Šlégr returned to the Czech Republic to play for HC Litvínov, and for

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of the NLA during the 2007 playoffs.

International play

Šlégr won a gold medal in the 2005 World Championships and

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for the

, and a bronze medal in the

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Olympics for

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. Along with the Stanley Cup he won with the Detroit Red Wings in

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, Šlégr won all three major trophies in ice-hockey, gaining entry to the prestigious

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Political career

In the

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, Šlégr was elected into the

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as a candidate of the

in the Ústecký kraj, a region in northern Bohemia. Although the Social Democrats won the elections, they found themselves isolated and a right-wing government led by

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was formed instead, forcing the Social Democratic Chairman, Jiří Paroubek, to resign. Šlégr, loyal to Paroubek, followed the former chairman in 2011 when he left the Social Democrats and founded a new party, the

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. Since he had refused to resign, Šlégr remained in the Parliament as an unaffiliated MP. Šlégr announced on June 14, 2013 that he was "going back to the clean environment among athletes" and stepped down from his position.

Personal life

He is the estranged son of former

defenceman

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. He legally changed his surname from Bubla to his stepfather's surname of Šlégr as a child. Šlégr was married 15 years with Kateřina Šlégrová. The couple split in November 2010 and divorced in February 2013. Šlégr married

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in May, 2015.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Slegr, Jiri 1971 births Living people Atlanta Thrashers players Avangard Omsk players Boston Bruins players Cape Breton Oilers players Czech ice hockey defencemen Czech Social Democratic Party MPs Czechoslovak ice hockey defencemen Detroit Red Wings players Edmonton Oilers players Expatriate ice hockey players in Russia Hamilton Canucks players HC Litvínov players Ice hockey players at the 1992 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Czechoslovakia Olympic gold medalists for the Czech Republic Olympic ice hockey players of Czechoslovakia Olympic ice hockey players of the Czech Republic Olympic medalists in ice hockey Sportspeople from Jihlava Pittsburgh Penguins players Södertälje SK players Stanley Cup champions Triple Gold Club Vancouver Canucks draft picks Vancouver Canucks players Members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic (2010–2013)