Philippe Bozon (born November 30, 1966) is a former French professional

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player who played for the

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in the

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(NHL) between the 1991–92 and 1994-95 seasons. He is the first of only seven French-born and trained players to appear in the NHL, the other six being

Cristobal Huet Cristobal Huet (; born September 3, 1975) is a French- Swiss former professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently a goalie coach for Lausanne HC of the National League (NL). He previously played for HC Lugano and HC Fribourg-Gottéron and ...

, Stéphane Da Costa, Antoine Roussel, Pierre-Édouard Bellemare, Yohann Auvitu, and Alexandre Texier. He is currently the head coach for Boxers de Bordeaux of the

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. His international playing career was recognized with induction into the

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in 2008.

Playing career

Bozon began his career playing for the St. Jean Beavers in the

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followed by four years competing in his native France. Playing for the Grenoble Brûleurs de Loups, he won the French championship in 1991. He was then recruited by the

and was used as a defensive-minded forward and occasionally on the scoring line with

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. After his time with the Blues, Bozon played professionally in

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and Switzerland. In Germany, his Adler Mannheim team won the league championship in 1997, 1998 and 1999.

International career

In addition to his professional career, Bozon appeared internationally for

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, for which he competed in four

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. His international playing career was recognized with induction into the

in 2008. On July 14, 2009, Bozon was named the head coach of the French national junior ice hockey team.

Family

Bozon is married to Hélène Barbier, who was an

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. They have three children, sons Tim and Kevin, and daughter Allison. Both Tim and Kevin play professional hockey; Tim is with

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of the

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and was selected by the

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in the

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, while Kevin is currently with EHC Winterthur of the

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. Bozon's father,

Alain Bozon Alain Bozon (born 6 September 1939) is a French former professional ice hockey player and curler. Bozon captained the French national team in the 1960s and was inducted into the French Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 2012. Bozon also curled, he co ...

, was also a hockey player, and was elected into the

French Ice Hockey Hall of Fame The French Ice Hockey Hall of Fame, was founded in 2008 by the French Ice Hockey Federation, in the Communes of France, commune of Chamonix, on the occasion of the centenary of the French Championship.1966 births Living people Adler Mannheim players Brûleurs de Loups players Chamonix HC players France men's national ice hockey team coaches French expatriate ice hockey people French expatriate sportspeople in Canada French expatriate sportspeople in the United States French ice hockey coaches French ice hockey left wingers Genève-Servette HC players HC La Chaux-de-Fonds players HC Lugano players Ice hockey players at the 1988 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1992 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics IIHF Hall of Fame inductees Olympic ice hockey players for France Sportspeople from Chamonix Peoria Rivermen (IHL) players Saint-Jean Castors players St. Louis Blues players Undrafted National Hockey League players