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  Pavel Bure - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nicknamed The Russian Rocket for his blazing speed, Bure was picked 113th overall in the 6th round of the 1989 NHL Entry Draft by the Vancouver Canucks out of the Central Red Army.
Bure was awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy as rookie of the year for 1991-92.
On March 18, 2002, Bure was acquired by the New York Rangers along with Florida's 2nd round pick in the 2002 draft for Igor Ulanov, Filip Novak and the Rangers' 1st and 2nd round choices in the draft and a 4th round choice in the 2003 draft.
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 River Bure - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The River Bure (pronounced burr) is a river in the county of Norfolk, England, most of it in The Broads National Park.
The Bure rises near Aylsham which was the original head of navigation.
The Norfolk wherry used on the River Bure is the Bure wherry (54 ft. × 12 ft. 8 in.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/River_Bure   (173 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Bure Valley Railway
The Bure Valley Railway is a Heritage railway in Norfolk, within The Broads National Park.
Bure can be: River Bure - a river in England Bure - a Swedish investment company Bure - one of the 83 municipalities of Canton of Jura This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
The Bure Valley Railway opened in 1990, and a long distance footpath (rail trail) opened alongside it in 1991.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bure-Valley-Railway   (3082 words)

  
 Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Player -- Pavel Bure   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Pavel Bure, the Russian Rocket, developed quickly as a youngster in the Soviet Union, and when he arrived in the NHL he proved to be that rare and thrilling player a pure goal scorer.
Bure made his NHL debut with the Vancouver Canucks in 1991-92, and his 34 goals and 60 points made him an easy choice as winner of the Calder Trophy as the league's top rookie.
During the summer of 1999, Bure dedicated himself to strengthening the knee muscles that were so important to his high-flying game, and in his first full season with Florida he led the NHL with 58 goals, becoming the second man to win the Rocket Richard Trophy.
www.legendsofhockey.net:8080 /LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=10191   (1241 words)

  
 Bure's fourth hat trick of the season leads Panthers past Islanders, 4-2 - 3/19/00
Bure scored the first of his three goals with 1.4 seconds left in the period on a one-timer from the slot that got through Weekes' pads.
Bure admitted he was out for a long shift on the goal, but wasn't apologizing for it.
Bure, took seven shots in the second period, took two in the last period and scored the game-winner and the insurance goal.
www.detnews.com /2000/sports/0003/19/03190038.htm   (632 words)

  
 New York Rangers, Pavel Bure, National Hockey League, Toronto Maple Leafs - CBS SportsLine.com
Bure had two goals and an assist in his season debut, helping the Rangers break out of a two-game scoring slump with a 5-4 victory Tuesday night over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Bure had 12 goals and eight assists in 12 games for the Rangers last season after he was traded from Florida and already has three points this season.
Bure made it 4-2 with another power-play goal at 6:49 in the third, when he took a pass from Brian Leetch and scored a nearly identical goal -- putting the puck in while dropping to his left knee.
cbs.sportsline.com /nhl/gamecenter/recap/NHL_20021015_TOR@NYR   (967 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Bure to have knee surgery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Bure will have an operation to fix a posterior tear of the medial meniscus, the cartilage that serves as a shock absorber, team trainer Jim Ramsay said.
The 31-year-old Bure doesn't know exactly how or when he was injured but said that the knee started bothering him between the second and third periods of the Rangers' 2-1 overtime loss.
Bure played 5:51 in the third period, recording two of his three shots in the game and assisted on New York's only goal.
www.usatoday.com /sports/hockey/nhl/rangers/2002-09-25-bure-knee_x.htm   (467 words)

  
 CBC Sports: Rangers' Bure fails physical   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Pavel Bure's hockey career is in jeopardy after doctors deemed his injured knee isn't strong enough to allow him to withstand the rigors of the NHL.
Bure has eclipsed the 50-goal plateau in each of five seasons that he's played at least 70 games.
Bure has a $10 million US guaranteed contract for this season that is fully insured.
www.cbc.ca /pcgi-bin/templates/sportsView.cgi?/news/2003/09/11/Sports/burephysical0911   (447 words)

  
 CNN/SI - NHL Hockey - Bure scores twice in debut, leads Panthers past Islanders - Thursday January 21, 1999 01:34 AM
Bure's first goal of the night broke a 1-1 tie in the second period and was a classic.
Bure steamed down the center of the ice, split defenders Zdeno Chara and Scott Lachance, showed Potvin a backhander that put him down before beating him with a forehand at 7:39 to break a 1-1 tie.
Bure's first appearance of the season sparked a turnout from the media at the Nassau Coliseum that was about triple the normal amount.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /hockey/nhl/news/1999/01/20/panthers_islanders   (677 words)

  
 PAVEL BURE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
In the sixth round of the 1989 NHL Entry Draft, the 113th player taken overall, by the Vancouver Canucks was a young player named Pavel Bure from the Central Red Army in Russia.
Pavel Bure is the most electrifying hockey player as the world turns into the 21st century.
Bure is nicknamed the Russian Rocket because of his incredible speed.
www.angelfire.com /hi/fletch96/pavel.html   (501 words)

  
 ESPN.com: NHL - Bure fits right in on first day with Rangers
Bure, traded to New York from the Florida Panthers on Monday, participated in the Rangers' morning skate to get ready for the game against Vancouver.
Bure asked Rangers GM Glen Sather on Monday if he could wear No. 9, made famous by former Montreal Canadiens forward Maurice "Rocket" Richard.
Bure, often described as quiet and aloof, looked like an excited little boy as he was introduced by Sather.
espn.go.com /nhl/news/2002/0319/1354221.html   (755 words)

  
 Rangers' Bure will will have surgery - 12/9/02
Bure, 31, one of the NHL's most prolific scorers, doesn't know how long he'll be out.
Bure underwent a magnetic resonance imaging exam Saturday, and the Rangers placed him on injured reserve.
Bure was hurt Friday night in a 4-1 loss to Buffalo.
www.detnews.com /2002/wings/0212/09/d03-31131.htm   (209 words)

  
 ESPN.com: NHL - Panthers deal Bure to Rangers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Sather, who believes Bure is one of the "top four or five players in the league," has been involved in talks for the speedy right wing for about a month.
Bure, who will turn 31 on March 31, has two years left on a contract that will pay him $10 million per season, as well as an option in the 2004-05 season for $11 million.
Bure, expected to be at New York's skate Tuesday morning, likely will enjoy New York's large Russian community as well as the Rangers' proximity to a playoff spot.
espn.go.com /nhl/news/2002/0318/1353722.html   (765 words)

  
 RUSNET :: Encyclopedia :: B :: Bure, Pavel
Pavel Bure was drafted in the sixth round of the 1989 NHL Entry Draft, 113th overall, by the Vancouver Canucks.
Any doubts about Bure's ability to return to his style of explosive speed, all out recklessness and goal scoring clinics were answered in the 1997-98 season, as Bure teamed up with Mark Messier to score 51 times while tieing for 3rd over all in league scoring.
Bure, who had notified the Canucks he wished to be traded as early as the 1995-96 season, finally demanded a trade by sitting out the start of the 1998-99 season.
www.rusnet.nl /encyclo/b/bure.shtml   (920 words)

  
 ESPN.com: NHL - Panthers' Bure still fuzzy on return from 'headaches'
MIAMI -- Pavel Bure left a lot of doubt as to whether he'd be ready to play for Florida on Tuesday against Colorado, the Miami Herald reported in Monday's editions.
Bure has been out since Nov. 19 when Toronto's Darcy Tucker smashed him into the boards.
Bure suffered what initially was called a "headache." Since then, the Panthers came up with their own diagnosis.
espn.go.com /nhl/news/2001/1124/1283944.html   (222 words)

  
 Pavel Bure Fan Club News From August 1997   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Bure should be far easier to move, although the huge contract and his history of injuries would elicit cautious responses from other clubs.
It was his buddy Pavel Bure on the other end of the line and it looks like the unlikely twosome are going to be going their separate ways for the first time since the Russian Rocket joined the Vancouver Canucks in November of 1991.
Bure wasn't saying much Tuesday about a report that he's asked to be traded, the request apparently being made in a meeting with Canuck GM Pat Quinn.
www.pbfc.org /Oldnews/aug97/aug97.html   (7771 words)

  
 Knee has Bure's career in jeopardy
Bure underwent knee reconstructions in 1995 and 1999, and a July 30 examination by the Rangers' orthopedic surgeon revealed damage that may require more surgery.
It is not known if another operation will fix Bure's knee enough to support a game based on speed and the ability to change directions in a flash.
Bure came to the Rangers in a trade with the Florida Panthers on March 18, 2002.
www.recordonline.com /archive/2003/09/12/bureout.htm   (645 words)

  
 New York Daily News - Sports - Knee injury shelves Bure just two weeks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Bure is expected to begin off-ice rehabilitation within the next couple of days, be back on skates within a week and return to the Rangers' lineup in approximately two weeks.
Bure suffered the injury during Tuesday night's preseason game against the Devils when he got tangled up with Devil forwards Mike Danton and Turner Stevenson.
Bure has severely injured that same knee twice before, requiring reconstructive surgery in November 1995 and March 1999.
www.nydailynews.com /sports/story/22162p-21021c.html   (473 words)

  
 Bure does the trick
Bure recorded his 20th career hat trick when he scored his third goal of the night at with 1:54 remaining on a two-on-one break with Petr Nedved.
Bure put the Rangers ahead 2-1 with his 12th of the season at 9:17, converting a backhand shot from just outside the crease as he swooped in on Denis.
Bure's 13th goal of the season gave the Rangers a 3-1 lead at 19:37.
www.recordonline.com /archive/2002/12/04/rangwin.htm   (626 words)

  
 CBC Sports: Bure put on injured reserve   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Pavel Bure of the Florida Panthers was placed on injured reserve on Monday and will miss at least two games.
Bure, who led the NHL in goals scored last year, received a mild concussion when checked by Darcy Tucker in a 5-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Air Canada Centre on Nov. 19
Tucker sent Bure skyward with a clean bodycheck against the boards in the waning moments of the first period.
www.cbc.ca /cgi-bin/templates/sportsView.cgi?/news/2001/11/26/Sports/bure011126   (271 words)

  
 Sporting News, The: Bure's stunning recovery puts Panthers on the prowl - the Florida Panthers remain a threat in the ...
Bure actually signed a five-year, $47 million contract, but Torrey and G.M. Bryan Murray recommended it, even though the team reportedly was drowning in red ink.
Bure, who scored 60 goals twice and had 51 in 1997-98, clearly adds visibility to a team that was lucky to be.500.
Pavel Bure isn't the only player who struggled to stay in the lineup last season and who is a candidate for Comeback Player of the Year in the NHL.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1208/is_35_223/ai_55806042   (1387 words)

  
 New York Rangers, Pavel Bure, National Hockey League - CBS SportsLine.com
NEW YORK -- Rangers star Pavel Bure will have arthroscopic surgery this week to determine the extent of the injury to his left knee.
Bure underwent an MRI exam Saturday and the Rangers placed him on injured reserve.
Bure was hurt Friday night in the Rangers' 4-1 loss to Buffalo.
cbs.sportsline.com /nhl/story/5996052   (484 words)

  
 Pavel Bure Fan Club News for October 1999
Bure didn't participate in the morning skate, which was in accord with the new approach the Panthers are taking to the injury, now 9 days old.
Bure, whose first NHL season after four years with CSKA Moscow was in 1991-92 with Vancouver, was once quoted in the Moscow Times as saying it was difficult to respond to allegations.
Bure's bankshot was the Panthers' first offensive charge of the game, an opening-night energy rush reminiscent of his 13 goals in 11 games last year after coming over from Vancouver in a mid-season trade.
www.pbfc.org /Oldnews/oct99/oct99.html   (19004 words)

  
 Sporting News, The: Bure wants out, but who can afford to trade for him - Vancouver Canuck Pavel Bure wants to play for ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Bure, 27, is unquestionably the most exciting player Vancouver has had.
Bure made $5.5 million last season, but an escalator clause in his contract, tied to scoring 50 goals, raises his salary to an average of the top three forwards in the NHL--$8 million.
Bure can get lost in Washington and, remember, Capitals owner Abe Pollin is used to signing big-name stars such as Chris Webber and Juwan Howard in trying to win a championship with his NBA Wizards.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1208/is_n33_v222/ai_21076290   (722 words)

  
 New York Daily News - Hockey - Still waiting game for Bure, Leetch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
But unless Pavel Bure and Brian Leetch experience dramatic improvement in their achy joints, neither will rejoin the lineup for Alexei Kovalev's second Rangers debut tonight against the Florida Panthers.
Bure said the state of his twice-reconstructed right knee improved a great deal last week.
Bure said that even though he is resigned to the fact that his right knee will never be close to good as new, he has no plans to ask out of the rest of the season.
www.nydailynews.com /sports/hockey/story/59081p-55348c.html   (354 words)

  
 Pavel Bure
Strengths: Pavel Bure is a very rare talent: he can shoot the puck from anywhere, he has a magical stick-handling ability, and his aim is one of the best in the league.
It all started when Pavel was a little boy, and his father - Olympic swimming gold-medalist Vladimir Bure - took him to the rink to teach him how to skate.
At the 1989 NHL Entry Draft, Bure was selected only 113th overall, so he played another great season with CSKA before he was signed by the Vancouver Canucks.
www.geocities.com /e_ouzikov/bure.html   (535 words)

  
 JS Online: Rangers' Bure Out With Knee Injury
Sather was concerned with Bure's recent play and Bure responded that he was troubled by his knee.
Bure had torn cartilage in his left knee repaired on Dec. 16, 10 days after being injured in a loss at Buffalo.
Bure, who has played in six NHL All-Star games, missed the first three games of the season because of illness.
www.jsonline.com /sports/etc/ap/mar03/ap-hkn-rangers-bur031803.asp   (532 words)

  
 ASDS IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Plateau de Bure interferometer is an array of 5 15-m antennas operating between 80 and 115 GHz and also between 210 and 245 GHz.
While some commands are very specific to the IRAM instruments (particularly the Plateau de Bure Interferometer), most commands are quite general and may be used with any radiotelescope to plan observations for maximum efficiency.
Only the UV processing part is specific to the interferometer, however, so that many of the image display facilities can also be used for data from the 30-m telescope.
asds.stsci.edu /sites/IRAMPdeBure/IRAMPdeBure.html   (311 words)

  
 Business Wire: Annual General Meeting of Bure. @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Bure Health Care will be distributed to the shareholders and will be quoted on the O list of the OM Stockholm Exchange under a new name by 1 December according to a resolution passed by today's Annual General Meeting of Bure.
In addition to the distribution of Bure Health Care, a cash dividend of SEK 3 is paid, equivalent to SEK 327M.
The fact that senior executives in Bure Training and Education also acquire participations in their respective companies is very pleasing and secures strong involvement in the continued expansion of the Business Area," said Roger Holtback.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:61236449&refid=holomed_1   (648 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Books: Pavel Bure: The Riddle of the Russian Rocket   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
If you're looking as to why Pavel Bure appears to be such a "selfish little (...)" (as quoted by a certain Canadian famous hockey personality), then you should read this.
He's got his reasons like anyone else does, one of them being he grew up in the former Soviet Union and their media laws towards sports are very different from that of North Americas.
There is also some other notes on other current NHL stars like Alexander Mogilny, Sergei Fedorov, and also delves into the Bure brothers relationship with their father Vladimir-who is now estranged from the family for mysterious reasons not given.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/155054828X   (754 words)

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