Jozef Stümpel

Jozef Stümpel (born 20 July 1972) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey centre. He played in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins, Los Angeles Kings, and Florida Panthers between 1992 and 2008. Internationally Stümpel played for the Slovak national team at several tournaments, including the 2002, 2006, and 2010 Winter Olympics, and eight World Championships, winning a gold in 2002.

Playing career Stümpel was selected in the second round, 40th overall, by the Boston Bruins in the 1991 NHL Entry draft, and immediately joined the Bruins organization. Prior to the 2004–05 NHL lockout season, Stümpel had played for only two clubs, the Bruins and the Los Angeles Kings. For the 2005–06 season, Stümpel joined the Florida Panthers.

Stümpel was placed on unconditional waivers on June 27, 2008, and Florida decided to buy out his contract.

On May 4, 2011, Stümpel moved from the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL)'s Dinamo Minsk to Spartak Moscow.

A long-time friend of Žigmund Pálffy since the beginning of their professional careers, they were often line-mates on the Slovak national team.

In season 2023/2024 he played three games for HC Levice, in 3rd ice hockey League in Slovakia.

Awards Boston Bruins' E.C. Dufresne Trophy as the best player on home ice in 1996–97

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1989–90 MHC Plastika Nitra SVK-2 38 12 11 23 — — — — — — 1990–91 AC/HC Nitra CSSR 49 23 22 45 14 — — — — — 1991–92 Kölner EC GER 33 19 18 37 35 4 1 1 2 0 1991–92 Boston Bruins NHL 4 1 0 1 0 — — — — — 1992–93 Boston Bruins NHL 13 1 3 4 4 — — — — — 1992–93 Providence Bruins AHL 56 31 61 92 26 6 4 4 8 0 1993–94 Boston Bruins NHL 59 8 15 23 14 13 1 7 8 4 1993–94 Providence Bruins AHL 17 5 12 17 4 — — — — — 1994–95 Kölner Haie DEL 25 16 23 39 18 — — — — — 1994–95 Boston Bruins NHL 44 5 13 18 8 5 0 0 0 0 1995–96 Boston Bruins NHL 76 18 36 54 14 5 1 2 3 0 1996–97 Boston Bruins NHL 78 21 55 76 14 — — — — — 1997–98 Los Angeles Kings NHL 77 21 58 79 53 4 1 2 3 2 1998–99 Los Angeles Kings NHL 64 13 21 34 10 — — — — — 1999–00 Los Angeles Kings NHL 57 17 41 58 10 4 0 4 4 8 2000–01 HC Slovan Bratislava SVK 9 2 4 6 16 — — — — — 2000–01 Los Angeles Kings NHL 63 16 39 55 14 13 3 5 8 10 2001–02 Los Angeles Kings NHL 9 1 4 5 4 — — — — — 2001–02 Boston Bruins NHL 72 7 46 53 14 6 0 2 2 0 2002–03 Boston Bruins NHL 78 14 37 51 12 5 0 2 2 0 2003–04 Los Angeles Kings NHL 64 8 29 37 16 — — — — — 2004–05 HC Slavia Praha CZE 52 13 26 39 39 7 4 2 6 10 2005–06 Florida Panthers NHL 74 15 37 52 26 — — — — — 2006–07 Florida Panthers NHL 73 23 34 57 22 — — — — — 2007–08 Florida Panthers NHL 52 7 13 20 10 — — — — — 2008–09 Barys Astana KHL 45 10 25 35 65 3 0 1 1 0 2009–10 Barys Astana KHL 54 13 39 52 26 3 1 0 1 0 2010–11 Dinamo Minsk KHL 45 12 16 28 14 7 0 5 5 4 2011–12 Spartak Moscow KHL 21 1 7 8 8 — — — — — 2011–12 HK Nitra SVK 2 0 2 2 0 — — — — — 2011–12 Kärpät FIN 18 1 8 9 2 9 2 5 7 6 2012–13 HK Nitra SVK 52 13 37 50 6 9 1 8 9 0 2013–14 HK Nitra SVK 54 16 51 67 12 16 4 11 15 16 2014–15 HK Nitra SVK 49 20 31 51 8 12 6 11 17 4 2015–16 HK Nitra SVK 40 2 17 19 10 — — — — — 2015–16 HC Dukla Trenčín SVK 7 2 2 4 0 5 0 0 0 2 2016–17 MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš SVK 46 5 12 17 12 — — — — — 2017–18 HK 96 Nitra SVK-3 — — — — — 2023–24 Slovak 3.liga HC Levice 3 1 1 2 -1 — — — — — SVK totals 259 60 156 216 64 42 11 30 41 22 NHL totals 957 196 481 677 245 55 6 24 30 24

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1990 Czechoslovakia EJC 6 1 3 4 4 1991 Czechoslovakia WJC 7 4 4 8 2 1996 Slovakia WCH 3 0 0 0 0 1997 Slovakia WC 8 2 1 3 4 1998 Slovakia WC 4 1 2 3 6 2002 Slovakia OLY 2 2 1 3 0 2002 Slovakia WC 3 0 1 1 4 2003 Slovakia WC 9 4 11 15 0 2004 Slovakia WCH 4 0 0 0 2 2004 Slovakia WC 9 1 2 3 2 2005 Slovakia WC 7 0 7 7 6 2006 Slovakia OLY 3 0 0 0 0 2010 Slovakia OLY 7 1 4 5 0 2011 Slovakia WC 6 2 1 3 2 2013 Slovakia WC 4 0 0 0 2 Junior totals 13 5 7 12 6 Senior totals 69 13 30 43 28 Source

Awards and honours Award Year Slovak Extraliga Playoffs MVP 2014