Derek Bekar

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Derek Bekar
Born (1975-09-15) September 15, 1975 (age 49)
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for
NHL draft 205th overall, 1995
St. Louis Blues
Playing career 19982010

Derek Bekar (born September 15, 1975) is a Canadian businessman and former professional ice hockey player. Bekar was born in Burnaby, British Columbia.

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Playing career

He played a total of 11 games for the St. Louis Blues, Los Angeles Kings, and the New York Islanders, scoring no points. He was drafted 205th overall by the Blues in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft. He also had spells in Switzerland's Nationalliga A for EHC Basel and in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany for the Hannover Scorpions and HK Acroni Jesenice of the Austrian Hockey League. He also played briefly in the United Kingdom, playing three games in the British National League with the Dundee Stars.

On February 1, 2009. he moved from Springfield Falcons, who play in the American Hockey League to Lausanne Hockey Club of the Nationalliga B, before finishing his professional career with HYS The Hague in the Netherlands.

Since March 2009 he has been a senior vice president at Glacial Energy.

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1992–93Notre Dame Hounds AAA SMHL 2925244968
1993–94 Notre Dame Hounds SJHL 6220315177
1994–95 Powell River Paper Kings BCHL 4633296235
1995–96 University of New Hampshire HE 341518334
1996–97 University of New HampshireHE3918213934
1997–98 University of New HampshireHE3532286046
1998–99 Worcester IceCats AHL 51162036640000
1999–2000 St. Louis Blues NHL 10000
1999–2000 Worcester IceCatsAHL712119402670332
2000–01 Worcester IceCatsAHL1852710
2000–01 Portland Pirates AHL581916354930000
2001–02 Manchester Monarchs AHL742720474251452
2002–03 Los Angeles Kings NHL60004
2002–03 Manchester MonarchsAHL511919384930002
2003–04 New York Islanders NHL40000
2003–04 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL762411355732240
2004–05 Dundee Stars GBR.2 32134
2004–05 Springfield Falcons AHL518142222
2005–06 EHC Basel NLA 10527852350
2005–06 EHC Chur SUI.2 3025184322
2006–07 Hannover Scorpions DEL 501110214461124
2007–08 HK Acroni Jesenice AUT 36921302253144
2007–08 HK Acroni Jesenice SVN 83254
2008–09 Springfield FalconsAHL40951412
2008–09 Lausanne HC SUI.29210124
2009–10 HYS The Hague NED 2715173237511224
AHL totals4901481262742732539126
NHL totals110004

Awards and honors

AwardYear
All-Hockey East Rookie Team 1995–96
All-Hockey East Second Team 1997–98