Steve Bégin

Steve Bégin ( born June 14, 1978 in Trois- Rivières, Quebec ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who was most recently with the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League contract.

Career

Steve Bégin began his career as a hockey player in the Val- d'Or Foreurs, for he held until 1998 in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League was active from 1995 and with which he won the Coupe du Président 1998.

During this time he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1996 in the second round than a total of 40 players from the Calgary Flames, for he 1997/98, made ​​his debut in the National Hockey League at the end of the season. With Calgary's farm team, the Saint John Flames of the American Hockey League, Bégin won the Calder Cup and was awarded the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as most valuable player of the playoffs in the 2000 /01 season. After five years in Calgary Bégin was issued on 3 July 2003 along with Chris Drury in exchange for Steven Reinprecht and Rhett Warrener to the Buffalo Sabres, but already committed before the season of the Montreal Canadiens, for whom he played the following five and a half years. The only exception was the 2004/05 season, ran aground as the Canadians during the lockout for the Hamilton Bulldogs of the American Hockey League.

From the end of February 2009 was Bégin the NHL Dallas Stars club under contract, who committed him in exchange for Doug Janik. In July 2009, Bégin was taken by the Boston Bruins under contract, but received 2010, no contract extension. Due to an injury he initially found no new club before the Nashville Predators pledged him in mid-October. After the Canadians had an injury in 2011/12 exposed the season from the league, he has been committed for the following year game of the Calgary Flames.

Internationally

For Canada Bégin took part in the U20 World Youth Championship in 1998.

Awards and achievements

NHL stats

(End of season 2012/ 13)