Stu Barnes
Douglas Stuart " Stu " Barnes ( born December 25, 1970 in Spruce Grove, Alberta ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player and current coach. During his career he played for the Winnipeg Jets, Florida Panthers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Buffalo Sabres and Dallas Stars in the National Hockey League. He is currently the Dallas Stars assistant coach under head coach Marc Crawford.
Together with NHL goalie Olaf Kolzig, he is also co-owner of Tri -City Americans of the Western Hockey League, for which both played in front of their NHL career.
Career
After Barnes had played in the Western Hockey League with the New Westminster Bruins and Tri -City Americans for three years between 1987 and 1990, he joined season 1990/91 to the Canadian National Team. Previously, he had been already selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1989 at the fourth overall position of the Winnipeg Jets.
For the Jets, the Canadian was in the 1991/92 season his debut in the NHL and this remained until the 1993/94 season into loyal, before he was transferred to the Florida Panthers. There he stood in the 1996 Stanley Cup final, which was, however, lost to the Colorado Avalanche with a sweep. In the following season he moved to the Pittsburgh Penguins. After three years there, he was replaced in the 1998/99 season for Matthew Barnaby to the Buffalo Sabres. Then he put in the same season again in the Stanley Cup finals, where Buffalo had to be beaten but the Dallas Stars in six games. After he was appointed in 2001 to the captain of the team, he switched to the 2002/03 season to the Dallas Stars. There he plays since then, serving as an assistant captain, when one of the regular assistant Mike Modano, Sergei Zubov or missing. In summer 2007, he signed a one-year contract to an estimated $ 900,000 annual salary. After his last year he ended his career and took an assistant coaching position with the stars at.
Despite being a large dots or was never Goals producer, Barnes brings it over and over again on a constant number of operations in his teams because he is a good defensive player and bully specialist.