Valeri Bure

Valeri Bure tends to be remembered as Pavel's younger brother, but a decade in the NHL is no footnote. Skating as a right winger for Montreal, Calgary, Florida, St. Louis, and Dallas from 1995 to 2004, he carved out a real career across five franchises. At 180 cm he was undersized for the league, which makes me suspect he survived on speed, hockey IQ, and sheer competitive nerve rather than brute force. I have endless respect for athletes who last in such a punishing sport on craft alone. The Moscow-born winger built a life on grit, and he has carried that same drive into running a family winery in California.

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Name (English)

Valeri Bure

Name (Japanese)

ワレリー・ブレ

Reading

われりー・ぶれ

Born

June 13, 1974 (age 52)

Origin

Moscow, Soviet Union

Height

180 cm

Occupation

ice hockey player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Tiger

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeri%20Bure
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AF%E3%83%AC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%AC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q945734

Tags

• ice hockey player

Last updated

September 26, 2026

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