Marco Sturm

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Position	Left/Right Wing
Shoots	Left
Nickname	Sturmy
Height Weight	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 194 lb (88 kg)
NHL Team F. Teams	Boston Bruins San Jose Sharks
Nationality	Germany
Born	September 8, 1978, Dingolfing, GER
NHL Draft	21st overall, 1996 San Jose Sharks
Pro Career	1997 – present

Marco Sturm (born September 8, 1978 in Dingolfing, Germany) is a professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League.

A notoriously strong skater, he is often referred to as "the fastest German on ice" or the "blitzkrieg". In the 1999 All-star game, Marco Sturm had the second best time to Peter Bondra in the fastest skater competition.

He was drafted by the San Jose Sharks 1st round (21st overall) in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. He was then traded to the Boston Bruins on 30 November 2005 with Brad Stuart and Wayne Primeau for Joe Thornton.

He started his career playing in the Deutsche Eishockey-Liga "DEL" with EV Landshut.

Sturm was to be the captain of Germany's men's ice hockey team at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy, but pulled out days before leaving for Italy due to an unspecified upper-body injury.

Sturm is currently the most prolific career scorer to come out of the 1996 NHL Entry Draft, despite relatively modest career totals.

1 Personal
2 Contract
3 Stats
4 External links

[edit] Personal

Marco Sturm is married with two children, son Mason Joseph and daughter Kaydie.

[edit] Contract

For the 2006-07 season, Sturm is in the second year of a two-year, US$4 million contract.

On February 24, 2007, Sturm agreed to a multi-year contract extension. [1]

[edit] Stats

Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1995/96	EV Landshut	DEL	47	12	20	32	50	11	1	3	4	18
1996/97	EV Landshut	DEL	46	16	27	43	40	7	1	4	5	6
1997/98	San Jose Sharks	NHL	74	10	20	30	40	2	0	0	0	0
1998/99	San Jose Sharks	NHL	78	16	22	38	52	6	2	2	4	4
1999/00	San Jose Sharks	NHL	74	12	15	27	22	12	1	3	4	6
2000/01	San Jose Sharks	NHL	81	14	18	32	28	6	0	2	2	0
2001/02	San Jose Sharks	NHL	77	21	20	41	32	12	3	2	5	2
2002/03	San Jose Sharks	NHL	82	28	20	48	16	xx	xx	xx	xx	xx
2003/04	San Jose Sharks	NHL	64	21	20	41	36	xx	xx	xx	xx	xx
2004/05	ERC Ingolstadt	DEL	45	22	16	38	56	11	3	4	7	12
2005/06	San Jose Sharks	NHL	23	6	10	16	16	xx	xx	xx	xx	xx
2005/06	Boston Bruins	NHL	51	23	20	43	32	xx	xx	xx	xx	xx
NHL		Totals	604	151	165	316	274	38	6	9	15	12
DEL		Totals	138	40	63	103	146	29	5	11	16	36