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Height
  
5 ft 10 in (178 cm)

Playing career
  
1986–2006

Career start
  
1985

Shot
  
Left

Name
  
Philippe Bozon

Career end
  
2006

National team
  
France

Role
  
Ice hockey player

Position
  
Winger

NHL Draft
  
Undrafted

Weight
  
87 kg


Philippe Bozon French National Team coach Philippe Bozon is not too happy

Born
  
November 30, 1966 (age 57) Chamonix, FRA (
1966-11-30
)

Played for
  
National Hockey League, St. Louis Blues

Similar People
  
Tim Bozon, Cristobal Huet, Stephane Da Costa, Antoine Roussel

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Philippe Bozon (born November 30, 1966) is a former French professional ice hockey player who played for the St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League (NHL) between the 1991-92 and 1994-95 seasons. He is the first of only six French-born and trained players to appear in the NHL, the other five being Cristobal Huet, Stéphane Da Costa, Antoine Roussel, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and Yohann Auvitu. He is currently the head coach for Boxers de Bordeaux of the Ligue Magnus.

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Playing career

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Bozon began his career playing for the St. Jean Beavers in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League followed by four years competing in his native France. Playing for the Grenoble Brûleurs de Loups, he won the French championship in 1991. He was then recruited by the Blues and was used as a defensive-minded forward and occasionally on the scoring line with Brett Hull. After his time with the Blues, Bozon played professionally in Germany and Switzerland. In Germany, his Adler Mannheim team won the league championship in 1997, 1998 and 1999.

International play

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In addition to his professional career, Bozon appeared internationally for France, for which he competed in four Olympic Games.

Post-playing career

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He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2008. On July 14, 2009, Bozon was named the head coach of the French national junior ice hockey team.

Family

Bozon is married to Hélène Barbier, who was an alpine skier. They have three children, sons Timothé and Kevin, and daughter Allison. Both Timothé and Kevin play hockey; Timothé is with the Springfield Thunderbirds of the American Hockey League and was selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, while Kevin is currently with the junior club of HC Lugano in Switzerland. Bozon's father, Alain Bozon, was also a hockey player, and was elected into the French Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 2012.

References

Philippe Bozon Wikipedia