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Derek Bekar

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Derek Bekar
Born (1975-09-15) September 15, 1975 (age 49)
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for
NHL draft 205th overall, 1995
St. Louis Blues
Playing career 1998–2010

Derek Bekar (born September 15, 1975) is a Canadian businessman and former professional ice hockey player. Bekar was born in Burnaby, British Columbia.

Playing career

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He played a total of 11 games for the St. Louis Blues, Los Angeles Kings, and the New York Islanders, scoring no points. He was drafted 205th overall by the Blues in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft. He also had spells in Switzerland's Nationalliga A for EHC Basel and in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany for the Hannover Scorpions and HK Acroni Jesenice of the Austrian Hockey League. He also played briefly in the United Kingdom, playing three games in the British National League with the Dundee Stars.

On February 1, 2009. he moved from Springfield Falcons, who play in the American Hockey League to Lausanne Hockey Club of the Nationalliga B, before finishing his professional career with HYS The Hague in the Netherlands.

Since March 2009 he has been a senior vice president at Glacial Energy.

Career statistics

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Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1992–93 Notre Dame Hounds AAA SMHL 29 25 24 49 68
1993–94 Notre Dame Hounds SJHL 62 20 31 51 77
1994–95 Powell River Paper Kings BCHL 46 33 29 62 35
1995–96 University of New Hampshire HE 34 15 18 33 4
1996–97 University of New Hampshire HE 39 18 21 39 34
1997–98 University of New Hampshire HE 35 32 28 60 46
1998–99 Worcester IceCats AHL 51 16 20 36 6 4 0 0 0 0
1999–2000 St. Louis Blues NHL 1 0 0 0 0
1999–2000 Worcester IceCats AHL 71 21 19 40 26 7 0 3 3 2
2000–01 Worcester IceCats AHL 18 5 2 7 10
2000–01 Portland Pirates AHL 58 19 16 35 49 3 0 0 0 0
2001–02 Manchester Monarchs AHL 74 27 20 47 42 5 1 4 5 2
2002–03 Los Angeles Kings NHL 6 0 0 0 4
2002–03 Manchester Monarchs AHL 51 19 19 38 49 3 0 0 0 2
2003–04 New York Islanders NHL 4 0 0 0 0
2003–04 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 76 24 11 35 57 3 2 2 4 0
2004–05 Dundee Stars GBR.2 3 2 1 3 4
2004–05 Springfield Falcons AHL 51 8 14 22 22
2005–06 EHC Basel NLA 10 5 2 7 8 5 2 3 5 0
2005–06 EHC Chur SUI.2 30 25 18 43 22
2006–07 Hannover Scorpions DEL 50 11 10 21 44 6 1 1 2 4
2007–08 HK Acroni Jesenice AUT 36 9 21 30 22 5 3 1 4 4
2007–08 HK Acroni Jesenice SVN 8 3 2 5 4
2008–09 Springfield Falcons AHL 40 9 5 14 12
2008–09 Lausanne HC SUI.2 9 2 10 12 4
2009–10 HYS The Hague NED 27 15 17 32 37 5 1 1 2 24
AHL totals 490 148 126 274 273 25 3 9 12 6
NHL totals 11 0 0 0 4

Awards and honors

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Award Year
All-Hockey East Rookie Team 1995–96
All-Hockey East Second Team 1997–98
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