Jozef Stümpel (born 20 July 1972) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey centre. He played in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins, Los Angeles Kings, and Florida Panthers between 1992 and 2008. Internationally Stümpel played for the Slovak national team at several tournaments, including the 2002, 2006, and 2010 Winter Olympics, and eight World Championships, winning a gold in 2002. Playing career Stümpel was selected in the second round, 40th overall, by the Boston Bruins in the 1991 NHL Entry draft, and immediately joined the Bruins organization. Prior to the 2004–05 NHL lockout season, Stümpel had played for only two clubs, the Bruins and the Los Angeles Kings. For the 2005–06 season, Stümpel joined the Florida Panthers. Stümpel was placed on unconditional waivers on June 27, 2008, and Florida decided to buy out his contract. On May 4, 2011, Stümpel moved from the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL)'s Dinamo Minsk to Spartak Moscow. A long-time friend of Žigmund Pálffy since the beginning of their professional careers, they were often line-mates on the Slovak national team. Awards Boston Bruins' E.C. Dufresne Trophy as the best player on home ice in 1996–97 Career statistics Regular season and playoffs International Source Awards and honours See also Slovaks in the NHL References External links 1972 births Living people Barys Nur-Sultan players Boston Bruins draft picks Boston Bruins players Florida Panthers players HC Dinamo Minsk players HC Slovan Bratislava players HC Spartak Moscow players HK Dukla Trenčín players HK Nitra players Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics Kölner Haie players Los Angeles Kings players MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš players Olympic ice hockey players of Slovakia Oulun Kärpät players Providence Bruins players Sportspeople from Nitra Slovak ice hockey centres Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in Germany Czechoslovak expatriate ice hockey people Czechoslovak ice hockey centres Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Germany Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Russia Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in the Czech Republic Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Belarus Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Finland Expatriate ice hockey players in Belarus Expatriate ice hockey players in Kazakhstan