Marco Sturm

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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.

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Contract

Sturm is in the first year of a two-year, US$4 million contract.

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Stats

Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1995/96	EV Landshut	DEL	47	12	20	32	50	xx	xx	xx	xx	xx
1996/97	EV Landshut	DEL	46	16	27	43	40	xx	xx	xx	xx	xx
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	xx	xx	xx	xx	xx	xx	xx	xx	xx	xx
2005/06	San Jose Sharks	NHL	23	6	10	16	16	xx	xx	xx	xx	xx
2005/06	Boston Bruins	NHL	16	7	7	14	12	xx	xx	xx	xx	xx
NHL		Totals	530	122	135	257	226	38	6	9	15	12