Vladimír Búřil


Vladimír Búřil is a Slovak former professional ice hockey player. Buril played with HC Slovan Bratislava in the Slovak Extraliga. Buril retired after the 2009–10 season. He is an uncle of a Canadian ice dancer, Andrew Poje.

Playing career

Buril turned professional in 1998 with HC Slovan Bratislava. He would play eleven seasons in total with Slovan Bratislava during his career. In 1994, Buril transferred to France to play for Bordeaux for two seasons. He then returned to Slovan Bratislava, where he played until the 2000/01 season, when he was transferred to EC Wilhelmshaven-Stickhausen of the Germany 2 league for the season. Buril played three further seasons in the Germany2 league, for Heilbronner Falken. Buril returned to the Slovakian league in 2004 to play for MsHK Zilina. 2005/06 was with Székesfehérvár of the IEL, then back to Zilina in 06/07 before being transferred to Podhale Nowy Targ of Poland, which won the Polish championship. In 2007/08, Buril joined the Polish TKH Torun team, but was transferred mid-season to Cracovia Krakow where he was for the second time a member of a Polish championship squad. Buril returned to TKH Torun in 2008 for two further seasons.
Buril played internationally for Czechoslovakia in the 1989 World Junior championship. He played for Slovakia in the 1994 Winter Olympics.