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Ivan Boldirev

Boldirev turned pro in 1969 and spent his entire first season with Boston's CHL affiliate in Oklahoma City.

Ivan Boldirev (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Болдирев; born August 15, 1949 in Zrenjanin, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia (now Serbia) and raised in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario) is a retired Serbian-Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played 15 seasons in the NHL from 1970 through 1985.

Born in Zrenjanin, Yugoslavia, Boldirev's family emigrated to Canada when he was 2.



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