What is Steve Bégin?
{{Infobox ice hockey player | image = 130205 Steve Begin Flames.png | image_size = 230px | team=[[Calgary Flames]] | league = [[National Hockey League|NHL]] | position = [[Centre (ice hockey)|Centre]] | shoots = Left | former_teams =[[Nashville Predators]]<br>[[Montreal Canadiens]]<br>[[Dallas Stars]]<br>[[Boston Bruins]] | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lb = 195 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1978|6|14}} | birth_place = [[Trois-Rivières]], [[Quebec|QC]], [[Canada|CAN]] | draft = 40th overall | draft_year = 1996 | draft_team = [[Calgary Flames]] | career_start = 1997 | career_end = 2013 }} '''Stéphan Bégin''' ({{IPA-fr|<!--first name in French: /stiv/, /stɛv/ or /stev/ ?-->beʒɛ̃}}); born June 14, 1978) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[ice hockey]] player. He played [[Centre (ice hockey)|center]] for the [[Calgary Flames]] of the [[National Hockey League]]. He also played for the [[Nashville Predators]], [[Montreal Canadiens]], [[Dallas Stars]], and [[Boston Bruins]]. == Biography == At the age of six, Bégin started his hockey career in the minor hockey leagues. He and his friend Sébastien Hubert played together in MAHG ({{lang|fr|méthode d’apprentissage de hockey sur glace}}). Gilles Bégin, his father, did not want to buy new hockey gear so he started with girl skates. Since his first hockey game, Bégin knew he wanted to play in the NHL. After two good seasons in MAHG where he was the best player on the ice, his class was novice. At nine years old, in his second season in novice category, Bégin ended the season with over 120 nets. The next year, he made the atom AA without difficulties. It was believed that he was too small to play AA but Bégin heard this and he started to change his style; he became more aggressive. In his second atom season, even if he was the smallest player, he was the one who protected the other kids. Bégin continued his ascension to the NHL in playing pee-wee CC for his first year in this category and AA the second year. Bégin was a complete athlete; he was a hockey playe