Aleš Kotalík

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Aleš Kotalík
Date of birth December 23, 1978
place of birth Jindřichův Hradec , Czechoslovakia
size 185 cm
Weight 103 kg
position wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1998 , 6th round, 164th position
Buffalo Sabers
Career stations
until 1997 HC České Budějovice
1997-1998 HC Hamé Zlín
1998-2001 HC České Budějovice
2001-2002 Rochester Americans
2002-2008 Buffalo Sabers
2004-2005 Bílí Tygři Liberec
2008-2009 Edmonton Oilers
2009-2010 New York Rangers
2010-2011 Calgary Flames
2011-2014 HC České Budějovice

Aleš Kotalík (born December 23, 1978 in Jindřichův Hradec , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Czech ice hockey player and current coach who played 576 games for the Buffalo Sabers , Edmonton Oilers , New York Rangers and in the course of his active career between 1997 and 2014 Calgary Flames has played in the National Hockey League on the position of winger . Since October 2017 he has been working as an assistant coach at his home club HC České Budějovice in the Czech Extraliga , where he ended his playing career.

Career

Aleš Kotalík comes from the offspring of HC České Budějovice and played for this club for many years - first in the U18 extra league, then in the U20 extra league and later with the professionals in the extra league . This loyalty to the club was interrupted by a season at HC Hamé Zlín and five games for HC Vajgar Jindřichův Hradec from his hometown. The trained winger and right-handed shooter was finally selected in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft by the Buffalo Sabers from the National Hockey League in the sixth round in 164th place.

For the 2001/02 season , Kotalík was brought to North America by the Sabers to play for their farm team , the Rochester Americans , in the American Hockey League . On November 12, 2001 he stepped on the ice for the first time in the NHL and was able to contribute an assist to the 5-3 victory over the Florida Panthers . In the same season he completed a total of 13 games in the NHL and reached four scorer points . On March 19, 2002 he was able to achieve his first NHL goal in the game against the Ottawa Senators .

In the following season , the Czech was able to establish himself in the Sabers team and completed 68 games. He finished the season with the team's second-highest scorer and was the fourth-best rookie in the entire NHL with 35 points. He was also named NHL Rookie of the Month in January 2003 . In his third NHL year he came to 62 games, in which he scored 15 goals and prepared another 21. During the lockout in the 2004/05 NHL season , Aleš Kotalík played in his home country for the Czech club Bílí Tygři Liberec in the Extraliga, but returned to Buffalo for the 2005/06 season , where he had his most productive season with 25 goals and 37 assists reached. It was followed by three more playing years with the Buffalo Sabers, before he was given in March 2009 shortly before the expiry of his three-year contract in exchange for a second-round vote in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft to the Edmonton Oilers .

The striker only played 19 games for the Oilers, as both parties could not agree on an extension of the employment relationship in the summer. The free agent signed instead a new three-year contract with the New York Rangers . However, Kotalík could not meet the expectations placed in him until February 2010 and was therefore transferred to the Calgary Flames together with Christopher Higgins . In return, the Rangers received Brandon Prust and Olli Jokinen . The attacker did not find a sporting home in Calgary either. On June 25, 2011, the Flames gave him together with Robyn Regehr and a second-round vote in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft in exchange for Chris Butler and Paul Byron to the Buffalo Sabers. After he could not earn a place for the NHL squad of his ex-tram in the training camp, he moved to his home club HC České Budějovice in the Czech extra league for the 2011/12 season .

There Kotalík completed three more seasons, the last of which after the sale of the Extraliga license in the spring of 2013 in the second-rate first division , before he ended his active career. As a result, the Czech remained loyal to his home club. He first worked as an assistant to the general manager in the 2016/17 season , then he became the assistant coach of the second division team at the beginning of the 2017/18 season.

International

For his home country Kotalík played for the first time as part of the Junior World Championship in 1998 , where he finished fourth with the team. For the men's selection , the striker came for the first time in the 2000/01 season as part of the Euro Hockey Tour . In February 2006 he was part of the Czech squad at the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy . There he won the bronze medal with the team after having played four tournaments. He also played at the 2008 and 2009 World Championships . His last appearances for his home country were on the Euro Hockey Tour in the 2011/12 season .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1993/94 HC České Budějovice U18 extra league 28 12 12 24 - - - - -
1994/95 HC České Budějovice U18 extra league 36 26th 17th 43 - - - - -
1995/96 HC České Budějovice U20 extra league 28 6th 7th 13 - - - - -
1996/97 HC České Budějovice U20 extra league 36 15th 16 31 24 - - - - -
1997/98 HC Hamé Zlín Extra league 47 9 7th 16 10 - - - - -
1998/99 HC České Budějovice Extra league 41 8th 13 21st 16 3 0 0 0 0
1999/00 HC České Budějovice Extra league 43 7th 12 19th 34 3 0 1 1 6th
1999/00 HC Vajgar Jindřichův Hradec 1st League 2 2 2 4th 2 3 1 0 1 1 2
2000/01 HC České Budějovice Extra league 52 19th 29 48 54 - - - - -
2001/02 Rochester Americans AHL 68 18th 25th 43 55 1 0 0 0 0
2001/02 Buffalo Sabers NHL 13 1 3 4th 2 - - - - -
2002/03 Rochester Americans AHL 8th 0 2 2 4th - - - - -
2002/03 Buffalo Sabers NHL 68 21st 14th 35 30th - - - - -
2003/04 Buffalo Sabers NHL 62 15th 11 26th 41 - - - - -
2004/05 Bílí Tygři Liberec Extra league 25th 8th 8th 16 46 12 2 5 7th 12
2005/06 Buffalo Sabers NHL 82 25th 37 62 62 18th 4th 7th 11 8th
2006/07 Buffalo Sabers NHL 66 16 22nd 38 46 16 2 2 4th 8th
2007/08 Buffalo Sabers NHL 79 23 20th 43 58 - - - - -
2008/09 Buffalo Sabers NHL 56 13 19th 32 28 - - - - -
2008/09 Edmonton Oilers NHL 19th 7th 4th 11 6th - - - - -
2009/10 New York Rangers NHL 45 8th 14th 22nd 38 - - - - -
2009/10 Calgary Flames NHL 26th 3 2 5 29 - - - - -
2010/11 Calgary Flames NHL 26th 4th 2 6th 8th - - - - -
2010/11 Abbotsford Heat AHL 25th 6th 16 22nd 10 - - - - -
2011/12 HC České Budějovice Extra league 30th 8th 16 24 20th 5 1 3 4th 0
2012/13 HC České Budějovice Extra league 51 14th 22nd 36 70 5 0 1 1 16
2013/14 HC České Budějovice 1st League 51 16 15th 31 38 2 1 1 1 2 4th
U18 extra league overall 64 38 29 67 - - - - -
U20 extra league overall 64 21st 23 44 - - - - -
1st league overall 53 18th 17th 35 40 5 1 3 1 4th 8th
Extraliga overall 285 72 106 178 254 28 3 10 13 34
AHL total 101 24 43 67 69 1 0 0 0 0
NHL overall 542 136 148 284 348 34 6th 9 15th 16

International

Represented the Czech Republic at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1998 Czech Republic June World Cup 4th Place 7th 3 1 4th 0
2006 Czech Republic Olympia 3rd place, bronze 4th 0 0 0 0
2008 Czech Republic WM 5th place 7th 5 2 7th 0
2009 Czech Republic WM 6th place 7th 2 1 3 4th
Juniors overall 7th 3 1 4th 0
Men overall 18th 7th 3 10 4th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Kotalík, Aleš
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kotalik, ales
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech ice hockey player, coach and official
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Jindřichův Hradec , Czechoslovakia