David Kočí

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David Kočí
Date of birth May 12, 1981
place of birth Prague , Czechoslovakia
size 198 cm
Weight 108 kg
position Left wing
number # 28
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2000 , 5th lap, 146th position
Pittsburgh Penguins
Career stations
until 2000 HC Sparta Prague
2000-2001 Prince George Cougars
2001-2006 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
2006-2008 Chicago Blackhawks
2008 St. Louis Blues
2008-2009 Tampa Bay Lightning
2009-2011 Colorado Avalanche
since 2011 HC Sparta Prague

David Kočí (born May 12, 1981 in Prague , Czechoslovakia ) is a Czech ice hockey player on the position of left winger who has been under contract with HC Sparta Prague from the Czech extra league since October 2011 .

Career

Kočí was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2000 by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the fifth round at a total of 146th position. He spent the next five years with the Wheeling Nailers in the ECHL and the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins in the American Hockey League , the penguins' respective farm teams . For the pens, he did not play a single game in the National Hockey League . Before the 2006/07 season , he signed a contract with the Chicago Blackhawks . After he had played for a while with their farm team, the Norfolk Admirals in the AHL, he played his first NHL game on March 10, 2007 against the Phoenix Coyotes . On his debut, he was involved in three brawls and received a total of 42 penalty minutes. At the end of the season there were nine games for the Blackhawks on his account, in which he could not score but receive 88 penalty minutes.

The following season he was involved in a fight with Zdeno Chára of the Boston Bruins . Kočí had broken his nose shortly before and after the fight with Chára he had to sit out for two weeks due to an injury.

On July 1, 2008, the stocky Czech signed a one-year contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning . After just one game for the Lightning, he was waivered and signed by the St. Louis Blues . For the Blues he played four games and was again put on the waiver, only to be signed again by the Tampa Bay Lightning. On March 26, 2009, he scored his first goal in the NHL against the Montréal Canadiens . The puck was actually poked into the goal by a Canadian player, but due to the special rules in ice hockey, the goal was attributed to him.

On July 1, 2009 David Kočí signed a new one-year contract with the Colorado Avalanche , which was extended for another year before the start of the 2010/11 season .

In September 2011, he took part in the Winnipeg Jets training camp , but received no contract. In October 2011 he was signed for one season by his hometown club Sparta Prague. On May 21, 2012, his contract with HC Sparta Prague was extended for another year.

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league GP G A. Pts PIM GP G A. Pts PIM
2000-01 Prince George Cougars WHL 70 2 7th 9 155 6th 0 0 0 20th
2001-02 Wheeling Nailers ECHL 33 2 4th 6th 105 - - - - -
2001-02 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 26th 1 3 4th 98 - - - - -
2002-03 Wheeling Nailers ECHL 48 0 1 1 103 - - - - -
2002-03 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 9 0 0 0 4th - - - - -
2003-04 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 78 1 7th 8th 298 10 0 0 0 2
2004-05 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 68 1 9 10 311 - - - - -
2005-06 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 13 0 0 0 59 - - - - -
2006-07 Norfolk Admirals AHL 44 0 1 1 223 - - - - -
2006-07 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 9 0 0 0 88 - - - - -
2007-08 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 18th 0 0 0 68 - - - - -
2007-08 Rockford IceHogs AHL 7th 0 0 0 25th - - - - -
Norfolk Admirals AHL 21st 0 2 2 57 - - - - -
2008-09 St. Louis Blues NHL 4th 0 0 0 9 - - - - -
Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 33 1 1 2 132 - - - - -
2009-10 Colorado Avalanche NHL 43 1 0 1 84 - - - - -
2010-11 Colorado Avalanche NHL 35 1 0 1 80 - - - - -
2011-12 HC Sparta Prague Extra league 41 0 5 5 132 3 0 0 0 2
2012–13 HC Sparta Prague Extra league
Extraliga overall 41 0 5 5 132 3 0 0 0 2
ECHL total 81 2 5 7th 208 - - - - -
AHL total 266 3 21st 24 1075 10 0 0 0 24
NHL overall 142 3 1 4th 461 - - - - -

( 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 )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Avalanche.nhl.com, Colorado Signs David Koci. Retrieved June 10, 2011 .
  2. avalanche.nhl.com, Avalanche Signs Budaj, Koci. Retrieved June 10, 2011 .
  3. Obránce David Kočí zůstává ve saved! HC Sparta Prague , May 21, 2012, accessed July 31, 2012 (Czech).