Filip Cuba

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Filip Cuba
Date of birth December 29, 1976
place of birth Ostrava , Czechoslovakia
size 196 cm
Weight 103 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1995 , 8th round, 192nd position
Florida Panthers
Career stations
until 1996 HC Vítkovice
1996-1997 Carolina Monarchs
1997-1998 Beast of New Haven
1998-2000 Florida panthers
2000-2006 Minnesota Wild
2006-2008 Tampa Bay Lightning
2008–2012 Ottawa Senators
2012 HC Vítkovice
2012-2013 Florida panthers

Filip Kuba (born December 29, 1976 in Ostrava , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Czech ice hockey player who played 867 games for the Florida Panthers , Minnesota Wild , Tampa Bay Lightning and Ottawa Senators in the National between 1994 and 2013 Hockey League on the position of defender . Cuba, who took part in the NHL All-Star Game in 2004, celebrated his greatest career success in the jersey of the Czech national team by winning the gold medal at the 2001 World Cup .

Career

Cuba in the jersey of the Ottawa Senators

During his junior years , Kuba played for HC Vitkovice , where he also began his professional career. In the 1995 NHL Entry Draft , he was selected by the Florida Panthers in the eighth round in 192nd position.

In 1996 he went to North America and initially played in the American Hockey League . He used his first year with the Carolina Monarchs to get used to the North American style of play. In the following season for Beast of New Haven , he drew attention to himself, so that he came to his first five appearances in the NHL with the Panthers in the 1998/99 season . Mostly he played this season for the Kentucky Thoroughblades in the AHL. The following season he spent for the most part with the Houston Eros in the International Hockey League and was occasionally used in the NHL. A move to the Calgary Flames had no effect on his career, as he was committed to the Minnesota Wild in the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft shortly thereafter . In Minnesota he made the move to become a regular. This time was also successful for him internationally. He took part in the 2001 and 2002 World Championships for his home country . In the NHL, his good performance was honored by participating in the 2004 NHL All-Star Game .

At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , he won the bronze medal with the Czech national team . After his contract expired in the summer of 2006, he signed a contract with Tampa Bay Lightning . With 15 goals, 22 assists and 37 points, he achieved his best so far in the 2006/07 season . In summer 2008, after two years in Tampa, he was transferred to the Ottawa Senators together with Alexandre Picard for Andrej Meszároš .

On July 1, 2012, he signed a two-year contract worth $ 8 million as a free agent with the Florida Panthers . Due to the lock-out at the beginning of the 2012/13 season, he initially returned to his home club. With the resumption of play in the NHL, he ran again for the Panthers. A year later, the Panthers bought themselves out of the existing contract, then Cuba ended his career.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1994/95 HC Vítkovice U20 U20 extra league 35 10 15th 25th - - - - -
1994/95 HC Vítkovice Extra league - - - - - 3 1 0 0 0 0
1995/96 HC Vítkovice Extra league 18th 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
1996/97 Carolina Monarchs AHL 51 0 12 12 38 - - - - -
1997/98 Beast of New Haven AHL 77 4th 13 17th 58 3 1 1 2 0
1998/99 Florida panthers NHL 5 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
1998/99 Kentucky Thoroughblades AHL 45 2 8th 10 33 10 0 1 1 4th
1999/00 Florida panthers NHL 13 1 5 6th 2 - - - - -
1999/00 Houston Eros IHL 27 3 6th 9 13 11 1 2 3 4th
2000/01 Minnesota Wild NHL 75 9 21st 30th 28 - - - - -
2001/02 Minnesota Wild NHL 62 5 19th 24 32 - - - - -
2002/03 Minnesota Wild NHL 78 8th 21st 29 29 18th 3 5 8th 24
2003/04 Minnesota Wild NHL 77 5 19th 24 44 - - - - -
2004/05 Minnesota Wild NHL not played because of lockout
2005/06 Minnesota Wild NHL 65 6th 19th 25th 44 - - - - -
2006/07 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 81 15th 22nd 37 36 6th 1 4th 5 4th
2007/08 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 75 6th 25th 31 40 - - - - -
2008/09 Ottawa Senators NHL 71 3 37 40 28 - - - - -
2009/10 Ottawa Senators NHL 53 3 25th 28 28 - - - - -
2010/11 Ottawa Senators NHL 64 2 14th 16 16 - - - - -
2011/12 Ottawa Senators NHL 73 6th 26th 32 26th 7th 0 2 2 10
2012/13 HC Vítkovice Steel Extra league 11 0 4th 4th 10 - - - - -
2012/13 Florida panthers NHL 44 1 9 10 24 - - - - -
Extraliga overall 29 0 5 5 12 3 0 0 0 0
AHL total 173 6th 33 39 129 13 1 2 3 4th
NHL overall 836 70 263 333 361 31 4th 11 15th 38

International

Represented the Czech Republic at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2001 Czech Republic WM 1st place, gold 9 1 1 2 8th
2002 Czech Republic WM 5th place 7th 0 3 3 18th
2006 Czech Republic Olympia 3rd place, bronze 8th 1 0 1 0
2008 Czech Republic WM 5th place 7th 1 2 3 4th
2010 Czech Republic Olympia 7th place 5 0 1 1 0
Men overall 36 3 7th 10 30th

( 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

Commons : Filip Cuba  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cuba signs two-year contract with Panthers. National Hockey League , July 1, 2012, accessed August 8, 2012 .
personal data
SURNAME Cuba, Filip
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Ostrava , Czechoslovakia