Jakub Voráček

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Jakub Voráček
Date of birth August 15, 1989
place of birth Slaný , Czechoslovakia
Nickname Jake
size 185 cm
Weight 93 kg
position Right wing
number # 93
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2007 , 1st round, 7th position
Columbus Blue Jackets
Career stations
2002-2006 HC Rabat Kladno
2006-2008 Halifax Mooseheads
2008-2011 Columbus Blue Jackets
since 2011 Philadelphia Flyers
2012 HC Lev Prague

Jakub "Jake" Voráček (born August 15, 1989 in Slaný , Czechoslovakia ) is a Czech ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Philadelphia Flyers in the National Hockey League since June 2011 . The right winger previously spent three years with the Columbus Blue Jackets , who had selected him in seventh position in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft . With the Czech national team he won the gold medal at the 2010 World Cup .

Career

Voráček in the Halifax Mooseheads jersey

Jakub Voráček began his career in the junior teams of HC Kladno , which is known for its good youth work and has already produced NHL leaders such as Jaromír Jágr , Patrik Eliáš and Tomáš Kaberle . At the age of 15 he was already playing in Kladno's U18 team and outperformed teammates and opponents who were up to three years older. In the 2004/05 season Voráček reached more than one template per game and was appointed to the U16 national team. A short time later, he was appointed to the U17 team and was the youngest participant in the U17 “Four Nations” tournament. In the following season he was used in the U20 team of HC Kladno and scored 21 goals and 38 assists in 46 games in the U20 extra league. He also made his debut for the men's team of HC Kladno in the Czech extra league .

In the summer of 2006, Voráček was first selected by the Halifax Mooseheads in the CHL Import Draft . A short time later, he decided to move to North America and has since played very successfully in the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec . He was his team's top scorer in both the 2006/07 and 2007/08 seasons and won several league personal awards. In 2007 he also took part in the CHL Top Prospects Game, in which he scored a goal. Because of these achievements and his earlier appearances at international tournaments, he was selected ( drafted ) in the first round during the NHL Entry Draft 2007 by the Columbus Blue Jackets from the NHL in seventh place .

In the summer of 2008, Voráček made the jump into the NHL roster of the Blue Jackets and scored his first NHL goal in his first NHL game on October 10, 2008. On June 23, 2011 Voráček was transferred to the Philadelphia Flyers together with a first and third round suffrage in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft , the Blue Jackets received Jeff Carter in return .

Due to the NHL lockout, Voráček played between late September and December 2012 for HC Lev Prague in the Continental Hockey League . In the summer of 2015, the Czech signed a new eight-year contract in Philadelphia, which should earn him an average annual salary of $ 8.25 million.

International

Jakub Voráček has participated in four international title fights in the junior division: For the U18 and U20 national team , he took part in the U18 World Cup in 2006 and 2007 , as well as the U20 World Cup in 2007 and 2008 .

In 2010 Voráček made his debut in the men's national team and took part in the Euro Hockey Tour 2009/10 . He was also appointed to the squad for the 2010 World Cup , where he scored two assists in nine games and won the gold medal. He also took part in the 2014 Winter Olympics with the Czech Republic and led his country as captain at the 2015 World Cup . He was also in the Czech squad for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2002/03 HC Rabat Kladno U18-EL - - - - - 2 1 1 2 0
2003/04 HC Rabat Kladno U18-EL 52 30th 24 54 28 2 0 0 0 2
2004/05 HC Rabat Kladno U18-EL 30th 23 39 62 44 7th 5 4th 9 14th
2004/05 HC Rabat Kladno U20-EL 16 5 7th 12 6th 1 1 0 1 2
2005/06 HC Rabat Kladno U18-EL - - - - - 2 1 3 4th 31
2005/06 HC Rabat Kladno U20-EL 46 21st 38 59 54 6th 7th 4th 11 2
2005/06 HC Rabat Kladno EL (Cz) 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2006/07 Halifax Mooseheads LHJMQ 59 23 63 86 26th 12 7th 17th 24 6th
2007/08 Halifax Mooseheads LHJMQ 53 33 68 101 42 15th 5 13 18th 14th
2008/09 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 80 9 29 38 44 4th 0 1 1 8th
2009/10 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 81 16 34 50 26th - - - - -
2010/11 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 80 14th 32 46 26th - - - - -
2011/12 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 78 18th 31 49 32 11 2 8th 10 8th
2012/13 HC Lev Prague KHL 23 7th 13 20th 22nd - - - - -
2012/13 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 48 22nd 24 46 35 - - - - -
2013/14 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 82 23 39 62 22nd 7th 2 2 4th 4th
2014/15 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 82 22nd 59 81 78 - - - - -
2015/16 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 73 11 44 55 38 6th 1 0 1 4th
2016/17 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 82 20th 41 61 56 - - - - -
2017/18 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 82 20th 65 85 50 6th 0 3 3 6th
2018/19 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 78 20th 46 66 25th - - - - -
LHJMQ total 112 56 131 187 68 27 12 30th 42 20th
NHL overall 846 195 444 639 432 34 5 14th 19th 30th

International

Represented the Czech Republic at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2006 Czech Republic U18 World Cup 3rd place, bronze 7th 3 3 6th 6th
2007 Czech Republic U20 World Cup 5th place 6th 1 2 3 4th
2007 Czech Republic U18 World Cup 9th place 4th 1 2 3 2
2008 Czech Republic U20 World Cup 5th place 6th 0 6th 6th 4th
2010 Czech Republic WM 1st place, gold 9 0 2 2 6th
2011 Czech Republic WM 3rd place, bronze 9 1 2 3 2
2013 Czech Republic WM 7th place 8th 1 6th 7th 2
2014 Czech Republic Olympia 6th place 5 1 1 2 2
2015 Czech Republic WM 4th Place 10 3 7th 10 6th
2016 Czech Republic World cup 6th place 3 1 1 2 4th
2017 Czech Republic WM 7th place 8th 1 5 6th 6th
2019 Czech Republic WM 4th Place 10 4th 12 16 2
Juniors overall 23 5 13 18th 16
Men overall 62 12 36 48 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 : Jakub Voráček  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ nhl.com, Top playmaker Voracek scoring spot near top of 2007 Draft. Archived from the original on January 8, 2009 ; Retrieved April 23, 2014 .
  2. ↑ hockeysfuture.com, CHL announces participating players for the 2007 Home Hardware CHL / NHL Top Prosp
  3. ↑ worldjuniors2008.com, Leaving for Canada helped Jakub Voráček a lot ( Memento from December 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
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personal data
SURNAME Voráček, Jakub
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Voracek, Jakub; Voracek, Jake (anglicized spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH August 15, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Slaný , Czechoslovakia