Jaroslav Pouzar
Date of birth | January 23, 1952 |
place of birth | Čakov , Czechoslovakia |
position | striker |
number | # 24 |
Draft | |
NHL Entry Draft |
1982 , 4th lap, 83rd position Edmonton Oilers |
Career stations | |
1970-1982 | Motor České Budějovice |
1982-1985 | Edmonton Oilers |
1985-1987 | ECD Iserlohn |
1987-1990 | SB Rosenheim |
1990-1991 | Augsburg EV |
1991-1992 | SB Rosenheim |
Jaroslav Pouzar (born January 23, 1952 in Čakov , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Czechoslovak ice hockey player .
Career
Jaroslav Pouzar played for Motor České Budějovice in the first twelve years of his career in Czechoslovakia . During this time he was appointed six times in the World Cup , twice in the Olympics and also twice in the Canada Cup squad of the Czechoslovak national team. He made a total of 186 internationals and won the Olympic silver medal with Czechoslovakia in 1976 , as well as world and European champions in 1976 and 1977 . Only in the NHL Entry Draft 1982 he was drawn in the fourth round in a total of 83rd place by the Edmonton Oilers . In its first three years there, Edmonton won the Stanley Cup twice ( 1984 , 1985 ) . He was the first Czech Stanley Cup winner .
For the 1985/86 season , the then Bundesliga club ECD Iserlohn signed him . After his second year in the Sauerland , he went back to Edmonton for the finals and play-offs of the NHL and promptly won the Stanley Cup a third time. In the following season 1987/88 , the striker moved to Sportbund Rosenheim after the bankruptcy of the ECD Iserlohn . Until the end of his career in 1992, with the exception of the 1990/91 season ( Augsburger EV ), he only played for SB Rosenheim.
In 2004 Pouzar fell ill with leukemia . After a bone marrow transplant , he won the battle against the disease.
Achievements and Awards
- 1970 silver medal at the U19 European Junior Championship
- 1985 Stanley Cup win with the Edmonton Oilers
Web links
- Jaroslav Pouzar at hockeydb.com (English)
- Info and biography
- Jaroslav Pouzar in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chci si ještě zahrát, říká uzdravený Pouzar - iDNES.cz ( Czech ) iDNES.cz. December 16, 2005. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Pouzar, Jaroslav |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czechoslovak ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 23, 1952 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Čakov u Českých Budějovic |