Jaroslav Svejkovský

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Czech RepublicCzech Republic  Jaroslav Svejkovský Ice hockey player
Date of birth October 1, 1976
place of birth Tábor , Czechoslovakia
size 178 cm
Weight 83 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1996 , 1st round, 17th position
Washington Capitals
Career stations
until 1995 HC Plzeň
1995-1996 Tri-City Americans
1996-2000 Washington Capitals
2000 Tampa Bay Lightning
Detroit Vipers

Jaroslav "Yogi" Svejkovský (born October 1, 1976 in Tábor , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Czech ice hockey player and coach who played 114 games for the Washington Capitals and Tampa Bay Lightning in the National between 1993 and 2000 Hockey League (NHL) in the position of right winger . Svejkovský, who had to end his career at the age of 24 due to numerous injuries, was awarded the Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award as Rookie of the Year of the American Hockey League (AHL) in his first year as a professional .

Career

Svejkovský learned to play ice hockey in the youth department of the traditional Czech club HC Plzeň , not far from his birthplace Tábor . In the 1993/94 season , the then 17-year-old made his debut in the professional team, which was based in the Extraliga . But he remained pointless in eight season appearances. In the following game year there were no further appearances in the Extraliga squad. Instead, the striker played exclusively in the U20 team Plzeň, where he scored 37 points in 25 games . He also came on loan in the second-class first division for his home club HC Tábor to eleven missions. With his 13 points scorer, the teenager could not prevent the club's relegation at the end of the season.

After the election in the Import Draft of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) in 1995, where he was selected in fourth overall position by the Tri-City Americans from the Western Hockey League (WHL), Svejkovský left his homeland in the Czech Republic and in the summer of 1995 moved to North America. There he spent the 1995/96 season in the Tri-Cities metropolitan area with the Americans. With 101 points, the Czech, who formed a successful storm duo with Daymond Langkow , was the best point collector on his team. His 58 goals this season earned him a place among the top five goalscorers in the league. He was also appointed to the West Division's Second All-Star Team. The successful season in the jersey of the Americans led to the fact that he was selected in the first round in the first round of the Washington Capitals from the National Hockey League (NHL) in 1996 .

The Capitals then committed their first-round draft pick immediately. First, however, they used him on their Portland Pirates farm team in the American Hockey League (AHL) before they were first appointed to the NHL squad in early December 1996. By the end of the season he came to 19 missions for the Washington Capitals, in which he scored ten times. There were seven gates below. Unimpressed by the commuting between NHL and AHL Svejkovský completed an excellent year in Portland that seamlessly followed his first season in North America. In 54 missions for the Pirates, the attacker scored 38 goals himself and was involved in a total of 66 goals. This brought him - in addition to the invitation to the AHL All-Star Classic during the season - the Dudley “Red” Garrett Memorial Award as Rookie of the Year and the election to the AHL All-Rookie Team . At the beginning of the 1997/98 season , the offensive player then received a regular place in the NHL squad of the capital city, but threw him back repeatedly injuries and a lack of consistency. So he completed a maximum of 25 NHL games per season by the end of the 1998/99 season.

After a poor start to the 1999/2000 millennium season with only three points from the first 23 missions, Washington's patience with the now 23-year-old ended, so that she had him in January 2000 in exchange for a seven-round vote in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft and a Third-round suffrage in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft transferred to the Tampa Bay Lightning . There he reached ten points in 29 missions by the end of the season. The 2000/01 season began Svejkovský with Tampa's farm team, the Detroit Vipers , in the International Hockey League (IHL). A knee injury ended his season after two games in October 2000. After a necessary operation in January 2001, the winger never returned to the ice. Due to the injury and the aftermath of numerous concussions in the course of his short career, he announced the official end of his time as an active in the summer of 2002. Between 2006 and 2018 he worked after his retirement in the coaching staff of the Vancouver Giants from the Canadian Junior League WHL.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1993/94 HC Škoda Plzeň Extra league 8th 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1994/95 HC Plzeň U20 extra league 25th 18th 19th 37 30th - - - - -
1994/95 HC Tábor 1st League 11 6th 7th 13 - - - - -
1995/96 Tri-City Americans WHL 70 58 43 101 118 11 10 9 19th 8th
1996/97 Portland Pirates AHL 54 38 28 66 56 5 2 0 2 6th
1996/97 Washington Capitals NHL 19th 7th 3 10 4th - - - - -
1997/98 Portland Pirates AHL 16 12 7th 19th 16 7th 1 2 3 2
1997/98 Washington Capitals NHL 17th 4th 1 5 10 1 0 0 0 2
1998/99 Washington Capitals NHL 25th 6th 8th 14th 12 - - - - -
1999/00 Washington Capitals NHL 23 1 2 3 2 - - - - -
1999/00 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 29 5 5 10 28 - - - - -
2000/01 Detroit Vipers IHL 2 2 2 4th 2 - - - - -
AHL total 70 50 35 85 72 12 3 2 5 8th
NHL overall 113 23 19th 42 56 1 0 0 0 2

( 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 Svejkovský, Jaroslav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Svejkovsky, Jaroslav; Svejkovský, yogi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Tábor , Czechoslovakia