Jiří Dopita

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Czech RepublicCzech Republic  Jiří Dopita Ice hockey player
Date of birth 2nd December 1968
place of birth Šumperk , Czechoslovakia
size 193 cm
Weight 103 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1992 , 6th lap, 133rd position
Boston Bruins
NHL Entry Draft 1998 , 5th lap, 123rd position
New York Islanders
Career stations
1990-1993 HC Olomouc
1993-1995 Polar bears Berlin
1995-2001 HC Petra Vsetín
2001-2002 Philadelphia Flyers
2002-2003 Edmonton Oilers
2003-2005 HC Moeller Pardubice
2005-2009 HC Znojemští Orli
2009-2011 HC Kometa Brno
since 2011 HC Olomouc

Jiří Dopita (born December 2, 1968 in Šumperk , Czechoslovakia ) is a Czech ice hockey player who has been under contract with HC Olomouc in the Czech 1st division since 2011 .

Career

He began his professional career in 1989 in the 1st division of Czechoslovakia with HC Dukla Jihlava . After his first season he moved to TJ DS Olomouc and played there until 1993. The team had been renamed HC Olomouc during this time. The NHL had become aware of him and then the secured Boston Bruins in the NHL Entry Draft in 1992 the rights to Dopita, whom she chose as the 133rd

At the end of the 1992/93 season he moved to the German Bundesliga for the Eisbären Berlin . In the coming season he helped significantly to maintain the class and scored four goals in the relegation round in four games and prepared another four goals. Then he helped out again in the finals at HC Olomouc and was able to become Czech champion there. Back with the polar bears, he fought again to stay up, but was personally the best scorer in the 1994/95 DEL season , as he had scored more goals than John Chabot with 68 points .

From 1995 he played again in the Czech extra league with HC Petra Vsetín . By 2001 he was Czech champion six times and was not the team's top scorer in just one year. After he had not signed a contract for the NHL in Boston, he was drawn again at the age of thirty in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft (position 123), this time by the New York Islanders . Even though he continued to play in the Czech extra league for the time being, this time more intensive contacts were established with the NHL teams.

The Florida Panthers had already announced that Dopita would go hunting for goals, but the contract was broken. For the 2001/02 season he moved to the National Hockey League and played there for the Philadelphia Flyers . The following year he moved to the Edmonton Oilers , where he was only used in 21 games before he came back to the Czech Republic. He ended the season with a few games at Olomouc in the 2nd division.

From 2003 he played for HC Moeller Pardubice in his native Czech Republic. In 2004 he was again the best scorer of his team and in 2005 he was able to win the championship again with the team, which was reinforced this season due to the NHL lockout by some NHL players such as Milan Hejduk and Jan Bulis .

From the 2005/06 season he played at HC Znojemští Orli . Since the club withdrew from the Extraliga after the 2009, Dopita moved to HC Kometa Brno , whose farm team was HC Znojemští Orli. In May 2010, the now 41-year-old Dopita extended his contract with Kometa for another year after being one of the top performers on his team with 25 goals and 24 assists in the 2009/10 season. For the 2011/12 season he returned to his home club HC Olomouc in the second-class first division .

International

For Czechoslovakia Jiří Dopita played ten games in which he scored four goals. He played 129 times for the Czech Republic and scored 38 goals. His first international match was on August 30, 1992, the game Czechoslovakia against Russia in Helsinki .

With the Czech national team , Dopita was once Olympic champion, three times world champion and twice world championship third.

Achievements and Awards

  • Zlatá hokejka 2001
  • Czech champion 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005
  • Extraliga Player of the Year 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001
  • Most valuable player in the 1994, 1996, 1998, 2001 Extraliga play-offs
  • Top scorer in the Extraliga 1997, 2000
  • Top scorer and best assists in the 2001 Extraliga play-offs
  • Admission to the Czech Ice Hockey Hall of Fame

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1989/90 HC Dukla Jihlava 1st League 5 1 2 3 0 - - - - -
1990/91 HC Olomouc 1st League 42 11 13 24 26th - - - - -
1991/92 HC Olomouc 1st League 38 22nd 19th 41 28 3 1 4th 5 0
1992/93 HC Olomouc 1st League 28 12 17th 29 0 - - - - -
1992/93 Polar bears Berlin 1st National League 11 7th 8th 15th 49 - - - - -
1993/94 Polar bears Berlin 1st National League 42 23 21st 44 52 - - - - -
1993/94 HC Olomouc Extra league - - - - - 12 4th 7th 11 0
1994/95 Polar bears Berlin DEL 42 28 40 68 55 - - - - -
1995/96 HC Vsetín Extra league 38 19th 20th 39 20th 13 9 11 20th 10
1996/97 HC Vsetín Extra league 52 30th 31 61 55 10 7th 4th 11 22nd
1997/98 HC Vsetín Extra league 50 21st 34 55 64 10 12 6th 18th 4th
1998/99 HC Vsetín Extra league 50 19th 32 51 43 12 1 6th 7th 0
1999/00 HC Vsetín Extra league 49 30th 29 59 83 9 0 4th 4th 6th
2000/01 HC Vsetín Extra league 46 19th 31 50 53 14th 8th 13 21st 18th
2001/02 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 52 11 16 27 8th - - - - -
2002/03 Edmonton Oilers NHL 21st 1 5 6th 11 - - - - -
2003/04 HC Pardubice Extra league 47 20th 28 48 44 7th 1 9 10 4th
2004/05 HC Pardubice Extra league 44 4th 23 27 12 16 2 3 5 18th
2005/06 HC Znojemští Orli Extra league 43 9 14th 23 26th 11 4th 4th 8th 4th
2006/07 HC Znojemští Orli Extra league 48 14th 14th 28 62 10 2 2 4th 26th
2007/08 HC Znojemští Orli Extra league 42 14th 16 30th 18th 3 0 1 1 2
2008/09 HC Znojemští Orli Extra league 40 10 21st 31 16 11 1 4th 4th 8th 4th
2009/10 HC Kometa Brno Extra league 51 20th 21st 41 10 10 1 5 3 8th 2
2010/11 HC Kometa Brno Extra league 26th 3 4th 7th 0 - - - - -
2011/12 HC Olomouc 1st League 32 8th 14th 22nd 22nd 14th 1 5 6th 12
2012/13 HC Olomouc 1st League
NHL overall 73 12 21st 33 19th 0 0 0 0 0

International

year team event Sp T V Pt SM
1994 Czech Republic WM 3 1 0 1 0
1995 Czech Republic WM 8th 1 1 2 4th
1996 Czech Republic WM 6th 2 1 3 2
1996 Czech Republic World cup 2 1 0 1 2
1997 Czech Republic WM 9 3 1 2 4th
1998 Czech Republic Olympia 6th 1 2 3 0
1998 Czech Republic WM 8th 3 1 4th 6th
2000 Czech Republic WM 9 2 1 3 4th
2002 Czech Republic Olympia 4th 2 2 4th 2

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ eishockeynews.de , Kometa odtajnila seznam posil

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personal data
SURNAME Dopita, Jiří
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd December 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Šumperk , Czechoslovakia