Jiří Hrdina
Date of birth | 5th January 1958 |
place of birth | Prague , Czechoslovakia |
size | 183 cm |
Weight | 88 kg |
position | center |
Shot hand | Left |
Draft | |
NHL Entry Draft |
1984 , 8th lap, 159th position Calgary Flames |
Career stations | |
until 1981 | Sparta ČKD Prague |
1981-1983 | HC Dukla Trenčín |
1983-1988 | Sparta ČKD Prague |
1988-1990 | Calgary Flames |
1990-1992 | Pittsburgh Penguins |
Jiří Hrdina (born January 5, 1958 in Prague , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Czech ice hockey player who played for the Calgary Flames and the Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League from 1977 to 1992 .
Career
Hrdina comes from the offspring of Auto Škoda Boleslav and began his professional career in 1977 in the highest Czechoslovak league at Sparta ČKD Prague . At first he played as a right winger, but was later retrained as a center forward . During his military service he played for HC Dukla Trenčín for two years , but then returned to Prague. He also played regularly for the Czechoslovak national ice hockey team . He celebrated his greatest success at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo . It was only shortly before the start of the tournament that he moved up to the squad and played in a storm series with Pavel Richter and Vladimír Růžička . This series was instrumental in winning the silver medal. In the same year he had the Calgary Flames in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft selected in the eighth round at the 159th place, even if a transfer of a player from Eastern Europe at that time was still very unlikely. In the mid-1980s he played at Sparta together with David Volek and Jiří Doležal and formed with them one of the most dangerous attack lines in the first division. At the end of the 1986/87 season, Hrdina was named the best striker in the first division.
The 1988 Winter Olympics took him to Calgary and he stayed there. He had just turned 30 years old and so immediately after the Olympic tournament he was cleared to move to the NHL. So he came in the 1987/88 season with the Flames to nine appearances in the regular season and one in the playoffs. He was the first Czech to ever play for the team. At the age of almost 31, he went into his official rookie season according to the rules of the time , in which he was the Flames' most successful newcomer with 22 goals and 23 assists. Much more important was that he and his team won the Stanley Cup in the 1988/89 season . He also helped his compatriot Robert Reichel at the Flames to get used to life in North America and the NHL.
In December 1990 he moved to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Jim Kyte . Here he was not only very important because of his athletic qualities. With Jaromír Jágr the penguins had a great talent in their ranks and Hrdina took care of his young compatriot in his first two years, especially away from the ice. In terms of sport, things went great with the Penguins. In the 1990/91 season , Mario Lemieux's team won the Stanley Cup for the first time and defended the title in the following season. After the end of the season, Hrdina ended his active career. In the four seasons that he had played entirely in the NHL, he won the Stanley Cup three times. He was the first European to win the Stanley Cup with two different teams.
He later worked as a scout for the Calgary Flames and Dallas Stars, among others . For the 100th birthday of Sparta Prague, Jiří Hrdina was elected to the club's all-star team and his jersey with the number 21 was hung under the roof of the hall.
Achievements and Awards
- 1984 Best assists in the 1st league 1983/84
- 1987 Best striker in the 1st division 1986/87
- 1989 Stanley Cup win with the Calgary Flames
- 1991 Stanley Cup win with the Pittsburgh Penguins
- 1992 Stanley Cup win with the Pittsburgh Penguins
International
- 1977 bronze medal at the Junior World Championship
- 1982 silver medal at the world championship
- 1983 silver medal at the world championship
- 1984 silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games
- 1985 gold medal at the world championship
- 1987 bronze medal at the world championship
- 1990 bronze medal at the world championship
Career statistics
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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season | team | league | GP | G | A. | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A. | Pts | PIM | ||
1977-78 | Sparta ČKD Praha | 1st League (Jun.) | 35 | 6th | 8th | 14th | 20th | |||||||
1978-79 | Sparta ČKD Praha | 1st League | 39 | 7th | 8th | 15th | 18th | |||||||
1979-80 | Sparta ČKD Praha | 1st League | 44 | 7th | 7th | 14th | 24 | |||||||
1980-81 | Sparta ČKD Praha | 1st League | 42 | 14th | 20th | 34 | 54 | |||||||
1981-82 | Dukla Trenčín | 1st League | 44 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 36 | |||||||
1982-83 | Dukla Trenčín | 1. SNHL | 36 | 40 | 24 | 64 | ||||||||
1983-84 | Sparta ČKD Praha | 1st League | 44 | 16 | 33 | 49 | 28 | |||||||
1984-85 | Sparta ČKD Praha | 1st League | 44 | 18th | 19th | 37 | 30th | |||||||
1985-86 | Sparta ČKD Praha | 1st League | 34 | 26th | 19th | 45 | 30th | 6th | 2 | 2 | 4th | |||
1986-87 | Sparta ČKD Praha | 1st League | 31 | 18th | 18th | 36 | 50 | 6th | 2 | 5 | 7th | |||
1987-88 | Sparta ČKD Praha | 1st League | 22nd | 7th | 15th | 22nd | 30th | |||||||
1987-88 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7th | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1988-89 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 70 | 22nd | 32 | 54 | 26th | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1989-90 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 64 | 12 | 18th | 30th | 31 | 6th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
1990-91 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 14th | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1990-91 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 37 | 6th | 14th | 20th | 13 | 14th | 2 | 2 | 4th | 6th | ||
1991-92 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 56 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 21st | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | ||
NHL overall | 250 | 45 | 85 | 130 | 92 | 46 | 2 | 5 | 7th | 24 | ||||
1st league overall | 380 | 164 | 190 | 354 | 300 | 12 | 4th | 7th | 11 |
International
Overall, Jiří Hrdina completed 194 games for Czechoslovakia , in which he scored 55 goals.
year | team | event | GP | G | A. | Pts | PIM | result | |
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1977 | Czechoslovakia | U20 World Cup | Bronze medal | ||||||
1978 | Czechoslovakia | U20 World Cup | 6th | 1 | 3 | 4th | 0 | 4th Place | |
1982 | Czechoslovakia | WM | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4th | Silver medal | |
1983 | Czechoslovakia | WM | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4th | Silver medal | |
1984 | Czechoslovakia | Olympia | 7th | 4th | 6th | 10 | 10 | Silver medal | |
1984 | Czechoslovakia | Canada Cup | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4th | 5th place | |
1985 | Czechoslovakia | WM | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4th | 4th | gold medal | |
1986 | Czechoslovakia | WM | 10 | 7th | 5 | 12 | 14th | 5th place | |
1987 | Czechoslovakia | WM | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6th | 6th | Bronze medal | |
1987 | Czechoslovakia | Canada Cup | 6th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4th Place | |
1988 | Czechoslovakia | Olympia | 8th | 2 | 5 | 7th | 4th | 6th place | |
1990 | Czechoslovakia | WM | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6th | 8th | Bronze medal |
( 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
- Jiří Hrdina at hockeydb.com (English)
- Jiří Hrdina at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Jiří Hrdina at eurohockey.com
- Jiří Hrdina in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b hcsparta.cz, Hrdina - chemistry fungovala příliš krátce
- ↑ hcsparta.cz, HC Sparta - factography
- ↑ internationalhockeylegends.blogspot.com, Greatest Hockey Legends - Jiri Hrdina
- ↑ hcsparta.cz, [1]
- ↑ hokej.hansal.cz, international matches of the 1989/90 season of Czechoslovakia
- ↑ sportovci.cz, Profile Jiří Hrdina ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hrdina, Jiří |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hrdina, Jiri |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | 5th January 1958 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague , Czechoslovakia |