Jiří Novotný (ice hockey player)

Jiří Novotný
Date of birth	August 12, 1983
place of birth	Pelhřimov , Czechoslovakia
size	193 cm
Weight	88 kg
position	center
number	# 12
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2001 , 1st round, 22nd position Washington Capitals
Career stations
1999-2002	HC České Budějovice
2002-2006	Rochester Americans
2006-2007	Buffalo Sabers
2007	Washington Capitals
2007-2009	Columbus Blue Jackets
2009-2010	Atlant Mytishchi
2010–2012	Barys Astana
2012-2014	HC Lev Prague
2014-2016	Yaroslavl locomotive
2016-2017	HK tractor Chelyabinsk
2017-2018	HK Lada Tolyatti
since 2019	HC Ambrì-Piotta

Jiří Novotný (born August 12, 1983 in Pelhřimov , Czechoslovakia ) is a Czech ice hockey player who has been under contract with HC Ambrì-Piotta in the National League since September 2018 .

Career

The 1.93 m tall center began his career at HC České Budějovice in the Czech extra league before he was selected ( drafted ) in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft as 22nd in the first round by the Buffalo Sabers .

The right-handed shooter initially stayed in Budweis for two years , after which he moved to the American Hockey League for the Rochester Americans , a farm team of the Sabers. On January 12, 2006 Novotný made his NHL debut for Buffalo in the game against the Phoenix Coyotes , already in the next game he scored his first point when he assisted Daniel Paille on January 14 in the game against the Los Angeles Kings . The Czech scored his first goal on February 11 against the Florida Panthers .

On February 27, 2007 Jiří Novotný was transferred to the Washington Capitals together with a first round pick for the NHL Entry Draft 2007 in exchange for Dainius Zubrus and Timo Helbling . After the season he signed a contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets , where he spent the following two game years. After that, his contract was not renewed and he moved to Russia to Atlant Mytishchi from the Continental Hockey League . In 2010 he moved to league rivals Barys Astana , for whom he completed over 100 KHL games in the following two years. In July 2012 his current contract with Barys was terminated and Novotný returned to the Czech Republic, where he signed a three-year contract with HC Lev Prague . With HC Lev he reached the playoff final in 2014. After the club withdrew from the KHL, Novotný moved to Lokomotive Jaroslawl together with Martin Thörnberg . There he was appointed assistant captain and was the team's third-best scorer in his first season. In his second season his performance decreased (only 13 points scorer), so that he did not receive a contract extension. He spent part of the 2016/17 season at HK Tractor Chelyabinsk .

In September 2019 Novotný initially moved to HC Ambrì-Piotta in the Swiss National League for two months . In October, his contract was extended to the end of the season and in January 2019 to 2020. In July 2019, he injured himself during the pre-season and was out for four months.

Achievements and Awards

• 2010 gold medal at the world championship
• 2011 bronze medal at the world championship
• 2012 bronze medal at the world championship

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2000/01	HC České Budějovice	Extra league		19th	0	4th	4th	2		-	-	-	-	-
2001/02	HC České Budějovice	Extra league		41	8th	6th	14th	6th		-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	Rochester Americans	AHL		43	2	9	11	14th		3	0	1	1	10
2003/04	Rochester Americans	AHL		48	1	14th	15th	16		13	0	1	1	10
2004/05	Rochester Americans	AHL		61	5	20th	25th	36		9	2	2	4th	4th
2005/06	Rochester Americans	AHL		66	17th	37	54	40		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	Buffalo Sabers	NHL		14th	2	1	3	0		4th	0	0	0	0
2006/07	Buffalo Sabers	NHL		50	6th	7th	13	26th		-	-	-	-	-
	Washington Capitals	NHL		18th	0	6th	6th	2		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		65	8th	14th	22nd	24		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		42	4th	3	7th	14th		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Atlant Mytishchi	KHL		45	12	21st	33	8th		4th	0	1	1	0
2010/11	Barys Astana	KHL		53	12	29	41	78		4th	0	0	0	2
2011/12	Barys Astana	KHL		42	9	12	21st	22nd		7th	0	4th	4th	25th
2012/13	HC Lev Prague	KHL		43	6th	9	15th	18th		4th	1	0	1	4th
2013/14	HC Lev Prague	KHL		49	11	16	27	22nd		21st	5	4th	9	26th
2014/15	Yaroslavl locomotive	KHL		59	7th	25th	32	42		6th	1	0	1	4th
2015/16	Yaroslavl locomotive	KHL		38	5	7th	12	14th		5	1	0	1	6th
2016/17	HK tractor Chelyabinsk	KHL		21st	4th	4th	8th	16		6th	0	0	0	4th
2017/18	HK Lada Tolyatti	KHL		33	4th	5	9	24		-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	HC Plzeň	Extra league		2	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	HC Ambrì-Piotta	NLA		46	4th	11	15th	30th		5	0	0	0	14th
Extraliga overall				62	8th	10	18th	8th		0	0	0	0	0
KHL total				350	67	123	190	220		57	8th	8th	16	71
AHL total				218	25th	80	105	106		25th	2	4th	6th	24
NHL overall				189	20th	31	51	66		4th	0	0	0	0

International

year	team	event		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2000	Czech Republic	U18 World Cup		6th	0	2	2	0
2001	Czech Republic	U18 World Cup		6th	4th	3	7th	2
2002	Czech Republic	U20 World Cup		7th	0	2	2	4th
2003	Czech Republic	U20 World Cup		6th	0	1	1	2
2007	Czech Republic	WM		6th	0	0	0	0
2008	Czech Republic	WM		7th	1	1	2	2
2010	Czech Republic	WM		9	1	5	6th	12
2011	Czech Republic	WM		9	0	2	2	0
2012	Czech Republic	WM		10	4th	1	5	0
2013	Czech Republic	WM		8th	1	1	2	4th
2014	Czech Republic	Olympia		4th	0	0	0	0
2014	Czech Republic	WM		10	1	2	3	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 )

Web links

• Jiří Novotný at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ambri-Piotta gets Jiri Novotny. In: eishockeyticker.ch. September 20, 2018, accessed October 8, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Ambri a good four months without Jiri Novotny. In: bluewin.ch. July 4, 2019, accessed October 8, 2019 .