Jiří Vykoukal

Jiří Vykoukal
Date of birth	March 11, 1971
place of birth	Olomouc , Czechoslovakia
size	180 cm
Weight	85 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1989 , 10th round, 208th position Washington Capitals
Career stations
until 1989	HC Olomouc
1989-1990	HC Sparta Prague
1990-1992	Baltimore Skipjacks
1992-1994	HC Sparta Prague
1994-1995	MoDo Hockey Örnsköldsvik
1995-1998	HC Sparta Prague
1999-2003	Espoo Blues
2003-2005	TPS Turku
2005-2011	HC Sparta Prague
2011	HC České Budějovice

Jiří Vykoukal (born March 11, 1971 in Olomouc , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Czech ice hockey player .

Career

Jiří Vykoukal began his career as a hockey player at HC Olomouc , for which he was active from 1986 to 1989 in the first division of Czechoslovakia . He was then selected in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft in the tenth round as a total of 208 players by the Washington Capitals . After another year in Czechoslovakia at HC Sparta Prague , the defender played for Washington’s farm team , the Baltimore Skipjacks from the American Hockey League, from 1990 to 1992 . During the 1991/92 season Vyoukal returned to Sparta Prague, with whom he became Czechoslovak champion in 1993 . In the 1993/94 season, Vykoukal scored 33 points, including six goals, in 44 games and was voted the best defender of the Extraliga. He then moved to MoDo Hockey Örnsköldsvik from the Swedish Elitserien . After one season, the Czech returned to his home country, where he played for Sparta Prague for two more years.

From 1998 to 2003 Vykoukal was under contract with the Espoo Blues from the Finnish SM-liiga . He then played for two years for their league rivals TPS Turku , before returning to Sparta Prague for the last time in 2005, for which he has since played and with whom he won two consecutive Czech championships in 2006 and 2007 . Furthermore, the defender was elected to the All-Star-Team of the IIHF European Champions Cup in 2008. After he had started the 2010/11 season at HC Sparta Prague, he moved to its league rivals HC České Budějovice in January , where he ended his career at the end of the season.

International

For Czechoslovakia , Vykoukal took part in the U20 Junior World Championships in 1989 and 1990 . Vykoukal played for the Czech Republic at the 1995 , 1996 , 1997 , 1998 and 1999 World Championships . He was also in the Czech squad for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer and the 1996 World Cup of Hockey .

Achievements and Awards

1993 Czechoslovak champion with HC Sparta Prague 1994 Best Defender in the Extraliga 2006 Czech champion with HC Sparta Prague

2007 Czech champion with HC Sparta Prague 2008 2nd place at the IIHF European Champions Cup with HC Sparta Prague 2008 All-Star-Team of the IIHF European Champions Cup

International

1987 silver medal at the U18 European Junior Championship 1988 gold medal at the U18 European Junior Championship 1988 Best Defender of the European Junior Championship 1988 All-Star-Team of the Junior European Championship 1989 bronze medal at the Junior World Championship

1990 bronze medal at the Junior World Championship 1996 gold medal at the world championship 1997 bronze medal at the world championship 1998 bronze medal at the world championship 1999 gold medal at the world championship

Web links

• Jiří Vykoukal at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Jiří Vykoukal at hockeydb.com (English)
• Jiří Vykoukal at eurohockey.com