Milan Hejduk

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Milan Hejduk
Date of birth February 14, 1976
place of birth Ústí nad Labem , Czechoslovakia
size 183 cm
Weight 87 kg
position Right wing
number # 23
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1994 , 4th lap, 87th position
Québec Nordiques
Career stations
1992-1998 HC Pardubice
1998-2013 Colorado Avalanche

Milan Hejduk (born February 14, 1976 in Ústí nad Labem , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Czech ice hockey player . From 1998 to 2013 he played for the Colorado Avalanche in the National Hockey League (NHL) on the position of right winger . In his 13 seasons NHL career, he won the Stanley Cup with the Avalanche in 2001 and the Maurice Richard Trophy as top scorer in the NHL in 2003 . In November 2011, Hejduk became the franchise's third team captain-Geschichte appointed before his squad number 23 after his career end locked was. At the international level, he won the gold medal with the Czech national team at the 1998 Winter Olympics .

Career

Milan Hejduk in the jersey of the Colorado Avalanche (2008).

Milan Hejduk began his playing career in the youth teams of HC Teplice before moving to the Czech first division club HC Pardubice in 1992 . For this club he made his debut in the men's team during the 1993/94 season . In the same year he was named Extraliga Rookie of the Year . After his first season in the senior division, the then 18-year-old was selected ( drafted ) in the fourth round of the Québec Nordiques in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft in 87th place . Until 1998 he played for Pardubice in the Extraliga and was able to improve his statistics from year to year.

In the summer of 1998 he moved to North America and immediately made the jump to the NHL. The team that had drafted him had meanwhile moved from Québec to Denver and at the Colorado Avalanche he was able to grow into a star in the shadow of the big stars Joe Sakic and Peter Forsberg together with some youngsters like Chris Drury and Adam Deadmarsh . In 2001 he won the Stanley Cup with his team . He had his best season in 2002/03 , when he scored the most goals and dominated the plus / minus rating. When the NHL players went on strike in the 2004/05 season, he returned to HC Pardubice for a year and won the Czech championship .

On January 6, 2018 Hejduk was the team's history for the sixth player whose shirt number in his honor blocked was.

International

Hejduk made his first appearance in the national jersey at the U20 World Cup in 1995 . From 1998 he played in major events in the team of the Czechs , such as the 1998 World Cup , where they won the bronze medal, and the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , where the Czech team won the gold medal. He had other Olympic appearances at the Olympic Winter Games in 2002 and 2006 . In the latter, he again won the bronze medal. He also took part in the 2003 World Cup and the 2004 World Cup of Hockey .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league GP G A. Pts +/- PIM GP G A. Pts +/- PIM
1993/94 HC Pardubice Extra league 22nd 6th 3 9 0 10 5 1 6th
1994/95 HC Pardubice Extra league 43 11 13 24 6th 6th 3 1 4th 0
1995/96 HC IPB / ČSOB Pojišťovna Pardubice Extra league 37 13 7th 20th 6th - - - - - -
1996/97 HC IPB / ČSOB Pojišťovna Pardubice Extra league 51 27 11 38 10 10 6th 0 6th 27
1997/98 HC IPB / ČSOB Pojišťovna Pardubice Extra league 48 26th 19th 45 20th 3 0 0 0 2
1998/99 Colorado Avalanche NHL 82 14th 34 48 +8 26th 16 6th 6th 12 +3 4th
1999/00 Colorado Avalanche NHL 82 36 36 72 +14 16 17th 5 4th 9 –7 6th
2000/01 Colorado Avalanche NHL 80 41 38 79 +32 36 23 7th 16 23 +8 6th
2001/02 Colorado Avalanche NHL 62 21st 23 44 ± 0 24 16 3 3 6th -4 4th
2002/03 Colorado Avalanche NHL 82 50 48 98 +52 32 7th 2 2 4th +4 2
2003/04 Colorado Avalanche NHL 82 35 40 75 +19 20th 11 5 2 7th +6 0
2004/05 HC Moeller Pardubice Extra league 48 25th 26th 51 14th 16 6th 2 8th 6th
2005/06 Colorado Avalanche NHL 74 24 34 58 +13 24 9 2 6th 8th +3 2
2006/07 Colorado Avalanche NHL 80 35 35 70 +10 44 - - - - - -
2007/08 Colorado Avalanche NHL 77 29 25th 54 +8 36 10 3 3 6th –6 4th
2008/09 Colorado Avalanche NHL 82 27 32 59 -19 16 - - - - - -
2009/10 Colorado Avalanche NHL 56 23 21st 44 +6 10 3 1 0 1 ± 0 0
2010/11 Colorado Avalanche NHL 71 22nd 34 56 -23 18th - - - - - -
2011/12 Colorado Avalanche NHL 81 14th 23 37 -12 14th - - - - - -
2012/13 Colorado Avalanche NHL 29 4th 7th 11 –7 0 - - - - - -
Extraliga overall 249 108 79 187 56 45 20th 4th 24
NHL overall 1020 375 430 805 +101 316 112 34 42 76 +7 28

International

year team event result GP G A. Pts PIM
1995 Czech Republic U20 World Cup 6th place 7th 1 3 4th 14th
1996 Czech Republic U20 World Cup 4th Place 6th 0 0 0 0
1998 Czech Republic winter Olympics gold 4th 0 0 0 2
1998 Czech Republic WM bronze 1 0 0 0 0
2002 Czech Republic winter Olympics 7th place 4th 1 0 1 0
2003 Czech Republic WM 4th Place 7th 5 1 6th 2
2004 Czech Republic World cup 3rd place 4th 3 2 5 2
2006 Czech Republic winter Olympics bronze 8th 2 1 3 2
Juniors overall 13 1 3 4th 14th
Men overall 28 11 4th 15th 8th

( 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 )

Personal

Hejduk is married and has two sons. March 2016 he received the citizenship of the United States .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rick Sadowski: Hejduk surprised he's lasted 1,000 games. nhl.com, February 4, 2013, accessed March 30, 2016 .
  2. ↑ April Schildmeyer: Former Colorado Avalanche player Milan Hejduk Becomes a US citizen. thedenverchannel.com, March 28, 2016, accessed March 30, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Hejduk, Milan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Ústí nad Labem , Czechoslovakia