Ondřej Pavelec

Ondřej Pavelec
Date of birth	August 31, 1987
place of birth	Kladno , Czechoslovakia
size	188 cm
Weight	91 kg
position	goalkeeper
number	# 31
Catch hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2005 , 2nd round, 41st position Atlanta Thrashers
Career stations
until 2005	HC Kladno
2005-2007	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
2007-2011	Atlanta Thrashers
2011-2017	Winnipeg Jets
2017-2018	New York Rangers

Ondřej Pavelec (born August 31, 1987 in Kladno , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Czech ice hockey goalkeeper . Between 2007 and 2018 he played more than 400 games in the National Hockey League , most of which was for the franchise of the Atlanta Thrashers and Winnipeg Jets . He spent his last season with the New York Rangers . With the Czech national team he won the gold medal at the 2010 World Cup .

Career

Pavelec was elected in the first round in eleventh position of the CHL Import Draft 2005 by the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles of the Québec Major Junior Hockey League and during the NHL Entry Draft 2005 in the second round as the 41st player overall by the Atlanta Thrashers . The Czech was appointed to the QMJHL First All-Star Team in his two years with the Eagles. He also won the Jacques Plante Trophy as a goalkeeper with the fewest goals conceded per game in 2006 and 2007. He was only the fourth player to do so twice in a row. He also won the Trophée Raymond Lagacé and the Coupe RDS , which is awarded to the best defensive rookie and the best rookie of the year .

In the summer of 2007 Pavelec received a professional contract with the Atlanta Thrashers . After he had played two games for the farm team of the Thrashers from the American Hockey League , the Chicago Wolves , Pavelec was ordered into the NHL squad of Atlantas due to an injury to Kari Lehtonen . On October 20, 2007 he made his debut in the National Hockey League for the Thrashers. In his first season for Atlanta he came on seven missions and won the 2008 Calder Cup with the Chicago Wolves . With the Thrashers, the Czech moved to Winnipeg in 2011, where the team henceforth operated as Winnipeg Jets .

After a total of 10 years in the Atlanta or Winnipeg franchise, his contract was not extended after the 2016/17 season, so that Pavelec joined the New York Rangers in July 2017 . There he fulfilled a one-year contract, which was not extended in the summer of 2018 either. Subsequently, the Czech did not receive a new offer from the NHL, so he ended his career at the age of 31.

At the Junior World Championships in 2005 , Pavelec finished fourth with the U18 national team of the Czech Republic. Two years later, at the U20 World Cup in 2007 , Pavelec was the goalkeeper of the Czech U20 team, which finished fifth in the tournament.

Achievements and Awards

2006 Jacques Plante Trophy 2006 Trophée Raymond Lagacé 2006 Coupe RDS 2006 QMJHL All-Rookie Team 2006 QMJHL First All-Star Team

2007 Jacques Plante Trophy 2007 QMJHL First All-Star Team 2008 Calder Cup win with the Chicago Wolves 2008 AHL goalkeeper of the month October

International

• 2005 Best goalkeeper in the U18 World Junior Championship
• 2005 All-Star Team of the U18 Junior World Championship
• 2010 gold medal at the world championship
• 2011 bronze medal at the world championship

Career statistics

				Regular season								Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	S.	N	OT	SO	GTS	Sv%		Sp	S.	N	SO	GTS	Sv%
2005/06	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles	LHJMQ		47	27	18th	-	3	2.51	92.9		9	4th	5	0	2.25	92.6
2006/07	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles	LHJMQ		43	28	11	-	1	2.52	90.8		16	11	5	2	2.29	92.0
2007/08	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL		7th	3	3	0	0	3.11	90.5		-	-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Chicago Wolves	AHL		52	33	16	3	2	2.77	91.1		24	16	8th	2	2.34	92.1
2008/09	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL		12	3	7th	0	0	3.61	88.0		-	-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Chicago Wolves	AHL		40	18th	20th	2	3	2.58	91.0		-	-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL		42	14th	18th	7th	2	3.29	90.6		-	-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL		58	21st	23	9	4th	2.73	91.4		-	-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Chicago Wolves	AHL		1	0	1	0	0	3.10	86.4		-	-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		68	29	28	9	4th	2.91	90.6		-	-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Bílí Tygři Liberec	Extra league		14th	4th	10	0	0	3.50	89.6		-	-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Pelicans	SM-liiga		6th	2	4th	0	1	2.68	91.2		-	-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		44	21st	20th	3	0	2.80	90.5		-	-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		57	22nd	26th	7th	1	3.01	90.1		-	-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		50	22nd	16	8th	5	2.28	92.0		4th	0	4th	0	3.73	89.1
2015/16	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		33	13	13	4th	1	2.78	90.4		-	-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	Manitoba mosses	AHL		18th	8th	7th	2	0	2.78	91.7		-	-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		8th	4th	4th	0	0	3.55	88.8		-	-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	New York Rangers	NHL		19th	4th	9	1	1	3.05	91.0		-	-	-	-	-	-
NHL overall				398	156	167	48	18th	2.88	90.7		4th	0	4th	0	3.73	89.1

( 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

Commons : Ondřej Pavelec  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ondřej Pavelec in the database of the National Hockey League (English)
• Ondřej Pavelec at eurohockey.com
• Ondřej Pavelec at hockeygoalies.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ice hockey: National goalkeeper Pavelec ends his sports career at the age of 31 - Radio Prague. In: radio.cz. March 1, 2014, accessed October 18, 2018 .