Patrik Eliáš

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Patrik Eliáš
Date of birth April 13, 1976
place of birth Třebíč , Czechoslovakia
size 185 cm
Weight 88 kg
position Left wing
number # 26
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1994 , 2nd round, 51st position
New Jersey Devils
Career stations
1992-1995 TJ Poldi SONP Kladno
1995-1996 Albany River Rats
1996-1999 New Jersey Devils
1999 HC IPB / ČSOB Pojišťovna Pardubice
2004 HC Znojemští Orli
2004-2005 HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
1999-2016 New Jersey Devils

Patrik Eliáš (born April 13, 1976 in Třebíč , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Czech ice hockey player . The left winger played over 1,400 games for the New Jersey Devils in the National Hockey League from 1995 to 2016 and won the Stanley Cup twice with the team . He also scored over 1,000 points in the NHL, holding the Devils franchise records for most goals, assists and points, so the team blocked his jersey number . With the Czech national team he won bronze medals at both world championships and the 2006 Winter Olympics .

Career

Eliáš in the jersey of the New Jersey Devils

Patrik Eliáš began his career at Poldi Kladno and was selected in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft in the second round at position 51 by the New Jersey Devils . However, he played for his home club in the first Czech extra league until 1995, before moving to the Albany River Rats , the farm team of the New Jersey Devils from the AHL , in 1995. In the same year Elias played his first NHL game for the Devils. In the 2000/01 season he collected the most within the team with 96 points and was the player with the best plus / minus statistics in the league.

He won the Stanley Cup twice with New Jersey, in 2000 and 2003.

In the time of the NHL lockout in the 2004/05 season he completed 28 main round games for HC Znojemští Orli and 17 main round games for the Russian team HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk .

Before the 2006/07 season he was named team captain of the Devils, but gave this post to Jamie Langenbrunner in the 2007/08 season . In 2009 and 2012 he won the highest Czech award in ice hockey, the Zlatá hokejka .

During the 2014/15 season Eliáš achieved his 1000th scorer point in the National Hockey League.

In March 2017, Eliáš officially announced the end of his active career. At this point he held the Devils franchise records for most goals (408), assists (617), points (1025) and points in one season (96; 2000/01). At the same time, the New Jersey Devils announced that they would officially block his number 26 shirt in the course of the next season , which also happened on February 25, 2018.

International

Patrik Eliáš completed three games for the Czech national team at the 1998 men's ice hockey world championship and scored one goal.

In 2002 Eliáš played again for the selection of the Czechs at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City . In four games he scored one goal and one assist . Eliáš also took part in the World Cup of Hockey and scored three goals and two assists in five games.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1992/93 TJ Poldi SONP Kladno 1st league (ČSFR) 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1993/94 TJ Poldi SONP Kladno Extra league 15th 1 2 3 0 11 2 2 4th 0
1994/95 TJ Poldi SONP Kladno Extra league 28 4th 3 7th 37 7th 1 2 3 12
1995/96 Albany River Rats AHL 74 27 36 63 83 4th 1 1 2 2
1995/96 New Jersey Devils NHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1996/97 Albany River Rats AHL 57 24 43 67 76 6th 1 2 3 8th
1996/97 New Jersey Devils NHL 17th 2 3 5 2 8th 2 3 5 4th
1997/98 New Jersey Devils NHL 74 18th 19th 37 28 4th 0 1 1 0
1997/98 Albany River Rats AHL 3 3 0 3 2 - - - - -
1998/99 New Jersey Devils NHL 74 17th 33 50 34 7th 0 5 5 6th
1999/00 HC IPB / ČSOB Pojišťovna Pardubice Extra league 5 1 4th 5 31 - - - - -
1999/00 SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč 1st League (CZE) 2 1 2 3 18th - - - - -
1999/00 New Jersey Devils NHL 72 35 37 72 58 23 7th 13 20th 9
2000/01 New Jersey Devils NHL 82 40 56 96 51 25th 9 14th 23 10
2001/02 New Jersey Devils NHL 75 29 32 61 36 6th 2 4th 6th 6th
2002/03 New Jersey Devils NHL 81 28 29 57 22nd 24 5 8th 13 26th
2003/04 New Jersey Devils NHL 82 38 43 81 44 5 3 2 5 2
2004/05 HC Znojemští Orli Extra league 28 8th 20th 28 65 - - - - -
2004/05 HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk Super league 17th 5 9 14th 28 - - - - -
2005/06 New Jersey Devils NHL 38 16 29 45 20th 9 6th 10 16 4th
2006/07 New Jersey Devils NHL 75 21st 48 69 38 10 1 9 10 4th
2007/08 New Jersey Devils NHL 82 20th 35 55 38 5 4th 2 6th 4th
2008/09 New Jersey Devils NHL 77 31 47 78 32 7th 1 2 3 2
2009/10 New Jersey Devils NHL 58 19th 29 48 40 5 0 4th 4th 2
2010/11 New Jersey Devils NHL 81 21st 41 62 16 - - - - -
2011/12 New Jersey Devils NHL 81 26th 52 78 16 24 5 3 8th 10
2012/13 New Jersey Devils NHL 48 14th 22nd 36 22nd - - - - -
2013/14 New Jersey Devils NHL 65 18th 35 53 30th - - - - -
2014/15 New Jersey Devils NHL 69 13 21st 34 12 - - - - -
2015/16 New Jersey Devils NHL 16 2 6th 8th 10 - - - - -
Extraliga overall 76 14th 29 43 133 18th 3 4th 7th 12
AHL total 134 54 79 133 161 10 2 3 5 10
NHL overall 1240 408 617 1025 549 162 45 80 125 89

International

Represented the Czech Republic at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1994 Czech Republic U18 European Championship 3rd place, bronze 5 2 5 7th 2
1998 Czech Republic WM 3rd place, bronze 3 1 0 1 0
2002 Czech Republic Olympia 7th place 4th 1 1 2 0
2004 Czech Republic World cup 3rd place 5 3 2 5 10
2006 Czech Republic Olympia 3rd place, bronze 1 0 0 0 2
2008 Czech Republic WM 5th place 7th 6th 3 9 6th
2009 Czech Republic WM 6th place 3 2 0 2 2
2010 Czech Republic Olympia 7th place 5 2 2 4th 2
2011 Czech Republic WM 3rd place, bronze 9 4th 5 9 6th
2014 Czech Republic Olympia 6th place 3 0 1 1 0
Juniors overall 5 2 5 7th 2
Men overall 40 19th 14th 33 28

( 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 )

family

Eliáš is married and has two daughters.

Web links

Commons : Patrik Eliáš  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Elias Retires from NHL, Will Skate Once More With NJD. nhl.com, March 31, 2017, accessed March 31, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Eliáš, Patrik
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Elias, Patrik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Třebíč , Czechoslovakia