Petr Sýkora (ice hockey player, 1978)

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Petr Sýkora
Date of birth December 21, 1978
place of birth Pardubice , Czechoslovakia
size 191 cm
Weight 106 kg
position center
number # 27
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1997 , 3rd lap, 76th position
Detroit Red Wings
Career stations
until 1998 HC Pardubice
1998-1999 Milwaukee Admirals
1999-2008 HC Pardubice
2008-2009 HC Davos
2009-2010 HC Pardubice
2010-2013 HC Davos
since 2013 HC Pardubice

Petr Sýkora ([ ˈpɛtr̩ ˈsiːkora ], born December 21, 1978 in Pardubice , Czechoslovakia ) is a Czech ice hockey player who has been under contract with HC Pardubice from the Czech extra league since 2013 . His older brother Michal was also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Petr Sýkora began his career in the offspring of HC Pardubice , for whom he played in the junior extra league between 1994 and 1997. In the 1996/97 season he made his debut in the Czech extra league for the men's team of HC Pardubice and from that point on was a permanent member of the extra league squad. During the 1997 NHL Entry Draft , he was selected by the Detroit Red Wings in the third round in a total of 76th place.

A year later he decided to move to North America, but since the Red Wings had swapped the NHL rights to him against Doug Brown with the Nashville Predators , he completed his first NHL game for the Predators. After two NHL games for the Predators, however, he was sent to the IHL to the Milwaukee Admirals . After three games in the 1999/2000 season for the Admirals, he returned to the Czech Republic for HC Pardubice.

In the 2004/05 season he was Czech champion with Pardubice, before he started a new attempt in the NHL in the 2005/06 season: He completed ten NHL games for the Washington Capitals , but could not get used to the American lifestyle again and returned to Pardubice. In the following season he improved his game significantly, so that he was not only top scorer in the extra league, but was also awarded as the best striker and league MVP .

From June 2008 Sýkora was under contract with HC Davos from the National League A and received one of four foreign licenses. He won the Swiss championship with HC Davos at the end of the 2008/09 season , but returned to his home club after this success. With this he became Czech champion at the end of the following season . In June 2010 he was signed again by HC Davos for a year. In 2011 Sýkora became Swiss champion for the second time, after which he extended his contract for another two years.

After the 2012/13 season , Sýkora moved back to his home club Pardubice in the Czech Republic.

International

In his career so far, Petr Sýkora has often been used in preparation games for the national team and tournaments of the Euro Hockey League , but only completed his first world championship in 2007 .

Achievements and Awards

  • Top scorer of the Extraliga 2000/01
  • Czech champion 2005
  • Top scorer in the 2006/07 Extraliga
  • Top scorer of the 2006/07 Extraliga playoffs
  • Top scorer of the 2006/07 Extraliga playoffs

Career statistics

Club competitions

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1994/95 HC Pardubice U20-EL 38 35 33 68 - - - - - -
1995/96 HC Pardubice U20-EL 26th 13 9 22nd - - - - - -
1996/97 HC Pardubice U20-EL 12 14th 4th 18th - - - - - -
1996/97 HC Pardubice Extra league 29 1 3 4th 4th - - - - -
1997/98 HC Pardubice Extra league 39 4th 5 9 8th 3 0 0 0 0
1998/99 Nashville Predators NHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1998/99 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 73 14th 15th 29 50 2 1 1 2 0
1999/00 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 3 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
1999/00 HC Pardubice Extra league 36 7th 13 20th 51 3 0 0 0 2
2000/01 HC Pardubice Extra league 47 26th 18th 44 42 7th 5 3 8th 6th
2001/02 HC Pardubice Extra league 32 14th 8th 22nd 72 6th 1 2 3 26th
2002/03 HC Pardubice Extra league 45 18th 18th 36 86 19th 3 3 6th 39
2003/04 HC Pardubice Extra league 48 23 23 46 20th 7th 1 0 1 6th
2004/05 HC Pardubice Extra league 43 25th 10 35 28 16 3 2 5 33
2005/06 Washington Capitals NHL 10 2 2 4th 6th - - - - -
2005/06 HC Pardubice Extra league 28 11 14th 25th 46 - - - - -
2006/07 HC Pardubice Extra league 50 37 16 53 76 18th 12 6th 18th 22nd
2007/08 HC Pardubice Extra league 42 23 8th 31 38 3 2 0 2 6 1
2008/09 HC Davos NLA 49 23 16 39 20th 18th 8th 3 11 6th
2009/10 HC Pardubice Extra league 48 27 15th 42 56 13 12 4th 16 10
2010/11 HC Davos NLA 43 35 15th 50 18th 9 1 2 3 2
2011/12 HC Davos NLA 46 21st 28 49 4th 4th 0 0 0 2
2012/13 HC Davos NLA 32 16 12 28 16 7th 2 1 3 6th
Extraliga (Czech Republic) overall 569 247 171 418 667 13 12 4th 16 10
NLA total 170 95 71 166 47 38 11 6th 17th 16
IHL total 76 14th 16 30th 52 2 1 1 2 0
NHL overall 12 2 2 4th 6th - - - - -

International

year team event Sp T V Pt SM +/-
2007 Czech Republic WM 7th 2 3 5 4th +1
International overall 7th 2 3 5 4th +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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ eurohockey.net, Player of March 2007 - Petr Sykora
  2. ↑ hockeyfans.ch, Petr Sykora back to HCD
  3. ↑ srf.ch, Sykora leaves Davos
  4. ↑ hokej.cz, Profile - Petr Sýkora
personal data
SURNAME Sýkora, Petr
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sykora, Petr
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Pardubice , Czechoslovakia