Petr Vrána

Petr Vrána
Date of birth	March 29, 1985
place of birth	Šternberk , Czechoslovakia
size	176 cm
Weight	70 kg
position	center
number	# 20
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2003 , 2nd round, 42nd position New Jersey Devils
Career stations
until 2001	HC Olomouc
2001-2002	HC Havířov
2002-2005	Halifax Mooseheads
2005-2006	Albany River Rats
2006-2009	Lowell Devils
2009-2011	HC Vítkovice
2011–2012	Amur Khabarovsk
2012-2014	HC Lev Prague
2014	Atlant Moskovskaya Oblast
2014-2015	Ak Bars Kazan
2015-2016	Brynäs IF
2016-2019	HC Sparta Prague
since 2019	HC Oceláři Třinec

Petr Vrána (born March 29, 1985 in Šternberk , Czechoslovakia ) is a Czech ice hockey player who has been under contract with HC Oceláři Třinec in the Czech extra league since January 2019 .

Career

Petr Vrána began his career as a hockey player in the youth department of HC Olomouc , where he was active until 2001. He then moved to the youth department of HC Havířov , for whose professional team he made his debut in the Czech extra league in the 2001/02 season . In six games he stayed without points and received four penalty minutes. From 2002 to 2005 the center played for the Halifax Mooseheads in the Canadian junior league Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec . Especially in his first junior year in Canada, he was able to convince when he received the Coupe RDS as rookie of the year and the trophy Michel Bergeron as the best offensive rookie of the LHJMQ in the 2002/03 season . He was also elected to the league's all-rookie team.

In the 2005/06 season Vrána played in the American Hockey League for the Albany River Rats , the then farm team of the New Jersey Devils , who had already selected him in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft in the second round as a 42nd player. In the following three years, the Czech played mostly for New Jersey's new AHL farm team Lowell Devils , where he in the 2007/08 season at the AHL All-Star Classic participated. In the 2008/09 season he scored a goal in 16 games in the National Hockey League for the New Jersey Devils . After seven years in North America, the former junior international returned to his Czech homeland for the 2009/10 season , where he joined HC Vítkovice , with whom he immediately became runner-up. After another season at Vítkovice, he was committed for the 2011/12 season by Amur Khabarovsk from the Continental Hockey League . For Amur, he completed 46 KHL games in which he scored 43 points scorer. He was the second best scorer within the team behind Jakub Petružálek .

Petr Vrána, Zdeno Chára and Ľuboš Bartečko (from left to right) in December 2012

In May 2012 Vrána was awarded a two-year contract by HC Lev Prague and reached the play-off final with the Czech KHL participant in 2014. After the club's withdrawal before the 2014/15 season, Vrána moved to Atlant Moskowskaja Oblast in the league . Due to the club's financial problems, Vrána was transferred to Ak Bars Kazan in December 2014 against payment of compensation, where Vrána had played 42 games by the end of the season. In summer 2015, the Czech moved to Brynäs IF in the Svenska Hockeyligan .

International

For the Czech Republic , Vrána took part in the U20 World Junior Championship in 2005 . During the tournament he scored five goals and three assists in seven games and led his team as team captain to win the bronze medal.

Achievements and Awards

2003 CHL Top Prospects Game 2003 Coupe RDS 2003 Michel Bergeron Trophy

2003 LHJMQ All-Rookie Team 2008 AHL All-Star Classic 2010 Czech runner-up with HC Vítkovice

International

• 2005 bronze medal at the U20 Junior World Championship

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2001/02	HC Havířov	Extra league		6th	0	0	0	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	Halifax Mooseheads	LHJMQ		72	37	46	83	32		24	5	15th	20th	12
2003/04	Halifax Mooseheads	LHJMQ		48	13	25th	38	56		-	-	-	-	-
2004/05	Halifax Mooseheads	LHJMQ		60	16	35	51	77		12	10	4th	14th	12
2005/06	Albany River Rats	AHL		74	12	23	35	91		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Lowell Devils	AHL		61	13	19th	32	44		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Lowell Devils	AHL		80	20th	41	61	64		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	New Jersey Devils	NHL		16	1	0	1	2		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Lowell Devils	AHL		14th	5	4th	9	6th		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	HC Vitkovice	Extra league		39	7th	6th	13	10		16	3	3	6th	8th
2010/11	HC Vitkovice	Extra league		42	15th	14th	29	24		16	9	2	11	20th
2011/12	Amur Khabarovsk	KHL		46	19th	24	43	12		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	HC Lev Prague	KHL		51	6th	14th	20th	20th		4th	1	1	2	2
2013/14	HC Lev Prague	KHL		50	8th	14th	22nd	32		22nd	7th	6th	13	10
2014/15	Atlant Mytishchi	KHL		13	4th	0	4th	8th		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Ak Bars Kazan	KHL		22nd	3	5	8th	4th		20th	0	4th	4th	2
2015/16	Brynäs IF	SHL		26th	1	7th	8th	10		-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	HC Sparta Prague	Extra league		50	21st	26th	47	34		4th	2	2	4th	4th
2017/18	HC Sparta Prague	Extra league		51	7th	18th	25th	28		2	1	0	1	2
2018/19	HC Sparta Prague	Extra league		37	8th	18th	26th	18th		-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	HC Oceláři Třinec	Extra league		12	1	4th	5	0		17th	3	7th	10	0
2019/20	HC Oceláři Třinec	Extra league
AHL total				229	50	87	137	205		-	-	-	-	-
Extraliga overall				237	59	86	145	118		55	18th	14th	32	34
NHL overall				16	1	0	1	2		-	-	-	-	-

International

year	team	event		Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
2005	Czech Republic	U20 World Cup		7th	5	3	8th	+8	16
2013	Czech Republic	WM		6th	0	0	0	−2	0

( 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

• Petr Vrána at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Petr Vrána at eliteprospects.com (English)