Radek Dvořák

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Radek Dvořák
Date of birth March 9, 1977
place of birth Tábor , Czechoslovakia
size 188 cm
Weight 99 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1995 , 1st round, 10th position
Florida Panthers
Career stations
until 1995 HC České Budějovice
1995-2000 Florida panthers
2000-2003 New York Rangers
2003-2006 Edmonton Oilers
2006-2007 St. Louis Blues
2007-2011 Florida panthers
2011 Atlanta Thrashers
2011–2012 Dallas Stars
2013 HC Davos
Anaheim Ducks
2013-2014 Carolina Hurricanes

Radek Dvořák (born March 9, 1977 in Tábor ) is a former Czech ice hockey player who played 1299 games for the Florida Panthers , New York Rangers , Edmonton Oilers , St. Louis Blues , Dallas Stars in the course of his active career between 1993 and 2014 , Anaheim Ducks and Carolina Hurricanes in the National Hockey League on the position of right winger . With the Czech national team Dvořák won a total of three world championship titles in 1999 , 2001 and 2005 .

Career

Radek Dvořák began his career as an ice hockey player in the youth of HC České Budějovice , for whose professional team he was active in the Czech extra league from 1993 to 1995 . He was then selected in the first round of the 1995 NHL Entry Draft as the tenth player in total by the Florida Panthers , for whom he was on the ice for the following four and a half years in the National Hockey League . On December 30, 1999 he was given to the New York Rangers , for which he played for another three and a half seasons in the NHL. The attacker then played for the Edmonton Oilers until the lockout in the 2004/05 NHL season . The right-handed shooter bridged the time during the lockout in his Czech homeland, where he was hired by HC České Budějovice. The club, where Dvořák had started his career and which had meanwhile been relegated to the second-class first division , he led back to the extra division as second division champions.

After resumption of play in the NHL Dvořák initially returned to the Edmonton Oilers before he received a contract with their league rivals, the St. Louis Blues , on September 14, 2006 as a free agent . Before the 2007/08 game year , the Czech finally returned to his ex-club Florida Panthers. At the end of February 2011, he was given in a transfer deal to the Atlanta Thrashers .

On July 1, 2011, he signed a one-year contract with the Dallas Stars . End of January 2013 he was appointed by HC Davos of the Swiss National League A committed. After leaving the NLA playoffs with HC Davos, he signed a contract with the Anaheim Ducks in March 2013 until the end of the season . After only six months in Anaheim, he moved to the Carolina Hurricanes in September 2013 . His one-year contract in Carolina was not renewed after the 2013/14 season, so that he was looking for a new employer as a free agent from July 2014 .

At the beginning of January 2015, he officially ended his career.

International

For the Czech Republic , Dvořák took part in the 1999 , 2001 , 2004 and 2005 world championships. He was also part of the Czech squad at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and the 2004 World Cup of Hockey .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1992/93 TJ Motor České Budějovice U20 extra league 35 44 46 90 - - - - -
1993/94 HC České Budějovice U20 extra league 20th 17th 18th 35 - - - - -
1993/94 HC České Budějovice Extra league 8th 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1994/95 HC České Budějovice Extra league 19th 8th 6th 14th 2 9 5 1 6th
1995/96 Florida panthers NHL 77 13 14th 27 20th 16 1 3 4th 0
1996/97 Florida panthers NHL 78 18th 21st 39 30th 3 0 0 0 0
1997/98 Florida panthers NHL 64 12 24 36 33 - - - - -
1998/99 Florida panthers NHL 82 19th 24 43 29 - - - - -
1999/00 Florida panthers NHL 35 7th 10 17th 6th - - - - -
1999/00 New York Rangers NHL 46 11 22nd 33 10 - - - - -
2000/01 New York Rangers NHL 82 31 36 67 20th - - - - -
2001/02 New York Rangers NHL 65 17th 20th 37 14th - - - - -
2002/03 New York Rangers NHL 63 6th 21st 27 16 - - - - -
2002/03 Edmonton Oilers NHL 12 4th 4th 8th 14th 4th 1 0 1 0
2003/04 Edmonton Oilers NHL 78 15th 35 50 18th - - - - -
2004/05 HC České Budějovice 1st League 32 23 35 58 18th 16 5 13 18th 20th
2005/06 Edmonton Oilers NHL 64 8th 20th 28 26th 16 0 2 2 4th
2006/07 St. Louis Blues NHL 82 10 27 37 48 - - - - -
2007/08 Florida panthers NHL 67 8th 9 17th 16 - - - - -
2008/09 Florida panthers NHL 81 15th 21st 36 42 - - - - -
2009/10 Florida panthers NHL 76 14th 18th 32 20th - - - - -
2010/11 Florida panthers NHL 53 7th 14th 21st 20th - - - - -
2010/11 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 13 0 1 1 4th - - - - -
2011/12 Dallas Stars NHL 73 4th 17th 21st 12 - - - - -
2012/13 HC Davos NLA 7th 3 4th 7th 2 7th 1 1 2 2
2012/13 Anaheim Ducks NHL 9 4th 0 4th 2 - - - - -
2013/14 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 60 4th 5 9 41 - - - - -
U20 extra league overall 55 61 64 125 - - - - -
Extraliga overall 27 8th 6th 14th 2 9 5 1 6th
NHL overall 1260 227 363 590 449 39 2 5 7th 4th

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 3 5 6th
1995 Czech Republic U18 European Championship 5th place 5 4th 3 7th 6th
1999 Czech Republic WM 1st place, gold 12 4th 4th 8th 6th
2001 Czech Republic WM 1st place, gold 9 4th 4th 8th 8th
2002 Czech Republic Olympia 7th place 4th 0 0 0 0
2004 Czech Republic WM 5th place 7th 0 7th 7th 16
2004 Czech Republic World cup 3rd place 4th 1 0 1 0
2005 Czech Republic WM 1st place, gold 9 1 1 2 4th
Juniors overall 10 6th 6th 12 12
Men overall 45 10 16 26th 34

( 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 : Radek Dvořák  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. hurricanes.nhl.com: "Hurricanes Sign Forward Radek Dvorak" (English, September 2, 2013, accessed on October 20, 2013)