Richard Zedník

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Richard Zedník
Date of birth January 6, 1976
place of birth Banska Bystrica , Czechoslovakia
size 185 cm
Weight 89 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1994 , 10th lap, 249th position
Washington Capitals
Career stations
until 1994 SK Banská Bystrica
1994-1996 Portland Winter Hawks
1996-2001 Washington Capitals
2001-2006 Canadiens de Montréal
2006-2007 Washington Capitals
2007 New York Islanders
2007-2009 Florida panthers
2009-2010 Yaroslavl locomotive
2010-2011 HC 05 Banská Bystrica
2011 AIK Solna

Richard Zedník (born January 6, 1976 in Banská Bystrica , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Slovak ice hockey player and coach , who played 793 games for the Washington Capitals , Canadiens de Montréal , New York Islanders and in the course of his active career between 1994 and 2011 Florida Panthers in the National Hockey League on the position of right winger . Zedník celebrated his greatest career success in the jersey of the Slovak national team by winning the bronze medal at the 2003 World Cup . Most recently he was assistant coach at HC 05 Banská Bystrica between 2014 and 2018 .

Career

Player career

Richard Zedník started his career in his hometown at SK Banská Bystrica . He had his first appearance in the men's team in the 1993/94 season in the second-rate first division of Slovakia. Zedník made the scouts of the NHL for the first time at the Junior European Championships in 1993 and 1994 when he represented his home country there. In the 1994 NHL Entry Draft , the Washington Capitals selected him in the tenth round as 249th. He immediately moved overseas and played for the Portland Winter Hawks in the Western Hockey League .

Shortly before the end of the 1995/96 season , he made his debut for the Capitals in the NHL. After playing with the Portland Pirates in the AHL the following year , he made his final breakthrough in the NHL in the 1997/98 season thanks to his speed and precise shot. After nine goals in the regular season, he scored seven times in 17 playoff games . In March 2001, the Capitals gave him together with Jan Bulis and a first-round draft right to the Canadiens de Montréal and received Trevor Linden , Dainius Zubrus and a draft right in return. In Montréal, among other things, he was an asset to the team with his physical game. He improved his stats year after year, scoring over 30 goals for the first time in the 2002/03 season .

For the 2006/07 season he returned to the Washington Capitals, but before the end of the season he moved to the New York Islanders . For the following season he signed as a free agent with the Florida Panthers . He spent the 2009/10 season with Lokomotive Yaroslavl in the Continental Hockey League . He then signed a contract in his home country with HC 05 Banská Bystrica , before Zedník moved to AIK Ishockey in the Elitserien in January 2011 . At the end of the season, his contract was not extended and he has been without a club since then.

Neck injury

On February 10, 2008 in the game of Buffalo Sabers against the Florida Panthers , Zedník was seriously injured. During the final third, he cut his carotid artery after being badly hit by his falling teammate Olli Jokinen's skate . Zedník then ran under his own steam and bleeding heavily to the players' bench, where he was treated immediately. After it became known that Zedník's health was stabilized on the way to the hospital, the NHL decided to continue the game. The cut was later treated surgically in a hospital in Buffalo.

In the following days, Zedník's injury put the safety of the players' equipment in question and sparked a discussion about the introduction of protection for the neck area. Almost a month and a half after the injury, on March 19, Zedník returned to the ice for the first time and ran a few laps for about five to ten minutes before the actual training of the Panthers.

International

Richard Zedník has represented his home country in international championships since 1993. He received his first appointment to the European U18 Junior Championship in 1993. In the following three years he took part in another U18 European and a U20 World Championship. He made his first appearance in the Slovak men's national team at the World Cup of Hockey in 1996 . He also took part in the 2001 , 2003 and 2005 World Championships . Another highlight was the appointment to the national team for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin .

Coaching career

From 2011 Zedník coached the youth team of HC Slovan Trstena. In the winter of 2011, Zednik went to HK Altis Námestovo as a youth coach and narrowly escaped a disaster when the roof of the ice rink there collapsed on January 25, 2012. At the time of the collapse, he was leading his team's second training session and, at the first signs of the imminent collapse, he called the children off the ice with his presence of mind.

Between 2014 and 2018, Zedník was assistant coach at HC 05 Banská Bystrica .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1992/93 Iskra Smrečina Banská Bystrica 1. SNHL
1993/94 ŠK Iskra Banská Bystrica 1st League 25th 3 6th 9 - - - - -
1994/95 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 65 35 51 86 89 9 5 5 10 20th
1995/96 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 61 44 37 81 154 7th 8th 4th 12 23
1995/96 Portland Pirates AHL 1 1 1 2 0 21st 4th 5 9 26th
1995/96 Washington Capitals NHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1996/97 Portland Pirates AHL 56 15th 20th 35 70 5 1 0 1 6th
1996/97 Washington Capitals NHL 11 2 1 3 4th - - - - -
1997/98 Washington Capitals NHL 65 17th 9 26th 28 17th 7th 3 10 16
1998/99 Washington Capitals NHL 49 9 8th 17th 50 - - - - -
1999/00 ŠaHK Iskra Banská Bystrica 1st League 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1999/00 Washington Capitals NHL 69 19th 16 35 54 5 0 0 0 0
2000/01 Washington Capitals NHL 62 16 19th 35 61 - - - - -
2000/01 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 12 3 6th 9 10 - - - - -
2001/02 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 82 22nd 22nd 44 59 4th 4th 4th 8th 6th
2002/03 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 80 31 19th 50 79 - - - - -
2003/04 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 81 26th 24 50 63 11 3 3 6th 2
2004/05 HKm Zvolen Extra league 36 15th 19th 34 56 17th 9 10 19th 12
2005/06 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 67 16 14th 30th 48 6th 2 0 2 4th
2006/07 Washington Capitals NHL 32 6th 12 18th 16 - - - - -
2006/07 New York Islanders NHL 10 1 2 3 2 5 0 0 0 8th
2007/08 Florida panthers NHL 54 15th 11 26th 43 - - - - -
2008/09 Florida panthers NHL 70 17th 16 33 46 - - - - -
2009/10 Yaroslavl locomotive KHL 37 6th 12 18th 56 17th 3 5 8th 22nd
2010/11 HC 05 Banská Bystrica Extra league 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2010/11 AIK Solna Elitserien 18th 2 3 5 12 3 1 1 2 0
1st league overall 26th 3 6th 9 - - - - -
Extraliga overall 38 15th 19th 34 56 17th 9 10 19th 12
WHL overall 126 79 88 167 243 16 13 9 22nd 43
AHL total 57 16 21st 37 70 26th 5 5 10 32
NHL overall 745 200 179 379 563 48 16 10 26th 41

International

Represented Slovakia at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1993 Slovakia U18-C-EM 2nd place 4th 8th 2 10 6th
1994 Slovakia U18-C-EM 1st place 6th 8th 12 20th 10
1996 Slovakia U20 World Cup 7th place 6th 5 2 7th 10
1996 Slovakia World cup 7th place 3 0 0 0 0
2001 Slovakia WM 7th place 7th 2 2 4th 14th
2003 Slovakia WM 3rd place, bronze 9 5 3 8th 6th
2004 Slovakia World cup 7th place 3 0 0 0 0
2005 Slovakia WM 5th place 7th 1 1 2 10
2006 Slovakia Olympia 5th place 6th 1 0 1 12
2010 Slovakia Olympia 4th Place 7th 2 4th 6th 6th
2011 Slovakia WM 10th place 6th 1 1 2 2
Juniors overall 16 21st 16 37 26th
Men overall 48 12 11 23 50

( 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 )

Others

From 2002 to 2009 he was in a relationship with the French-Canadian actress Jessica Welch . During this period, the couple were married from 2005 to 2008 and from the bond they have a daughter who was born in 2003.

Web links

Commons : Richard Zedník  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b spox.com, Horror Injury Shadows Sabers Game , February 11, 2008, accessed May 8, 2014
  2. ↑ nhl.com, Gruesome Zednik injury sparks talk of neck protection for NHLers
  3. ↑ nhl.com, Zednik skates briefly for first time since neck surgery following on-ice accident
  4. ↑ Na Orave sa zrútil štadión, bol tam aj Rišo Zedník ( Memento of the original from January 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / sport.aktuality.sk
  5. ↑ Slovakia: No injuries when the roof of the hall collapses  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.handelsblatt.com  
  6. ↑ Dráma na Orave: Hala sa skoro zrútila na Zedníka s deťmi! (Czech), accessed December 30, 2012
  7. ↑ Jessica Welch - ktotoje.sk - celebrity a osobnosti na jednom mieste (Slovak), accessed December 30, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Zedník, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zednik, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovak ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Banska Bystrica , Czechoslovakia