Robert Lang (ice hockey player)
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Date of birth | December 19, 1970 |
place of birth | Teplice , Czechoslovakia |
size | 191 cm |
Weight | 98 kg |
position | center |
Shot hand | Right |
Draft | |
NHL Entry Draft |
1990 , 7th round, 133rd position Los Angeles Kings |
Career stations | |
until 1992 | HC Litvínov |
1992-1996 | Los Angeles Kings |
1996-1997 | HC Sparta Prague |
1997 | Boston Bruins |
1997-2002 | Pittsburgh Penguins |
2002-2004 | Washington Capitals |
2004-2007 | Detroit Red Wings |
2007-2008 | Chicago Blackhawks |
2008-2009 | Canadiens de Montréal |
2009-2010 | Phoenix Coyotes |
Robert Lang (born December 19, 1970 in Teplice , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Czech ice hockey player . The center played over 1,000 games in the National Hockey League , much of it for the Los Angeles Kings , Pittsburgh Penguins , Washington Capitals and Detroit Red Wings . With the Czech national team he was world champion in 1996 and Olympic champion in 1998 .
Career
Robert Lang began his career at HC Litvínov in the first division and was selected in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft by the Los Angeles Kings in the seventh round in 133rd position. For the 1992/93 season he moved to North America, but still played frequently in the first two years with the Phoenix Roadrunners , the Kings farm team , in the IHL .
After the 1995/96 season , Lang's stint in Los Angeles ended with moderate success and he returned to Europe. After a season with HC Sparta Prague , he tried again in the USA. In addition to a short trip to the Boston Bruins for three games , the Pittsburgh Penguins were his new team. He was able to improve steadily and so he finally managed to establish himself as a permanent fixture in the NHL in the five years in Pittsburgh.
In 2002 he moved to the Washington Capitals . Shortly before the end of his second season in the capital, when he led the scorers of the league and was appointed to the NHL All-Star Game in 2004 , the Detroit Red Wings signed him . Then he was honored with the Zlatá hokejka as the best Czech player. In the 2006/07 season he was able to advance with the Red Wings to the final of the Western Conference . In the summer of 2007, he received no new contract in Detroit and moved to the Chicago Blackhawks , where he was able to build on the performance of the previous season with 54 points in 76 games, but missed the playoffs with the team. After only one year in Chicago, Lang was transferred to the Canadiens de Montréal in September 2008 . A season in Montréal was followed by a final season with the Phoenix Coyotes before ending his active career in 2010.
In December 2015, Robert Lang was inducted into the Czech Ice Hockey Hall of Fame .
Achievements and Awards
- 2003 NHL Offensive Player of the Month for November
- 2004 Participation in the NHL All-Star Game
- 2004 Zlatá hokejka
- 2015 admission to the Czech Ice Hockey Hall of Fame
International
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Career statistics
Regular season | Play-offs | |||||||||||||
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
1988/89 | CHZ Litvínov | 1st League | 7th | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8th | 3 | 3 | 6th | 0 | ||
1989/90 | CHZ Litvínov | 1st League | 32 | 8th | 7th | 15th | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1990/91 | CHZ Litvínov | 1st League | 56 | 26th | 26th | 52 | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1991/92 | HC Chemopetrol Litvínov | 1st League | 43 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1992/93 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1992/93 | Phoenix Roadrunners | IHL | 38 | 9 | 21st | 30th | 20th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1993/94 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 32 | 9 | 10 | 19th | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1993/94 | Phoenix Roadrunners | IHL | 44 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1994/95 | HC Chemopetrol Litvínov | Extra league | 16 | 4th | 19th | 23 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1994/95 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 36 | 4th | 8th | 12 | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1995/96 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 68 | 6th | 16 | 22nd | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1996/97 | HC Sparta Prague | Extra league | 38 | 14th | 27 | 41 | 30th | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | ||
1996/97 | HC Sparta Prague | EHL | 4th | 2 | 2 | 4th | 0 | 4th | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
1997/98 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1997/98 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 51 | 9 | 13 | 22nd | 14th | 6th | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
1997/98 | Houston Eros | IHL | 9 | 1 | 7th | 8th | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1998/99 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 72 | 21st | 23 | 44 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
1999/00 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 78 | 23 | 42 | 65 | 14th | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6th | 0 | ||
2000/01 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 82 | 32 | 48 | 80 | 28 | 16 | 4th | 4th | 8th | 4th | ||
2001/02 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 62 | 18th | 32 | 50 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2002/03 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 82 | 22nd | 47 | 69 | 22nd | 6th | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
2003/04 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 63 | 29 | 45 | 74 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2003/04 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 6th | 1 | 4th | 5 | 0 | 12 | 4th | 5 | 9 | 6th | ||
2004/05 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | not played because of lockout | |||||||||||
2005/06 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 72 | 20th | 42 | 62 | 72 | 6th | 3 | 3 | 6th | 2 | ||
2006/07 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 81 | 19th | 33 | 52 | 66 | 18th | 2 | 6th | 8th | 8th | ||
2007/08 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 76 | 21st | 33 | 54 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2008/09 | Montréal Canadiens | NHL | 50 | 18th | 21st | 39 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2009/10 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 64 | 9 | 20th | 29 | 28 | 4th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
1st league overall | 138 | 49 | 66 | 115 | - | 8th | 3 | 3 | 6th | 0 | ||||
Extraliga overall | 54 | 18th | 46 | 64 | 58 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | ||||
IHL total | 91 | 21st | 52 | 73 | 58 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
NHL overall | 989 | 261 | 442 | 703 | 422 | 91 | 18th | 28 | 46 | 24 |
International
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( 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
- Robert Lang in the database of the National Hockey League (English)
- Robert Lang at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Robert Lang at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Robert Lang in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ hokej.idnes.cz: Do hokejové Síně slávy byli uvedeni Hrbatý, Kučera, Lang a Křížek article from December 17, 2015 (Czech)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lang, Robert |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 19, 1970 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Teplice , Czechoslovakia |