Tomáš Klouček

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Czech RepublicCzech Republic  Tomáš Klouček Ice hockey player
Date of birth March 7, 1980
place of birth Prague , Czechoslovakia
size 192 cm
Weight 100 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1998 , 5th lap, 131st position
New York Rangers
Career stations
until 1998 HC Slavia Prague
1998-1999 Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
1999-2000 Hartford Wolf Pack
2000-2002 New York Rangers
2002-2003 Nashville Predators
2003-2004 Atlanta Thrashers
2004-2005 HC Slavia Prague
HC Oceláři Třinec
Bílí Tygři Liberec
2005-2006 Chicago Wolves
2006-2007 Syracuse crunch
2007-2008 RI Okna Zlín
2008-2011 Barys Astana
2011 HC Lev Poprad
2012-2013 HC Oceláři Třinec
since 2013 HC Košice

Tomáš Klouček (born March 7, 1980 in Prague , Czechoslovakia ) is a Czech ice hockey player who has been under contract with HC Košice in the Slovakian extra league since November 2013 .

Career

Tomáš Klouček began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth of HC Slavia Prague , where he was active until 1998. He was then selected in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft in the fifth round as a total of 131 players by the New York Rangers . Initially, however, the defender played for one year each with the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles from the Canadian top junior league Québec Major Junior Hockey League and the Rangers farm team , the Hartford Wolf Pack from the American Hockey League . With Hartford, the left shooter won the Calder Cup in the 1999/00 season . In the 2000/01 season he made his debut in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers, where he scored a total of five scorer points, including one goal, in 43 games in his rookie year .

On December 12, 2002, Klouček was given to the Nashville Predators , for whom he played for almost a year before he was transferred to the Atlanta Thrashers, in exchange for Mike Dunham , Klouček together with Rem Murray and Marek Židlický . With the Thrashers he was on the ice in 37 games in the NHL by the end of the 2003/04 season . The Czech bridged the lockout during the 2004/05 NHL season in his homeland, where he played for his ex-club HC Slavia Prague, HC Oceláři Třinec and Bílí Tygři Liberec in the Extraliga . After resumption of play in the NHL, he returned to Atlanta, where he was only used one more time in the NHL. Due to an ankle injury, he only played in 33 games for their AHL farm team, the Chicago Wolves .

On July 6, 2006, Klouček received a contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets as a free agent , but only played for their AHL farm team Syracuse Crunch in the following season , so he returned to the Czech Republic, where he worked for the 2007/08 season HC Zlín was active. Following the season he was signed by Barys Astana from the newly formed Continental Hockey League , for which he played until 2011. In July 2011 he moved to HC Lev Poprad within the KHL . He prepared a goal for the team in 20 games before his contract was terminated prematurely in December 2011. In mid-January 2012 he received a contract with HC Oceláři Třinec , for which he was active in the Czech extra league until the end of the 2012/13 season. He was then without a club. In November 2013 HC Košice signed Tomáš Klouček from the Slovak extra league and extended his contract in June 2014.

Achievements and Awards

statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
NHL Regular Season 5 141 2 8th 10 250
NHL playoffs - - - - - -
KHL main round 3 99 7th 24 31 331
KHL playoffs 3 9 0 2 2 26th

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

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personal data
SURNAME Klouček, Tomáš
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kloucek, Tomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague , Czechoslovakia