Václav Prospal

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Václav Prospal
Date of birth 17th February 1975
place of birth České Budějovice , Czechoslovakia
Nickname Vinny
size 185 cm
Weight 88 kg
position Left wing
number # 20
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1993 , 3rd round, 71st position
Philadelphia Flyers
Career stations
until 1993 TJ Motor České Budějovice
1993-1996 Hershey Bears
1996-1997 Philadelphia Phantoms
1997-1998 Philadelphia Flyers
1998-2001 Ottawa Senators
2001 Florida panthers
2001-2003 Tampa Bay Lightning
2003-2004 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
2004-2005 HC České Budějovice
2005-2008 Tampa Bay Lightning
2008 Philadelphia Flyers
2008-2009 Tampa Bay Lightning
2009-2011 New York Rangers
2011-2013 Columbus Blue Jackets

Václav "Vinny" Prospal (born February 17, 1975 in České Budějovice , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Czech ice hockey player and current coach , who played 1173 games for the Philadelphia Flyers , Ottawa Senators , Florida during his active career between 1993 and 2013 Panthers , Tampa Bay Lightning , Mighty Ducks of Anaheim , New York Rangers and Columbus Blue Jackets in the National Hockey League on the left winger position . Prospal celebrated numerous successes with the Czech national team , especially at international level, and won the world championship title in 2000 and 2005. Since 2016 he has been assistant trainer for the national team.

Career

Václav Prospal began his career in his hometown with Motor České Budějovice , where he went through the youth teams and from 1991 played in the junior extra league. In the 1993 NHL Entry Draft he was selected by the Philadelphia Flyers from the National Hockey League in the third round in 71st position and moved to North America that same summer. During his debut season, the striker was mainly used with the Hershey Bears , the Flyers' farm team at the time, in the American Hockey League . The Czech had his first appearance in the NHL in the 1996/97 season . During the playoffs of the same season, he broke his arm during a training session, but was still elected to the AHL's First All-Star Team .

A few months later, Prospal was appointed to the 1998 Winter Olympics , where he was to represent his home country. However, the Czech was not operational because he broke a leg in an NHL game against the Ottawa Senators in a duel with Lance Pitlick . In January 1998, the Flyers gave him together with Pat Falloon and a second-round suffrage in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft in exchange for Alexandre Daigle to the Senators, where he played until the middle of the 2000/01 season.

About the Florida Panthers , to which he had switched in January 2001, he came only six months later to the Tampa Bay Lightning , where he played almost five seasons - with two breaks. In the 2003/04 season Prospal went for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim on the ice and during the lockout in the 2004/05 NHL season he returned to the Czech Republic. There the striker played for his home club in the second-rate first division and was top scorer and best assists in the league. He also made it to the extra league with HC České Budějovice . In the first season after the lockout, Prospal achieved personal bests in the Lightning jersey with 25 goals and 55 assists.

Prospal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin

Shortly before the end of the trade deadline in the 2007/08 season , Prospal was given to his former team Philadelphia Flyers, who in return sent Alexandre Picard and a second-round vote in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft to the Tampa Bay Lightning. In June 2008 Prospal returned to Florida again. In the 2008/09 season he was in 82 games for the Lightning, scored 19 goals and collected 45 points scorer. On August 17, 2009, the attacker signed a contract as a free agent with the New York Rangers , where he immediately earned a regular place and reached 58 points in 75 games in the 2009/10 season . After the end of the 2010/11 season , the Blueshirts did not extend the expiring contract of the Czech striker, so he was again available as a free agent. On July 22, 2011 he was finally signed by the Columbus Blue Jackets and given a contract for one season. After playing in Columbus until the end of the season , he announced his retirement on January 24, 2014 a few weeks before his 39th birthday.

After Prospal coached junior teams in the Tampa city ​​area between 2014 and 2016 , he was hired by the Czech ice hockey association Český svaz ledního hokeje in 2016 . There he took the post as assistant coach of the men's national team and began working under head coach Josef Jandač .

International

Václav Prospal has participated in all major international championships in the course of his career. His first appearance was at the U18 European Junior Championship in 1993 . In the following two years he took part in the Junior World Championships.

With the Czech national team , he won gold medals at world championships in 2000 and 2005 . In 2005 he scored the decisive goal in a 3-0 win in the final against Canada . Another highlight of his career was winning the bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin . In addition, in 2004 he took part in both the World Cup and the World Cup of Hockey . The Czechs finished in third place.

Achievements and Awards

  • 2005 top scorer in the 1st league championship round
  • 2005 top scorer in the 1st division playoffs

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1991/92 TJ Motor České Budějovice U20 extra league 36 16 16 32 12
1992/93 TJ Motor České Budějovice U20 extra league 36 26th 31 57 24
1993/94 Hershey Bears AHL 55 14th 21st 35 38 2 0 0 0 2
1994/95 Hershey Bears AHL 69 13 32 45 36 2 1 0 1 4th
1995/96 Hershey Bears AHL 68 15th 36 51 59 5 2 4th 6th 2
1996/97 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 63 32 63 95 70 - - - - -
1996/97 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 18th 5 10 15th 4th 5 1 3 4th 4th
1997/98 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 41 5 13 18th 17th - - - - -
1997/98 Ottawa Senators NHL 15th 1 6th 7th 4th 6th 0 0 0 0
1998/99 Ottawa Senators NHL 79 10 26th 36 58 4th 0 0 0 0
1999/00 Ottawa Senators NHL 79 22nd 33 55 40 6th 0 4th 4th 4th
2000/01 Ottawa Senators NHL 40 1 12 13 12 - - - - -
2000/01 Florida panthers NHL 34 4th 12 16 10 - - - - -
2001/02 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 81 18th 37 55 38 - - - - -
2002/03 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 80 22nd 57 79 53 11 4th 2 6th 8th
2003/04 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 82 19th 35 54 54 - - - - -
2004/05 HC České Budějovice 1st League 39 28 60 88 82 11 11 8th 19th 24
2005 HC České Budějovice Extraliga qualification - - - - - 5 1 4th 7th 11 8th
2005/06 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 81 25th 55 80 50 5 0 2 2 0
2006/07 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 82 14th 41 55 36 6th 1 4th 5 4th
2007/08 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 62 29 28 57 31 - - - - -
2007/08 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 18th 4th 10 14th 6th 17th 3 10 13 6th
2008/09 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 82 19th 26th 45 52 - - - - -
2009/10 New York Rangers NHL 75 20th 38 58 32 - - - - -
2010/11 New York Rangers NHL 29 9 14th 23 8th 5 1 0 1 0
2011/12 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 82 16 39 55 36 - - - - -
2012/13 HC Mountfield České Budějovice Extra league 19th 9 14th 23 16 - - - - -
2012/13 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 48 12 18th 30th 32 - - - - -
U20 extra league overall 72 42 47 89 36
Extraliga overall 19th 9 14th 23 16 5 4th 7th 11 8th
AHL total 255 74 152 226 203 9 3 4th 7th 8th
NHL overall 1108 255 510 765 581 65 10 25th 35 26th

International

Represented the Czech Republic at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1993 Czech Republic U18 European Championship 3rd place, bronze 6th 4th 7th 11 2
1994 Czech Republic U20 World Cup 5th place 7th 1 1 2 16
1995 Czech Republic U20 World Cup 6th place 7th 3 7th 10 2
2000 Czech Republic WM 1st place, gold 9 3 4th 7th 8th
2004 Czech Republic WM 5th place 7th 3 4th 7th 2
2004 Czech Republic World cup 3rd place 4th 1 3 4th 0
2005 Czech Republic WM 1st place, gold 9 2 6th 8th 4th
2006 Czech Republic Olympia 3rd place, bronze 8th 4th 2 6th 2
Juniors overall 20th 8th 15th 23 20th
Men overall 37 13 19th 32 16

( 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 : Václav Prospal  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ hokejcb.cz, Václav Prospal
personal data
SURNAME Prospal, Václav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Prospal, Vaclav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH 17th February 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH České Budějovice , Czechoslovakia