Vladimír Růžička senior
 Vladimír Růžička senior 
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| Date of birth | June 6, 1963 |
| place of birth | Most , Czechoslovakia |
| size | 190 cm |
| Weight | 98 kg |
| position | center |
| number | # 38 |
| Shot hand | Left |
| Draft | |
| NHL Entry Draft |
1982 , 4th round, 73rd position Toronto Maple Leafs |
| Career stations | |
| 1979-1987 | CHZ Litvínov |
| 1987-1989 | HC Dukla Trenčín |
| 1989 | CHZ Litvínov |
| 1989-1990 | Edmonton Oilers |
| 1990-1993 | Boston Bruins |
| 1993-1994 | Ottawa Senators |
| 1994-2000 | HC Slavia Prague |
Vladimír Růžička senior (born June 6, 1963 in Most , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Czech ice hockey player and current coach who has been the head coach of Piráti Chomutov in the Czech extra league since May 2015 . During his active time in North America, he completed a total of 263 games in the National Hockey League for the Edmonton Oilers , Boston Bruins and Ottawa Senators . He was also the head coach of the Czech national team for many years .
Career as a player
Vladimír Růžička began his career at CHZ Litvínov , for whom he made his debut in the first division of Czechoslovakia during the 1979/80 season . In the summer of 1982 he was selected in the fourth round of the NHL Entry Draft 1982 in the fourth round by the Toronto Maple Leafs , but played until the middle of the 1989/90 season for HC Dukla Trenčín and CHZ Litvínov and increased his points yield from year to year . During this time he twice won the election for the outstanding Czechoslovakian player, the Zlatá hokejka . His first stop in North America was the Edmonton Oilers, who had acquired the NHL rights to Růžička for a draft pick from the Maple Leafs. The Oilers won the Stanley Cup in the 1989/90 season. Since Vladimír Růžička was not used during the play-offs, his name was not engraved on the trophy. In October 1990 Růžička was released for Greg Hawgood to the Bruins, where he was able to achieve 39 goals and 36 assists during the 1991/92 season .
After the 1992/93 season his contract with the Bruins ran out and the Senators signed him as a free agent in August 1993. He returned to the Czech Republic via EV Zug in 1994 and played in the Czech Extraliga with HC Slavia Prague until he retired . In his farewell game, the Vladimír Růžička-Allstars competed against the Jágr team , which ended in a 12-12 draw. The two teams consisted of former and active NHL players, former stars of the Czechoslovak 1st division and Vladimír Růžička Junior, who played in a row with his father.
International
Vladimír Růžička has participated in all major international championships in the course of his career. With the Czechoslovak national team he won one gold, one silver and two bronze medals at world championships and the silver medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo . After the division of his home country, he won the gold medal with the Czech national team at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano . In total, he completed over 200 international matches in which he scored 112 goals.
Career as a coach
After his resignation in 2000, Vladimír Růžička began to work as a coach of HC Slavia Prague. In the 2002/03 season he led his team to the Czech championship . From 2002 he also looked after the Czech national team as an assistant coach, but ended this activity in 2004. The head coach of the national team, Ivan Hlinka, died a short time later . Then Vladimír Růžička temporarily took over this position and led the Czechs to win the gold medal at the 2005 Ice Hockey World Championship .
After the disappointing performance of the national team at the 2008 World Cup, national coach Alois Hadamczik resigned and Růžička took over his position in the national team, but also remained coach of Slavia Prague. After winning the Ice Hockey World Championship in 2010 , he gave the national coaching post back to Alois Hadamczik. Růžička returned as national coach in February 2014, he gave up his position at Slavia at the end of the 2013/14 season.
Růžička has been the head coach of the Extraliga promoted Piráti Chomutov since May 2015 , where he received a ten-year contract. In June 2015, he resigned from his position as national coach following allegations of corruption in order to forestall a possible dismissal by the Czech association.
Achievements and Awards
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| Seasons | Games | Gates | Assists | Points | Penalty minutes | |
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| NHL Regular Season | 5 | 233 | 82 | 85 | 167 | 129 |
| NHL playoffs | 2 | 30th | 4th | 14th | 18th | 2 |
| Extra league | 17th | 680 | 431 | 435 | 866 | 587 |
Others
His son Vladimír Růžička junior is also a hockey player.
Web links
- Vladimír Růžička senior at eurohockey.com
- Vladimír Růžička at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Vladimír Růžička senior in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ Hadamczik takes over as coach of national hockey team - Radio Prague. In: radio.cz. March 1, 2014, accessed November 14, 2018 .
- ↑ rozhlas.cz, Vladimír Růžička povede i extraligový Chomutov, smlouvu má na 10 let , May 20, 2015
- ↑ Ice Hockey News , "Gratitude payments" for playing times - Czech national coach Vladimir Ruzicka resigns after renewed allegations of corruption , June 10, 2015
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Růžička, Vladimír senior |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ruzicka, Vladimir |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech ice hockey player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 6, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Most (Czech Republic) , Czechoslovakia |