Vladimír Vůjtek junior

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Czech RepublicCzech Republic  Vladimír Vůjtek Ice hockey player
Date of birth 17th February 1972
place of birth Ostrava , Czechoslovakia
size 186 cm
Weight 85 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1991 , 4th lap, 73rd position
Canadiens de Montréal
Career stations
until 1990 TJ Vítkovice
1990-1992 Tri City Americans
1992-1994 Edmonton Oilers
1994-1995 Cape Breton Oilers
1995-1996 HC Vítkovice
1996-1997 Ässät Pori
1997-1998 Tampa Bay Lightning
1998-1999 HC Vítkovice
1999 Atlanta Thrashers
1999-2001 HC Sparta Prague
2001-2002 HPK Hämeenlinna
2002 Pittsburgh Penguins
2002-2003 HC Vítkovice
Severstal Cherepovets
2003-2004 HPK Hämeenlinna
Chimik Woskressensk
2004-2005 HC Vítkovice
2005-2006 Forward Morges HC
ZSC Lions
HC Vítkovice
2006-2007 HC Oceláři Třinec

Vladimír Vůjtek junior (born February 17, 1972 in Ostrava , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Czech ice hockey player who worked for the Canadiens de Montréal , Edmonton Oilers , Tampa Bay Lightning , Atlanta Thrashers and the Pittsburgh Penguins from 1988 to 2007 played in the National Hockey League . His father, Vladimír Vůjtek senior, is a professional ice hockey coach .

Career

Vladimír Vůjtek junior began his career as a hockey player at TJ Vítkovice , for whose professional team he made his debut in the first division , the highest Czechoslovak division, in the 1988/89 season . In three games he gave one assist. In the following season the winger was able to increase to seven goals and as many assists in 29 appearances. He also began the 1990/91 season in Vítkovice, but moved during the season to the Tri-City Americans , for whom he went hunting for goals in the Canadian Junior Western Hockey League in the following year and a half . In the 1991 NHL Entry Draft , he was selected in the fourth round as the 73rd player of the Canadiens de Montréal . After he was able to completely convince in his second WHL season with 102 points, including 41 goals, in 53 games, he also came to two appearances for Montréal in the National Hockey League in the 1991/92 season . In addition, he was elected to the First All-Star Team of the Western Conference of the WHL, as well as the third All-Star Team of the Canadian Hockey League , the umbrella organization of the Canadian top junior leagues.

On August 27, 1992 Vůjtek was given together with Shayne Corson and Brent Gilchrist in exchange for Vincent Damphousse and a four-round vote for the NHL Entry Draft 1993 to the Edmonton Oilers . In the following two years he came in parallel for the Oilers in the NHL, and their farm team , the Cape Breton Oilers , in the American Hockey League . The Czech won the Calder Cup with Cape Breton in the 1992/93 season . After he was used in the 1994/95 season only for Edmonton's farm team Cape Breton in the AHL and the Las Vegas Thunder in the International Hockey League , he returned to Vítkovice, for which he competed in the Czech extra league in the following year and a half . The left shooter spent the 1996/97 season at Ässät Pori in the Finnish SM-liiga . Then gave him the Edmonton Oilers, who still held the transfer rights to the player, from their league rivals Tampa Bay Lightning . In the 1997/98 season he was only able to complete 30 games for Tampa Bay in the NHL and two for their AHL farm team Adirondack Red Wings because he fell ill with the Epstein-Barr virus .

In the 1998/99 season Vůjtek was able to convince at his home club HC Vítkovice in the Extraliga and scored 55 points scorer in 47 games. Then the Atlanta Thrashers signed him as a free agent , but could not prevail in the following period and only complete three games in the NHL after he suffered severe facial injuries in a preparatory game against the New York Rangers . In the further course of the 1999/2000 season , the former national player played for HC Sparta Prague , with whom he immediately became Czech champion . At European level he and his team took second place in the European Hockey League , in which he and his team lost 2-0 to the top Russian club HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk in the final . Vůjtek, who scored two goals and two assists in four games in the final round, was elected to the All-Star Team of the Final Four. Also in the following season he ran for Sparta Prague, before taking third place in the Finnish SM-liiga in the 2001/02 season with HPK Hämeenlinna . The Czech was also able to convince the Finns. In November 2001 he was elected Player of the Month for the SM-liiga, at the end of the season even in their All-Star Team. Therefore, the Pittsburgh Penguins committed him , where he failed again with the attempt to establish himself in the NHL. He then ran six times for Vítkovice in the Extraliga, before ending the 2002/03 season at Severstal Tscherepowez in the Russian Super League .

The 2003/04 season began Vůjtek at his ex-club HPK Hämeenlinna in Finland, but ended the season again in the Russian Super League, but this time at Chimik Woskressensk . After another season for Vítkovice in the Czech Republic, the former NHL player was on the ice in the 2005/06 season at Forward Morges HC in National League B , and the ZSC Lions in National League A before the season finished at his home club HC Vítkovice. He spent the 2006/07 season at HC Oceláři Třinec before ending his career at the age of 35.

Since 2007 he has been working as a player agent for Eurohockey Services sro in Prague.

International

For the Czech national team , Vůjtek took part exclusively in the 1997 World Cup. With this he was able to convince completely. With seven goals and as many assists he led his team to win the bronze medal and was both top scorer and top scorer of the tournament. He was also elected to the All-Star Team of the World Cup.

Achievements and Awards

  • 2000 All-Star-Team of the Final Four of the European Hockey League
  • 2000 Czech champion with HC Sparta Prague
  • 2001 SM-liiga player of the month November
  • 2002 SM-liiga All-Star-Team

International

  • 1997 top scorer of the world championship
  • 1997 World Championship All-Star Team

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1988/89 TJ Vítkvovice 1st League 3 0 1 1 0
1989/90 TJ Vítkovice 1st League 22nd 3 4th 7th 7th 4th 3 7th
1990/91 TJ Vítkovice 1st League 26th 7th 4th 11 16
1990/91 Tri-City Americans WHL 37 26th 18th 44 25th 7th 2 3 5 4th
1991/92 Tri-City Americans WHL 53 41 61 102 114
1991/92 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 2 0 0 0 0
1992/93 Edmonton Oilers NHL 30th 1 10 11 8th
1992/93 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 20th 10 9 19th 14th 1 0 0 0 0
1993/94 Edmonton Oilers NHL 40 4th 15th 19th 14th
1994/95 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 30th 10 11 21st 30th
1994/95 Las Vegas Thunder IHL 1 0 0 0 0
1994/95 HC Vítkovice Extra league 18th 5 7th 12 51
1995/96 HC Vítkovice Extra league 26th 6th 7th 13 14th 4th 1 1 2 0
1996/97 Ässät Pori SM-liiga 50 27 31 58 48 4th 1 2 3 2
1997/98 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 30th 2 4th 6th 16
1997/98 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 2 1 2 3 0
1998/99 HC Vítkovice Extra league 47 20th 35 55 75
1999/2000 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 3 0 0 0 0
1999/2000 HC Sparta Prague Extra league 21st 12 19th 31 10 8th 2 3 5 10
2000/01 HC Sparta Prague Extra league 38 11 18th 29 28 13 3 6th 9 4th
2001/02 Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho SM-liiga 45 19th 39 58 38 8th 4th 7th 11 6th
2002/03 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 5 0 1 1 0
2002/03 HC Vítkovice Extra league 6th 1 5 6th 4th
2002/03 Severstal Cherepovets Super league 16 7th 14th 21st 12 12 2 3 5 8th
2003/04 HPK Hämeenlinna SM-liiga 30th 9 16 25th 86
2003/04 Chimik Voskressensk Super league 12 2 1 3 4th
2004/05 HC Vítkovice Extra league 26th 4th 15th 19th 16 10 4th 4th 8th 12
2005/06 Forward Morges HC National League B 20th 13 16 29 59
2005/06 ZSC Lions National League A 4th 0 2 2 4th
2005/06 HC Vítkovice Extra league 3 0 2 2 2 4th 1 0 1 0
2006/07 HC Oceláři Třinec Extra league 24 3 6th 9 8th
NHL overall 110 7th 30th 37 38
Extraliga overall 209 62 114 176 208 39 11 14th 25th 26th
SM-liiga total 125 55 86 141 172 12 5 9 14th 8th
Super league overall 28 9 15th 24 16 12 2 3 5 8th
NLA total 4th 0 2 2 4th

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personal data
SURNAME Vůjtek, Vladimír junior
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vujtek, Vladimir
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 17th February 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Ostrava , Czechoslovakia