Position: D ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 6-2 ▪ Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: January 20, 1979 in Ceske Budejovice, Czechoslovakia
Draft: Pittsburgh, 3rd round (71st overall), 1997 NHL Entry
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| Scoring Stats | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Age | Tm | Lg | GP | G | A | PTS | GC | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | SH | PP | S | S% | TOI | ATOI |
| 2000-01 | 22 | PIT | NHL | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | -5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.0 | 268 | 14:54 |
| 2001-02 | 23 | PIT | NHL | 60 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 0.0 | 1006 | 16:46 |
| 2002-03 | 24 | PIT | NHL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 122 | 15:19 |
| 2003-04 | 25 | PIT | NHL | 82 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | -17 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 3.8 | 1559 | 19:01 |
| 2005-06 | 27 | PIT | NHL | 72 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 5 | -2 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 5.7 | 1256 | 17:26 |
| 2006-07 | 28 | PIT | NHL | 70 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 1.8 | 1317 | 18:49 |
| 2008-09 | 30 | TOT | NHL | 39 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 | 537 | 13:46 |
| 2008-09 | 30 | CAR | NHL | 15 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | -1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 130 | 8:40 |
| 2008-09 | 30 | TBL | NHL | 24 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 | 407 | 16:58 |
| Career | NHL | 349 | 7 | 42 | 49 | 15 | -26 | 300 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 268 | 2.6 | 6066 | 17:23 | ||
| Per Game | Adjusted | Plus/Minus | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Age | Tm | Lg | GP | G | A | PTS | GC | PIM | S | G | A | PTS | GC | TGF | PGF | TGA | PGA | +/- | OPS | DPS | PS |
| 2000-01 | 22 | PIT | NHL | 18 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.03 | 1.17 | 0.50 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 6 | -5 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.2 |
| 2001-02 | 23 | PIT | NHL | 60 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 1.13 | 0.77 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 49 | 20 | -1 | -0.7 | 2.1 | 1.4 |
| 2002-03 | 24 | PIT | NHL | 8 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -2 | -0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| 2003-04 | 25 | PIT | NHL | 82 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.04 | 0.76 | 0.95 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 109 | 45 | -17 | -0.5 | 1.7 | 1.1 |
| 2005-06 | 27 | PIT | NHL | 72 | 0.04 | 0.17 | 0.21 | 0.07 | 0.92 | 0.74 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 46 | 0 | 89 | 41 | -2 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
| 2006-07 | 28 | PIT | NHL | 70 | 0.01 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.05 | 0.63 | 0.81 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 51 | 1 | 78 | 29 | 1 | -0.2 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 2008-09 | 30 | TOT | NHL | 39 | 0.00 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.06 | 0.95 | 0.49 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 38 | 17 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| 2008-09 | 30 | CAR | NHL | 15 | 0.00 | 0.27 | 0.27 | 0.07 | 0.53 | 0.20 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 2 | -1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| 2008-09 | 30 | TBL | NHL | 24 | 0.00 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.06 | 1.21 | 0.67 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 28 | 15 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Career | NHL | 349 | 0.02 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.04 | 0.86 | 0.77 | 8 | 42 | 50 | 16 | 202 | 3 | 386 | 161 | -26 | -1.1 | 9.7 | 8.6 | ||
| Scoring Stats | Goals | Ice Time | ||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Age | Team | Lg | GP | G | A | PTS | GC | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | TOI | ATOI |
| 1995-96 | 17 | HC Ceske Budejovice Jr. | CzRep-Jr. | 38 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 1996-97 | 18 | HC Ceske Budejovice Jr. | CzRep-Jr. | 41 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 1996-97 | 18 | Czech Republic | EJC-A | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1997-98 | 19 | Tri-City Americans | WHL | 67 | 9 | 24 | 33 | -42 | 154 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1998-99 | 20 | Tri-City Americans | WHL | 65 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 30 | 125 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| 1999-00 | 21 | Wilkes-Barre Scranton Pens | AHL | 80 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -18 | 126 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 3.1 | |||
| 2000-01 | 22 | Wilkes-Barre Scranton Pens | AHL | 46 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 2.8 | |||
| 2004-05 | 26 | HC Sparta Praha | CzRep | 13 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2007-08 | 29 | HC Mountfield Ceske Budejovice | CzRep | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2007-08 | 29 | Linkopings HC | Sweden | 50 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2008-09 | 30 | 2 Teams | AHL | 26 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2008-09 | 30 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 25 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2008-09 | 30 | Norfolk Admirals | AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2009-10 | 31 | HC Mountfield Ceske Budejovice | CzRep | 52 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 80 | ||||||||||
| 2010-11 | 32 | HC Mountfield Ceske Budejovice | CzRep | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 2010-11 | 32 | Linkopings HC | Sweden | 41 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Career | 3 Seasons | AHL | 152 | 6 | 18 | 24 | -8 | 230 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 3.0 | ||||
| Career | 4 Seasons | CzRep | 83 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Career | 2 Seasons | CzRep-Jr. | 79 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Career | 1 Season | EJC-A | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Career | 2 Seasons | Sweden | 91 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Career | 2 Seasons | WHL | 132 | 17 | 52 | 69 | -12 | 279 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Scoring Stats | Goals | Ice Time | ||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Age | Team | Lg | GP | G | A | PTS | GC | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | TOI | ATOI |
| 1998-99 | 20 | Tri-City Americans | WHL | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2000-01 | 22 | Wilkes-Barre Scranton Pens | AHL | 21 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2004-05 | 26 | HC Sparta Praha | CzRep | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2007-08 | 29 | Linkopings HC | Sweden | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 39 | ||||||||||
| 2009-10 | 31 | HC Mountfield Ceske Budejovice | CzRep | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2010-11 | 32 | Linkopings HC | Sweden | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Career | 1 Season | AHL | 21 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Career | 2 Seasons | CzRep | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Career | 2 Seasons | Sweden | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 41 | |||||||||||
| Career | 1 Season | WHL | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Thru 7 Years | Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| Josef Melichar | 2.5 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.0 | -0.2 | |
| Shawn Cronin | 85.6 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| Kurt Sauer | 80.0 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| Gord Hollingworth | 79.6 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 1.3 | |||
| Jan Vopat | 79.6 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | ||
| Jean-Guy Lagace | 78.2 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | |
| Ryan O'Byrne | 77.9 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.5 | |
| Bob McGill | 77.4 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | -0.3 |
| Irv Spencer | 76.6 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.1 | |
| Joel Kwiatkowski | 76.5 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Niclas Wallin | 75.5 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| Career | Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| Josef Melichar | 2.5 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.0 | -0.2 | ||||
| Shawn Cronin | 85.6 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | |||
| Greg Smyth | 81.4 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 |
| Kurt Sauer | 80.0 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.1 | |||
| Jan Vopat | 79.6 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | |||||
| Gord Hollingworth | 79.6 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 1.3 | ||||||
| Jean-Guy Lagace | 78.2 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | ||||
| Ryan O'Byrne | 77.9 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.5 | ||||
| Irv Spencer | 76.6 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.1 | ||||
| Joel Kwiatkowski | 76.5 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | |||
| Al Cameron | 75.1 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | ||||
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October 13, 2002: Missed majority of 2002-03 due to shoulder injury vs. Boston, October 13, 2002.
September 17, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Sparta Praha (CzRep), September 17, 2004.
October 3, 2007: Signed as a free agent by Linkopings (Sweden), October 3, 2007.
July 2, 2008: Signed as a free agent by Carolina, July 2, 2008.
February 7, 2009: Traded to Tampa Bay by Carolina with Wade Brookbank and future considerations for Jussi Jokinen, February 7, 2009.
July 9, 2009: Signed as a free agent by Ceske Budejovice (CzRep), July 9, 2009.
August 10, 2010: Signed as a free agent by Linkoping (Sweden), August 10, 2010.
September 1, 2010: Loaned to Ceske Budejovice (CzRep) by Linkoping (Sweden), September 1, 2010.
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