Position: D
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-2 Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: September 3, 1978 in Vlasim, Czechoslovakia
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 4th round (105th overall) of the 1996 NHL Entry Draft.
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| Season | Age | Team | Lg | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | GC | GC/G | TGF | PGF | TGA | PGA | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
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| 1994-95 | 16 | HC Dukla Jihlava Jr. | CzRep-Jr. | 31 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 0.68 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1995-96 | 17 | HC Dukla Jihlava | CzRep | 36 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.19 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1996-97 | 18 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 63 | 8 | 31 | 39 | 0.62 | 80 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1997-98 | 19 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 71 | 14 | 55 | 69 | 0.97 | 24 | 122 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1998-99 | 20 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 49 | 3 | 22 | 25 | 0.51 | -12 | 72 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 1.80 | 3.4 | ||||||||
| 1999-00 | 21 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 75 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 0.28 | 7 | 0.09 | 66 | 5 | 65 | 15 | 11 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 0.97 | 5.5 | 1426 | 19:01 |
| 2000-01 | 22 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 30 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.17 | 2 | 0.05 | 22 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.57 | 5.9 | 513 | 17:06 |
| 2000-01 | 22 | Wilkes-Barre Scranton Pens | AHL | 29 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 0.55 | 3 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 59 | 2.03 | 13.6 | ||||||||
| 2001-02 | 23 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 79 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 0.37 | 10 | 0.13 | 65 | 20 | 67 | 16 | -6 | 47 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 89 | 1.13 | 10.1 | 1581 | 20:01 |
| 2002-03 | 24 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 53 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0.19 | 4 | 0.07 | 36 | 9 | 47 | 15 | -5 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 1.15 | 6.6 | 1082 | 20:25 |
| 2003-04 | 25 | Wilkes-Barre Penguins | AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2004-05 | 26 | HC Ocelari Trinec | CzRep | 35 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0.31 | 40 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2004-05 | 26 | HC Moeller Pardubice | CzRep | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.25 | 30 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | 27 | New York Rangers | NHL | 82 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 0.37 | 10 | 0.12 | 93 | 22 | 76 | 40 | 35 | 90 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 115 | 1.40 | 4.3 | 1841 | 22:27 |
| 2006-07 | 28 | New York Rangers | NHL | 80 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 0.50 | 14 | 0.17 | 102 | 48 | 67 | 23 | 10 | 52 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 104 | 1.30 | 9.6 | 1902 | 23:46 |
| 2007-08 | 29 | New York Rangers | NHL | 80 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 0.48 | 13 | 0.17 | 87 | 32 | 82 | 27 | 0 | 80 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 127 | 1.59 | 10.2 | 1964 | 24:33 |
| 2007-08 | 29 | Czech Republic | WC-A | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Career | NHL | 479 | 46 | 127 | 173 | 0.36 | 59 | 0.12 | 471 | 137 | 426 | 140 | 48 | 383 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 11 | 586 | 1.22 | 7.8 | 10310 | 21:31 |
| Season | Age | Team | Lg | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI | |
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| 1996-97 | 18 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 10 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0.60 | 15 | |||||||||||
| 1997-98 | 19 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.42 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 1999-00 | 21 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.50 | 0.0 | 62 | 30:56 | |
| 2000-01 | 22 | Wilkes-Barre Scranton Pens | AHL | 21 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 1.05 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| 2004-05 | 26 | HC Moeller Pardubice | CzRep | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.19 | 34 | |||||||||||
| 2005-06 | 27 | New York Rangers | NHL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | -2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.25 | 0.0 | 98 | 24:31 | |
| 2006-07 | 28 | New York Rangers | NHL | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.70 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 1.80 | 16.7 | 247 | 24:45 | |
| 2007-08 | 29 | New York Rangers | NHL | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.60 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1.30 | 7.7 | 251 | 25:05 | |
| Career | NHL | 26 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 0.54 | 8 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 1.58 | 9.8 | 658 | 25:19 |
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Games Played 2005-06 NHL 82 (3) |
Plus/Minus 2005-06 NHL 35 (1) |
September 18, 2003: Missed majority of 2003-04 season recovering from knee injury suffered in training camp, September 18, 2003.
September 17, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Trinec (CzRep), September 17, 2004.
January, 2005: Signed as a free agent by Pardubice (CzRep), January 2005.
August 29, 2005: Signed as a free agent by NY Rangers, August 29, 2005.