Jaroslav Svoboda
Svoboda in 2011
Born (1980-06-01) June 1, 1980
Červenka, Czechoslovakia
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Left
Played for HC Nové Zámky
HK Martin
Piráti Chomutov
Sparta Praha
HC Lev Praha
HC Kometa Brno
Orli Znojmo
Dallas Stars
Oceláři Třinec
Carolina Hurricanes
National team  Czech Republic
NHL Draft 208th overall, 1998
Carolina Hurricanes
Playing career 19972017

Jaroslav Svoboda (born June 1, 1980) is a Czech former professional ice hockey right winger. He played in the National Hockey League with the Carolina Hurricanes and Dallas Stars between 2001 and 2006. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1997 to 2017, was mainly spent in the Czech Extraliga. Internationally Svoboda played for the Czech national junior team at the European U18 Championships and the World Junior Championships, winning a gold medal at the 2000 World Juniors.

Biography

Svoboda was born in Červenka, Czechoslovakia. As a youth, he played in the 1994 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team from Olomouc.[1]

Svoboda was drafted in the 8th round, 208th overall by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft and spent three seasons with the team, sharing his time in the American Hockey League with the Lowell Lock Monsters. After spending a season in the Czech Republic during the NHL lockout, Svoboda signed with the Dallas Stars in 2005 and managed to play 43 regular season games for them. In total, Svoboda has played 134 regular season games and has scored 12 goals and 17 assists for 29 points. He has also played in 25 playoff games (23 with Carolina in 2001-02).

He returned to Europe in 2006, and later played for HC Znojemští Orli in the Czech Extraliga.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1995–96 HC Olomouc U20 CZE-U20 40131528
1996–97 HC Olomouc U18 CZE-U18 2000
1996–97 HC Olomouc U20 CZE-U20 37191433
1997–98 HC Olomouc U20 CZE-U20 36142135
1997–98 HC Olomouc CZE-2 15011
1998–99 Kootenay Ice WHL 5426335946 722411
1999–00 Kootenay Ice WHL 5623436697 2115132851
1999–00 Kootenay Ice M-Cup 300010
2000–01 Cincinnati Cyclones IHL 524101425
2001–02 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 6612162858
2001–02 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 102242 2314528
2002–03 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 911210
2002–03 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 483111432
2003–04 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 333146
2003–04 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 92244
2004–05 HC Oceláři Třinec CZE 902214
2004–05 HC Olomouc CZE-2 18761367
2005–06 Dallas Stars NHL 4343722 20002
2006–07 HC Znojemští Orli CZE 5110010160 911256
2007–08 HC Znojemští Orli CZE 381282060 100027
2008–09 HC Znojemští Orli CZE 421131436
2009–10 HC Kometa Brno CZE 42841249
2010–11 HC Kometa Brno CZE 2724618
2011–12 HC Kometa Brno CZE 41561147 1933624
2012–13 HC Lev Praha KHL 252024
2012–13 Sparta Praha CZE 43032 70226
2013–14 Piráti Chomutov CZE 25841243
2014–15 HC Red Ice NLB 51230
2014–15 HK Martin SVK 1835824 51124
2015–16 HC Nové Zámky SVK-2 17129216
2016–17 HC Nové Zámky SVK 30114 40114
CZE totals 279593190429 60111526127
NHL totals 13412172962 2514530

International

Year Team Event GPGAPtsPIM
1998 Czech Republic EJC 62356
2000 Czech Republic WJC 71236
Junior totals 1335812

References

  1. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-02-10.


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