Stanislav "Stan" Neckář (; born 22 December 1975) is a former Czech professional ice hockey player. He played ten seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Ottawa Senators, New York Rangers,

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, Tampa Bay Lightning and the Nashville Predators. He then played two seasons in Europe before retiring, with České Budějovice, and

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team

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Playing career

Neckář played junior hockey with České Budějovice in 1991–92 followed by two seasons with their pro team. He was chosen in the

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by the Ottawa Senators and he signed with Ottawa in 1994. He played part of his first season with the Ottawa affiliate Detroit Vipers before being elevated to the Senators. He would then a further nine seasons in the NHL. He stayed with Ottawa until 1998 when he was traded to the Rangers. Before the season was over, he was traded to Phoenix. He played most of three seasons with the Coyotes before being traded to Tampa Bay in 2001. He played two seasons with the Lightning, signing with Nashville in 2003, before returning to the Lightning just before the season ended. He returned just in time to play two playoff games for the team en route to winning the

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. It was his last season in the NHL. In his entire

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career, Neckář played a total of 510 regular season games, scoring 12 goals and assisting on 41 others for a total of 53 points. He also played 29 playoff games, scoring 3 assists for 3 points. During the

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he played in his native Czech Republic, returning to České Budějovice. He played one further season with Södertälje SK in Sweden before retiring.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Transactions

* June 28, 1994 - Ottawa Senators second-round draft choice (29th overall) in the

. * November 27, 1998 - Traded by the Ottawa Senators to the New York Rangers in exchange for Bill Berg and the Rangers second-round draft choice (

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) in the

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. * March 23, 1999 - Traded by the New York Rangers to the

in exchange for

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and Phoenix's sixth-round draft choice ( Jay Dardis) in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. * March 5, 2001 - Traded by the Phoenix Coyotes, along with Nikolai Khabibulin, to the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for

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, Ruslan Zainullin and the Islanders' second-round draft choice (

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) in the

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. * November 26, 2003 - Signed as a free agent with the Nashville Predators. * March 9, 2004 - Traded by the Nashville Predators to the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for Tampa Bay's sixth-round draft choice (

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) in the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Neckar, Stanislav 1975 births Living people Czech ice hockey defencemen Detroit Vipers players Milwaukee Admirals players Nashville Predators players New York Rangers players Ottawa Senators draft picks Ottawa Senators players Sportspeople from České Budějovice Phoenix Coyotes players Södertälje SK players Stanley Cup champions Tampa Bay Lightning players Czechoslovak ice hockey defencemen Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Canada Czech expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden