Tomáš Klouček (born March 7, 1980 in

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

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) is a Czech former professional

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. He played in the

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for the

New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the New York City borough of Manhattan. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home ...

Nashville Predators The Nashville Predators (commonly referred to as the Preds) are a professional ice hockey team based in Nashville, Tennessee. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference, and ha ...

and the

Atlanta Thrashers The Atlanta Thrashers were a professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta. Atlanta was granted a franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL) on June 25, 1997, and became the League's 28th franchise when it began play in the 1999–2000 seaso ...

between 2000 and 2006. He was drafted 131st overall by the Rangers in the

1998 NHL Entry Draft The 1998 NHL Entry Draft was the 36th NHL Entry Draft. It was held on June 27 at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York. A total of 258 players were drafted. The last active players in the NHL from this draft class were Brian Gionta, Mi ...

. Klouček joined

Orli Znojmo Orli Znojmo (in English Znojmo Eagles) is a Czech-based ice hockey team that currently plays in the 2nd Czech Republic Hockey League. The club Orli Znojmo is based in Znojmo and their home arena is Nevoga Arena. From 1999 to 2009, the club comp ...

in the

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after previously playing in the

Slovak Extraliga The Tipos Extraliga (Slovak Extraliga) is the highest-level ice hockey league in Slovakia. From the 2018–19 season to the 2020–21 season, the league included one or two teams from Hungary. In 2009, it was ranked by the IIHF as the fifth stro ...

with HC Kosice. He signed an initial one-month contract with the club on the eve of the 2014–15 season on September 11, 2014.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

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* 1980 births Living people Atlanta Thrashers players Barys Nur-Sultan players Cape Breton Screaming Eagles players Chicago Wolves players Czech ice hockey defencemen Dauphins d'Épinal players Hartford Wolf Pack players HC Bílí Tygři Liberec players HC Košice players HC Lev Poprad players HC Oceláři Třinec players Milwaukee Admirals players Nashville Predators players New York Rangers draft picks New York Rangers players Orli Znojmo players PSG Berani Zlín players Rytíři Kladno players Ice hockey people from Prague Syracuse Crunch players Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Canada Czech expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Slovakia Czech expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Czech expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate ice hockey players in France Expatriate ice hockey players in Kazakhstan {{CzechRepublic-icehockey-defenceman-stub