Jan Hlaváč
(born September 19, 1976) is a Czech former professional
ice hockey
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player who last played for
HC Stadion Vrchlabí in
CZE.3.
Playing career
Hlaváč has played at the
National Hockey League
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level for the
New York Rangers
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,
Philadelphia Flyers
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,
Vancouver Canucks
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,
Carolina Hurricanes
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,
Tampa Bay Lightning
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and
Nashville Predators
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. His first stint with the Rangers saw him play on the
Czech-mate line with countrymen
Radek Dvořák and
Petr Nedvěd
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Early career
Nedvěd was born in Liberec, Czechoslovakia to Jaroslav ...
.
He scored 19 goals and 42 points in
1999–2000, his rookie season, and he scored an NHL career high 28 goals and 64 points in
2000–01. He was unable to duplicate his early success in Philadelphia, Vancouver, and Carolina and returned to Europe following a second stint with New York in
2003–04.
After 3 seasons in Europe, Hlaváč returned to the NHL for the
2007–08 NHL season
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as a member of the
Tampa Bay Lightning
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, scoring 22 points in 62 games before being traded to the Nashville Predators. Hlaváč had decent success with Nashville, scoring 3 goals and 10 assists for 13 points in just 18 games. Hlaváč became an unrestricted free agent after the Predators decided not to retain him on July 1. In August, he signed a one-year contract with
Linköpings HC of Swedish
Elitserien.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
Transactions
* July 14, 1998 - Traded by the
New York Islanders
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to the
Calgary Flames
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in exchange for
Jörgen Jönsson.
* June 26, 1999 - Traded by the Calgary Flames along with Calgary's 1999 1st round and 3rd round draft choice, to the
New York Rangers
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in exchange for
Marc Savard and New York's 1999 1st round draft choice.
* August 20, 2001 - Traded by the New York Rangers, along with
Kim Johnsson,
Pavel Brendl and New York's 2003 3rd round draft choice, to the
Philadelphia Flyers
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in exchange for
Eric Lindros
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.
* December 17, 2001 - Traded by the Philadelphia Flyers, along with Tampa Bay's 2002 3rd round draft choice, to the
Vancouver Canucks
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in exchange for
Donald Brashear and Vancouver's 2002 6th round draft choice.
* November 1, 2002 - Traded by the Vancouver Canucks, along with
Harold Druken, to the
Carolina Hurricanes
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in exchange for
Darren Langdon and
Marek Malík.
* August 28, 2003 - Signed as a free agent with the
New York Rangers
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.
* June 14, 2007 - Signed as a free agent with the
Tampa Bay Lightning
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.
* February 26, 2008 - Traded by the Tampa Bay Lightning to the
Nashville Predators
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in exchange for a 7th round draft choice.
* August 7, 2008 - Signed as a free agent with
Linköpings HC.
References
External links
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1976 births
Living people
Carolina Hurricanes players
Czech ice hockey left wingers
Genève-Servette HC players
Hartford Wolf Pack players
HC Benátky nad Jizerou players
HC Bílí Tygři Liberec players
HC Karlovy Vary players
Rytíři Kladno players
HC Sparta Praha players
Linköping HC players
Nashville Predators players
New York Islanders draft picks
New York Rangers players
Philadelphia Flyers players
Ice hockey people from Prague
Tampa Bay Lightning players
Vancouver Canucks players
Växjö Lakers players
Czech expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Canada
Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden
Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Switzerland