Jaroslav Nedvěd (born September 24, 1969) is a

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former professional

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. He is currently an assistant coach for

HC Sparta Praha Hockey Club Sparta Praha, commonly known as HC Sparta Prague, is a Prague-based Czech professional ice hockey team playing in the Czech Extraliga. The club has won four Czech championships (most recently in 2007) and four Czechoslovak champio ...

of the

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. He is the older brother of

Petr Nedvěd Petr Nedvěd (born December 9, 1971) is a Czech-Canadian former professional ice hockey player who spent 15 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1990 and 2007. Early career Nedvěd was born in Liberec, Czechoslovakia to Jaroslav ...

Early career

Nedvěd started his professional hockey career with

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and

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before joining

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in 1990 for one season. He then spent two seasons with

HC Olomouc HC Olomouc is a professional ice hockey team in the Czech Extraliga, from the city of Olomouc. They won the Extraliga championship in the 1993/1994 season. In 1997, the club sold the Extraliga license to HC Karlovy Vary, and was thus relegated ...

, scoring 26 points in 41 games in his final season.

IHL and ECHL

Nedvěd spent the 1993-94 season in the

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, playing 44 games in the International Hockey League with the

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and 2 games in the

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with the Birmingham Bulls.

Return to Europe

Nedvěd would return to the

for a second spell with Sparta Prague for the next four seasons. He then moved to

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and spent one season with HPK before re-joining Sparta Prague for a third time where he spent another four seasons. In 2003 he had a brief spell in

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with

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before joining rejoining Liberec, some 14 years after leaving the team originally. 2004 saw him briefly play in another country, this time in the

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with

HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk () is a professional ice hockey club based in Nizhnekamsk, Russia. It is a member of the Kharlamov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). History Neftekhimik was founded October 23, 1968 by workers of the Ni ...

playing just 9 games for them before moving back to Slovakia to join MsHK Zilina.

Asia League Ice Hockey

In 2005, Nedvěd moved to the

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and spent two seasons with

Anyang Halla HL Anyang () is a professional ice hockey team based in Anyang (South Korea), Anyang in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It is one of the founding and current members of the Asia League Ice Hockey (ALIH). Formed in 1994, it is the oldest profess ...

. During the 2005-06 season, Nedvěd led his team with a +/- rating of +57 in 33 games. The following season, Nedvěd would lead the team in penalty minutes (172) and led the league in points scored by a defenseman (50 points), all while playing only 33 games.

Second return to Europe

In 2007, Nedvěd re-joined Sparta Prague for a fourth time, allowing him the chance to play on the same team as his brother

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. His 85 PIM ranked 4th on the team. In 2008, Nedvěd signed for

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n team

HK Jesenice Hokejski klub Acroni Jesenice (), commonly referred to as HK Acroni Jesenice or simply Jesenice, was a Slovenian ice hockey team from Jesenice that last played in the Austrian Erste Bank Hockey League and the Slovenian Ice Hockey League. They p ...

of the

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. In 2009, Nedvěd would sign with

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of the 1 liga, a second-tier Czech hockey league that plays below Extraliga. He would later finish the 2008-2009 season with

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of the

, where he scored 1 assist in 9 games.

External links

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"New-look Anyang Halla adds western flavor"
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