Petr Nedvěd

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Position Center
Shoots Left
Height
Weight		 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
196 lb (89 kg)
AHL Team
F. Teams		 Philadelphia Phantoms
Vancouver Canucks
St. Louis Blues
New York Rangers
Pittsburgh Penguins
Edmonton Oilers
Phoenix Coyotes
Philadelphia Flyers
Nationality Flag of Canada Canada &
Flag of Czech Republic Czech Republic
Born December 9, 1971,
Liberec, CS
NHL Draft 2nd overall, 1990
Vancouver Canucks
Pro Career 1990 – present

Petr Nedved (born on December 9, 1971 in Liberec, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech-born Canadian professional ice hockey player. He plays center for the Philadelphia Phantoms in the American Hockey League.

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[edit] Biography

Nedved was born Petr Nedvěd in Liberec, Czechoslovakia (now in the Czech Republic) to Jaroslav and Sona Nedvěd. He left Czechoslovakia as a refugee on January 2, 1989 at the age of 17 after playing in an international midget tournament at the Saddledome in Calgary. Nedved was the star of the tournament, with 17 goals and nine assists. He decided to defect to Canada because of the limited opportunities in Czechoslovakia under communist rule, which was very strict regarding athletes leaving the country to pursue professional careers elsewhere. He did not tell his parents about the decision, and with $20 and the help of another Czech who defected, whom Nedved refuses to identify even today, he declared his defection at a Calgary police station. In an interview in the Newark Star Ledger, Nedved said that the "fear of regret" was the overriding reason to defect. For ten months until the fall of communism in Czechoslovakia in the Velvet Revolution, Nedved's parents were forced to make calls imploring Nedved to come home.

Nedved married supermodel Veronika Vařeková in 2004. One reason he requested that the Phoenix Coyotes trade him in early 2006 to a team on the Eastern Coast was to be closer to his wife, who works primarily in New York City. However during the summer of 2006, Petr and his wife separated. Nedved now lives in Southern New Jersey.[1]

[edit] Playing career

After defection, he played one season for the Seattle Thunderbirds of the Western Hockey League. He was drafted 2nd overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. He has previously played for the New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins, St. Louis Blues, Vancouver Canucks, Edmonton Oilers, and Phoenix Coyotes.

On October 18, following a 9-1 loss against the Buffalo Sabres, Flyers assistant GM Paul Holmgren announced that Nedved, Niko Dimitrakos, and Nolan Baumgartner would all be waived and that Nedved and Dimitrakos would play for the Philadelphia Phantoms.[2] He also said that it is unlikely either of them would be called up to play for the Flyers again.[3] All three survived the waivers process.[4]Nedved was called back up to the Flyers on November 8, but he was placed back on waivers on December 10. General Manager Paul Holmgren confirmed that Nedved will not be called back up, effectively ending his Flyers career.[5].

Outside of the NHL, Nedved played for Sparta Praha (1997-1998, 2004-2005) of the Czech hockey league, the Las Vegas Thunder of the IHL, (1998-1999), and the aforementioned Thunderbirds of the WHL. He represented Canada at the 1994 Winter Olympics winning a silver medal.

[edit] Awards

[edit] Records

[edit] Career statistics

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1989-90 Seattle Thunderbirds WHL 71 65 80 145 80 11 4 9 13 2
1990-91 Vancouver Canucks NHL 61 10 6 16 20 6 0 1 1 0
1991-92 Vancouver Canucks NHL 77 15 22 37 36 10 1 4 5 16
1992-93 Vancouver Canucks NHL 84 38 33 71 96 12 2 3 5 2
1993-94 St. Louis Blues NHL 19 6 14 20 8 4 0 1 1 4
1994-95 New York Rangers NHL 46 11 12 23 26 10 3 2 5 6
1995-96 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 80 45 54 99 68 18 10 10 20 16
1996-97 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 74 33 38 71 66 5 1 2 3 12
1997-98 Las Vegas Thunder IHL 3 3 3 6 4 - - - - -
1997-98 HC Sparta Praha Czech Extraliga 5 2 3 5 8 6 0 2 2 52
1998-99 New York Rangers NHL 56 20 27 47 50 - - - - -
1998-99 Las Vegas Thunder IHL 13 8 10 18 32 - - - - -
1999-00 New York Rangers NHL 76 24 44 68 40 - - - - -
2000-01 New York Rangers NHL 79 32 46 78 54 - - - - -
2001-02 New York Rangers NHL 78 21 25 46 36 - - - - -
2002-03 New York Rangers NHL 78 27 31 58 64 - - - - -
2003-04 New York Rangers NHL 65 14 17 31 42 - - - - -
2003-04 Edmonton Oilers NHL 16 5 10 15 4 - - - - -
2004-05 HC Sparta Praha Czech Extraliga 46 22 13 35 44 5 2 3 5 10
2005-06 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 25 2 9 11 34 - - - - -
2005-06 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 28 5 9 14 36 6 2 0 2 8
NHL Totals 942 308 397 705 680 71 19 23 42 64

[edit] International play

Olympic medal record
Men's Ice hockey
Silver 1994 Lillehammer Ice hockey

Played for Canada on/in:

[edit] International statistics

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
1993-94 Canada Nat-Tm 17 19 12 31 16
1994 Canada Olym. 8 5 1 6 6

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