Pavel Kubina

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Position Defence
Shoots Right
Nickname Kubby
Height
Weight		 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
245 lb (111 kg)
NHL Team
F. Teams		 Toronto Maple Leafs
Tampa Bay Lightning
Nationality Flag of Czech Republic Czech Republic
Born April 15, 1977,
Čeladná, CZE
NHL Draft 179th overall, 1996
Tampa Bay Lightning
Pro Career 1995 – present

Pavel Kubina (born April 15, 1977, in Čeladná, Czechoslovakia) is a defenseman for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL).

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[edit] Playing Career

Kubina started his professional career with HC Vítkovice of the Czech Extraliga. He played there for four seasons, during which he was drafted in the seventh round of the 1996 NHL Entry Draft by the Lightning.

Later in 1996, he came to Canada to play for the Moose Jaw Warriors of the WHL, and scored 44 points in 61 games. Kubina got his first taste of NHL action in the 1997-98 NHL season, although he spent most of his time playing for the Adirondack Red Wings of the American Hockey League.

He then spent most of the next season in the NHL, tallying a total of 21 points, while playing occasionally in the International Hockey League for the Cleveland Lumberjacks. By the 1999-00 NHL season Kubina had cemented his position in the Lightning's lineup, and notched 26 points for them.

Kubina scored 30 points in the 2000-01 campaign and 34 in 2001-02.

On July 1, 2006, Kubina signed a deal with the Toronto Maple Leafs for four years at $20 million. Kubina was suspended by the NHL for the first game of the 2006-07 season for cross-checking Detroit's Jiri Hudler in a preseason game.[1]


[edit] Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1997-98 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 10 1 2 3 22 - - - - -
1998-99 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 68 9 12 21 80 - - - - -
1999-00 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 69 8 18 26 93 - - - - -
2000-01 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 70 11 19 30 103 - - - - -
2001-02 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 82 11 23 34 106 - - - - -
2002-03 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 75 3 19 22 78 11 0 0 0 12
2003-04 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 81 17 18 35 85 22 0 4 4 50
2004-05 HC Vítkovice Extraliga 28 6 5 11 46 12 4 6 10 34
2005-06 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 76 5 33 38 96 5 1 1 2 26
NHL Totals 531 65 144 209 663 38 1 5 6 88

Stats as of September 22, 2006.


[edit] International play

Olympic medal record
Men's Ice hockey
Bronze 2006 Turin Ice hockey

Played for the Czech Republic in :

[edit] Personal Life

He and his girlfriend, Andrea, welcomed their first child, a girl, Tereza on November 9, 2006. [1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Kubina suspended one game. Toronto Sun (2006). Retrieved on 2006-10-02.

[edit] External links

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