Filip Kuba

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Position	Defence
Shoots	Left
Height Weight	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg/14 st 9 lb)
NHL Team F. teams	Tampa Bay Lightning Minnesota Wild Florida Panthers
Nationality	Czech Republic
Born	December 29, 1976 (1976-12-29) (age 31), Ostrava CSE
NHL Draft	192nd overall, 1995 Florida Panthers
Pro career	1995 – present

Filip Kuba (born December 29, 1976, in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech professional ice hockey defenceman in the National Hockey League.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Career statistics 3 International play 3.1 International statistics

[edit] Playing career

Kuba was drafted in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft by the Florida Panthers in the 8th round, 192nd overall. His best season was 2000–01 when he had 30 points. Kuba is the Wild's all time leader in scoring among defensemen.

On July 1, 2006, Kuba signed with the Tampa Bay Lightning as an unrestricted free agent.

[edit] Career statistics

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1998–99	Florida Panthers	NHL		5	0	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
1999–00	Florida Panthers	NHL		13	1	5	6	2		-	-	-	-	-
2000–01	Minnesota Wild	NHL		75	9	21	30	28		-	-	-	-	-
2001–02	Minnesota Wild	NHL		62	5	19	24	32		-	-	-	-	-
2002–03	Minnesota Wild	NHL		78	8	21	29	29		18	3	5	8	24
2003–04	Minnesota Wild	NHL		77	5	19	24	28		-	-	-	-	-
2005–06	Minnesota Wild	NHL		65	6	19	25	44		-	-	-	-	-
2006–07	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		81	15	22	37	36		6	1	4	5	4
2007–08	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		75	6	25	31	40		-	-	-	-	-
NHL Totals				531	55	152	207	239		24	4	9	13	28

[edit] International play

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

Played for the Czech Republic in:

• 2008 World Championships

[edit] International statistics

Year	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2008	WC
Senior Int'l Totals

This section may be incomplete.

Preceded by Jim Dowd	Minnesota Wild Team Captain November 2001	Succeeded by Brad Brown
Preceded by Alex Henry	Minnesota Wild Team Captain November 2005	Succeeded by Willie Mitchell