Tomáš Kopecký
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| Position | Centre |
| Shoots | Left |
| Nickname(s) | Koko |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg/14 st 4 lb) |
| NHL Team | Detroit Red Wings |
| Nationality |  Slovakia |
| Born | February 5, 1982 , Ilava, Slovakia then CSSR |
| NHL Draft | 38th overall, 2000 Detroit Red Wings |
| Pro career | 2001 – present |
Tomáš Kopecký (born on February 5, 1982 in Dubnica, Slovakia (former Czechoslovak_Socialist_Republic)) is a National Hockey League Left Wing for the Detroit Red Wings. He has a son named Jakub and wife Maria. Before turning pro in the NHL, Kopecký was a member of the Lethbridge Hurricanes of the WHL, as well as the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks and Grand Rapids Griffins of the AHL. Kopecký has inherited the nickname of "Koko" from the pronunciation of his last name by Red Wings television announcer Mickey Redmond.
On Thursday December 14, 2006, in a game against the Chicago Blackhawks, Kopecký was injured a minute into the third period of the Red Wings' 3-2 victory. Kopecký lost his footing and hit the boards as he approached the Chicago blue line, and Blackhawks defenseman Jim Vandermeer then fell on top of him. Kopecký was motionless on the ice for a few minutes before being helped to the dressing room by members of the Detroit training staff. He had surgery Friday December 15, 2006 to repair a broken clavicle.
Kopecký had previously worn the #28, but switched to #82 after the Red Wings acquired free agent defenceman Brian Rafalski. 82 is a reversal of the 28, as well as Kopecky's birth year.
On April 3, 2008, near the end of the 2007–08 NHL season, Kopecký was injured in a game against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Kopecký ended up with a torn Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), which was repaired during surgery on April 22, 2008.[1] On June 4, 2008, he was part of the 2007-2008 Stanley Cup winning Detroit Red Wings.
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2000-01 | Lethbridge Hurricanes | WHL | 49 | 22 | 28 | 50 | 52 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2000-01 | Cincinnati Mighty Ducks | AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2001-02 | Lethbridge Hurricanes | WHL | 60 | 34 | 42 | 76 | 94 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | ||
| 2001-02 | Cincinnati Mighty Ducks | AHL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2002-03 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 70 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 42 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 2003-04 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 48 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2004-05 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 48 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2005-06 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 77 | 32 | 40 | 72 | 123 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 25 | ||
| 2005-06 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2006-07 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 2007-08 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 77 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 43 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| WHL Totals | 109 | 56 | 70 | 126 | 146 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 21 | ||||
| AHL Totals | 246 | 64 | 76 | 140 | 254 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 33 | ||||
| NHL Totals | 104 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
[edit] References
- ^ Hahn, John (2008). Kopecky undergoes successfully surgery. Retrieved on 2008-04-22.
[edit] External links
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