František Kaberle

František Kaberle
Born November 8, 1973 (1973-11-08) (age 38)
Kladno, Czechoslovakia
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
Czech team
Former teams
HC Pardubice
MoDo
Atlanta Thrashers
Los Angeles Kings
Carolina Hurricanes
National team  Czech Republic
NHL Draft 76th overall, 1999
Los Angeles Kings
Playing career 1992–present

František "Frank" Kaberle (Czech pronunciation: [ˈfrancɪʃɛk ˈkabɛrlɛ]) (born November 8, 1973) is a Czech professional ice hockey defenceman, currently playing for HC Pardubice of the Czech Extraliga. During the 2005–06 season, he won his first Stanley Cup with the Carolina Hurricanes. He has previously played for Modo Hockey, the Los Angeles Kings, the Atlanta Thrashers, and the Hurricanes. Kaberle was drafted 76th overall the 1999 NHL Entry Draft by the Kings. His brother Tomáš Kaberle plays for the Montréal Canadiens, and his father, František Kaberle, Sr. used to play for the Czechoslovak national ice hockey team as well. Both of the Kaberle brothers were named to the Czech national ice hockey team for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

In the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals, he scored a goal in the 2nd period of Game 7 against the Edmonton Oilers, which would turn out to be the game and Stanley Cup winning goal.

During the off-season before the 2006–07 season, Kaberle suffered a shoulder injury, and was placed on the injured reserve on September 13, 2006. He was removed from the injured reserve on February 6, 2007 and scored the game winner that same night.

Kaberle was declared a free agent after the Carolina Hurricanes bought out the final year of his contract on July 28, 2009.

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International play

Medal record
Men's Ice hockey
Olympic Games
Bronze 2006 Turin Ice hockey
World Championships
Gold 1996 Vienna Ice hockey
Bronze 1998 Switzerland Ice hockey
Gold 1999 Norway Ice hockey
Gold 2000 Russia Ice hockey
Gold 2001 Germany Ice hockey
Gold 2005 Vienna Ice hockey

František Kaberle won the Ice Hockey World Championships five times: in 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. In 2006, he won the bronze medal at the Olympic Games in Turin. That same year, he would become the second player (first was Igor Larionov in 2002) to win both bronze medal and Stanley Cup.

Off the ice

František Kaberle married his wife Kateřina on May 30, 1998. They have two daughters named Francesca and Vanessa.

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1992–93 HC Kladno Czech 49 6 9 15 0
1993–94 HC Kladno Czech 52 5 17 22 0
1994–95 HC Kladno Czech 48 7 20 27 0
1995–96 Modo Hockey SEL 40 5 7 12 34 8 0 1 1 0
1996–97 Modo Hockey SEL 50 3 11 14 28
1997–98 Modo Hockey SEL 46 5 4 9 22
1998–99 Modo Hockey SEL 45 15 18 33 4 13 2 5 7 8
1999–00 Long Beach Ice Dogs IHL 18 2 8 10 8
1999–00 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 4 0 2 2 0
1999–00 Los Angeles Kings NHL 37 0 9 9 4
1999–00 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 14 1 6 7 6
2000–01 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 51 4 11 15 18
2001–02 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 61 5 20 25 24
2002–03 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 79 7 19 26 32
2003–04 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 67 3 26 29 30
2004–05 HC Kladno Czech 22 5 11 16 34
2004–05 Modo Hockey SEL 8 2 2 4 0 6 1 0 1 27
2005–06 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 77 6 38 44 46 25 4 9 13 8
2006–07 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 27 2 6 8 20
2007–08 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 80 0 22 22 30
2008–09 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 30 1 7 8 8 7 0 1 1 2
2009–10 HC Geus Okna Kladno Czech 52 4 12 16 68
2010–11 HC Eaton Pardubice Czech 52 5 9 14 34 9 0 3 3 6
NHL totals 523 29 164 193 218 32 4 10 14 10

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