Petr Svoboda | |
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Born | February 14, 1966 Most, Czechoslovakia |
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) |
Position | Defence |
Shot | Left |
Played for | CHZ LitvΓnov Montreal Canadiens Buffalo Sabres Philadelphia Flyers Tampa Bay Lightning |
National team | Czechoslovakia Czech Republic |
NHL Draft | 5th overall, 1984 Montreal Canadiens |
Playing career | 1982β2001 |
Petr Svoboda (born February 14, 1966) is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens, Buffalo Sabres, Philadelphia Flyers and Tampa Bay Lightning. He was the first Czech to play over 1,000 games in the NHL. He is currently working as a sports agent in Santa Monica, California.
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In 1984, Svoboda had participated in the world Under-18 ice hockey championships in the former West Germany as a part of the Czechoslovak team, and after playing one game, he defected to the West in order to play hockey at a higher professional level. That spring, he was selected fifth overall in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft by the Montreal Canadiens. His career highlights include winning the Stanley Cup with the Canadiens in 1986, and participating with the Czech team in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, where he scored the only goal in the gold medal game against Russia. He retired in from professional hockey in 2001.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1982β83 | CHZ LitvΓnov | CZE | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1983β84 | CHZ LitvΓnov | CZE | 18 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 20 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1984β85 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 73 | 4 | 27 | 31 | 65 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | ||
1985β86 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 73 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 93 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | ||
1986β87 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 70 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 63 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | ||
1987β88 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 69 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 149 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | ||
1988β89 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 71 | 8 | 37 | 45 | 147 | 21 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 16 | ||
1989β90 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 60 | 5 | 31 | 36 | 98 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | ||
1990β91 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 60 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
1991β92 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 58 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 94 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1991β92 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 13 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 52 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||
1992β93 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 40 | 2 | 24 | 26 | 59 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1993β94 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 60 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 89 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
1994β95 | HC Chemopetrol LitvΓnov | CE | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1994β95 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 26 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 60 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1994β95 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||
1995β96 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 73 | 1 | 28 | 29 | 105 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 22 | ||
1996β97 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 67 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 94 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 | ||
1997β98 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 56 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 83 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
1998β99 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 25 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 28 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1998β99 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 34 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 53 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1999β00 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 70 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 170 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2000β01 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 19 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 41 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
NHL totals | 1028 | 58 | 341 | 399 | 1605 | 127 | 4 | 45 | 49 | 135 |
Olympic medal record | ||
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Men's Ice hockey | ||
Gold | 1998 Nagano | Ice hockey |
Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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1983 | Czechoslovakia | EJC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
1984 | Czechoslovakia | WJC | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | |
1984 | Czechoslovakia | EJC | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | |
1998 | Czech Republic | OG | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 39 | |
Junior int'l totals | 17 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 40 | |||
Senior int'l totals | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 39 |
Preceded by Alfie Turcotte |
Montreal Canadiens' first round draft pick 1984 |
Succeeded by Shayne Corson |