František Kaberle
| František Kaberle | |
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| Born | November 8, 1973 Kladno, Czechoslovakia |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) |
| Position | Defence |
| Shot | Left |
| Played for | HC Kladno Modo Hockey Los Angeles Kings Atlanta Thrashers Carolina Hurricanes HC Pardubice HC Plzeň |
| National team |  Czech Republic |
| NHL Draft | 76th overall, 1999 Los Angeles Kings |
| Playing career | 1991–2012 |
František "Frank" Kaberle (Czech pronunciation: [ˈfrancɪʃɛk ˈkabɛrlɛ]) (born November 8, 1973) is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman. His playing career extended over 20 seasons, most notably in the National Hockey League with the Los Angeles Kings, Atlanta Thrashers, and the Carolina Hurricanes.
Playing career
Kaberle was drafted 76th overall in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft by the Kings. During the 1999-2000 season, he was traded to the Atlanta Thrashers for whom he would score his first career NHL goal on April 8, 2000 against Artūrs Irbe and the Carolina Hurricanes in a 4-3 Thrashers loss.[1] Coincidentally, after the 2004-05 lockout, Kaberle would sign with Carolina.
In the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Kaberle scored a power play goal in the second period of Game 7 against the Edmonton Oilers, which would turn out to be the game and Stanley Cup winning goal. As of the 2013 playoffs, he is the only defenceman to score a Cup-winning goal. It would mark Kaberle's first Stanley Cup win.
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.
After four seasons with the Hurricanes, Kaberle was declared a free agent after he was bought out his final year of his contract on July 28, 2009.[2] With his North American career at a close, he returned to his native Czech Republic and re-joined his original club, HC Kladno, for the 2009–10 season.[3]
Kaberle played two more seasons in the Czech Extraliga with HC Pardubice and HC Plzeň before concluding his professional career after the 2011–12 season.[4]
International play
 František (left) with his brother Tomáš in 2005 | ||
| Medal record | ||
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| Competitor for Czech Republic
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| Ice hockey | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Bronze | 2006 Turin | |
| World Championships | ||
| Gold | 1996 Vienna | |
| Bronze | 1998 Switzerland | |
| Gold | 1999 Norway | |
| Gold | 2000 Russia | |
| Gold | 2001 Germany | |
| Gold | 2005 Vienna | |
Competitor for  Czechoslovakia
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| World Junior Championships | ||
| Bronze | 1993 Sweden | |
| European Junior Championships | ||
| Gold | 1991 Czechoslovakia | |
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.
Personal life
František Kaberle married his wife Kateřina on May 30, 1998. They have two daughters named Francesca and Vanessa.
His brother Tomáš Kaberle is a free agent and is also a fellow Stanley Cup winner with the Boston Bruins in 2011. Both of the Kaberle brothers were named to the Czech national ice hockey team for the 2006 Winter Olympics.
His father František Kaberle, Sr. used to play for the Czechoslovak national ice hockey team as well.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1991–92 | HC Kladno | TCH | 37 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1992–93 | HC Kladno | TCH | 49 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | HC Kladno | CZE | 41 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1994–95 | HC Kladno | CZE | 40 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 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 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 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 | CZE | 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 Kladno | CZE | 52 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | HC Pardubice | CZE | 52 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2011–12 | HC Plzeň | CZE | 29 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| NHL totals | 523 | 29 | 164 | 193 | 218 | 32 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Czechoslovakia | EJC | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 1992 | Czechoslovakia | WJC | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 1993 | Czechoslovakia | WJC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 1995 | Czech Republic | WC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | Czech Republic | WCH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1996 | Czech Republic | WC | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| 1997 | Czech Republic | WC | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | Czech Republic | WC | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | Czech Republic | WC | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | Czech Republic | WC | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 2001 | Czech Republic | WC | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2002 | Czech Republic | WC | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | Czech Republic | WC | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| 2006 | Czech Republic | OG | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Junior int'l totals | 19 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | ||
| Senior int'l totals | 83 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 28 | ||
See also
- Notable families in the NHL
References
- ↑ "Carolina Hurricanes at Atlanta Thrashers Box Score, April 8, 2000". Hockey-Reference.com. 2000-04-08. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
- ↑ "Hurricanes buy-out defenseman Kaberle". The Sports Network. 2009-07-28. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
- ↑ "Kladno reports big comeback, after years in the NHL Kaberle is back" (in Czech). hokej.cz. 2009-08-27. Retrieved 2012-01-02.
- ↑ "Frantisek Kaberle ends storied career". National Hockey League. 2012-08-30. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
External links
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