Roman Čechmánek

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


image_size =
position = Goaltender
catches = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 3
weight_lb = 200
team = HC Oceláři Třinec
league = CZE
former_teams =Linköpings HC (SEL)
HC Vsetín (CZE)
Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL)
Philadelphia Flyers (NHL)
Los Angeles Kings (NHL)
HC Karlovy Vary (CZE)
Hamburg Freezers (DEL)
nationality = Czech Republic
birth_date = Birth date and age|1971|3|2|mf=y
birth_place = Gottwaldov, CS
career_start = 2000 (NHL)
draft = 171st overall
draft_year = 2000
draft_team = Philadelphia Flyers

Roman Čechmánek IPA| ['roman 'ʧɛxma:nɛk] (born March 2, 1971 in Gottwaldov (now called Zlín), Czechoslovakia) is a Czech professional ice hockey goaltender.

Playing career

He played for HC Vsetín in the Czech Republic from 1996 to 2000. He was drafted in the sixth round of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft by the Philadelphia Flyers. In his first season with the Flyers, Čechmánek surprised many by capturing the starting job from Brian Boucher and being one of the best goaltenders in the league. In his first season he played in the NHL All-Star Game and finished second in voting for the Vezina Trophy. He had a disappointing playoffs, however, including an embarrassing 8–0 loss in the final game of the series against Buffalo.

The next season Čechmánek had another good year and played fairly well in the first round of the playoffs. However the Philadelphia offense failed, scoring a record low number of goals (2). Čechmánek was publicly annoyed at his teammates' performance. The next year he had another very superior season sharing the William M. Jennings Trophy with Martin Brodeur and teammate Robert Esche. Despite some excellent games he had an equal number of horrible ones. Čechmánek pitched two shutouts in a second round loss to Ottawa but many blamed him for the loss due to the number of soft goals he allowed in the other four games.Fact|date=October 2007 At the end of the season he was traded to the Los Angeles Kings for a second round draft pick.

Playing behind a mediocre LA team, Čechmánek had a disappointing season in 2003–04. In the lock-out canceled 2004–05 NHL season he returned to the Czech Republic to play with his old team HC Vsetín. He split the 2005–06 hockey season between HC Karlovy Vary and the Hamburg Freezers. In the beginning of 2007, Čechmánek left Linköpings HC and was replaced by Rastislav Staňa. He is now playing for HC Ocelari Trinec in the Czech Extraliga.

Career statistics

Year Team GP Min W L T GA GAA Shots Sv% SO _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 1994–95 Slovnaft Vsetín CZECH 52 3046 - - - 121 2.38 - - 5 1995–96 Slovnaft Vsetín CZECH 49 2925 - - - 94 1.93 - - 4 1996–97 Slovnaft Vsetín CZECH 58 3364 - - - 109 1.94 - - 3 1997–98 Slovnaft Vsetín CZECH 51 2906 - - - 92 1.90 - - - 1998–99 Slovnaft Vsetín CZECH 46 2875 - - - 97 2.02 - - - 1998–99 Czech Republic WORLD 4 197 - - - 8 2.44 80 .900 1 1999–00 Slovnaft Vsetín CZECH 37 - - - - - 2.47 - - - 1999–00 Czech Republic WORLD 8 480 - - - 16 2.00 212 .925 1 2000–01 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 3 160 1 1 0 3 1.12 97 .969 0 2000–01 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 59 3431 35 15 6 115 2.01 1464 .921 10 2001–02 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 45 2603 24 13 6 89 2.05 1131 .921 4 2002–03 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 58 3350 33 15 10 102 1.83 1368 .925 6 2003–04 Los Angeles Kings NHL 49 2701 18 21 6 113 2.51 1198 .906 5 _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Totals 211 12085 110 64 28 419 2.08 5161 0.919 25

International play

His only Olympic appearance was for the Czech Republic in the 1998 Winter Olympics. Backing-up star goaltender Dominik Hašek, Čechmánek's team won the gold medal after defeating Russia in the gold medal deciding match, despite not playing a single game. Czech Republic won in a tight 1–0 game.

His other debuts were in the 2004 and 2007 IHWC also playing for the Czech Republic team.

International statistics

Transactions

*Selected by the Philadelphia Flyers in the sixth round (third Flyers pick, 171st overall) of the National Hockey League entry draft — June 24, 2000.
*Traded by Flyers to the Los Angeles Kings for a second-round selection in 2004 entry draft — May 28,2003.
*Signed with Vsetínská Hokejová (Czech Extraleague) during NHL lockout on — September 17, 2004.
*Signed as a free agent by HC Energie Karlovy Vary (Czech Extraleague) — August 16, 2005.

Honours

*Played in National Hockey League All-Star Game — 2001.
*Named to National Hockey League All-Star Second Team — 2000–01.
*William M. Jennings Trophy (shared with Martin Brodeur and teammate Robert Esche) — 2002–03

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