Jan Hlaváč

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
position = Left Wing
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 0
weight_lb = 200
team = Linköpings HC
league = SEL
nationality = Czech Republic
birth_date = birth date and age|1976|9|19
birth_place = Prague, CZE
career_start = 1994
draft = 28th overall
draft_year = 1995
draft_team = New York Islanders
former_teams = Tampa Bay Lightning
New York Rangers
Philadelphia Flyers
Vancouver Canucks
Carolina Hurricanes
Nashville Predators


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Jan Hlaváč [ [http://www.hcsparta.cz/hrac.asp?id=189 HC Sparta Praha ] ] (born September 19, 1976 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech professional ice hockey player, who currently plays for swedish team Linköpings HC.

Playing career

Hlaváč has played at the National Hockey League level for the New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Vancouver Canucks, Carolina Hurricanes, and Nashville Predators. His first stint with the Rangers saw him play on the Czech-mate line with countrymen Radek Dvořák and Petr Nedvěd. He scored 19 goals and 42 points in 1999–2000, his rookie season, and he scored an NHL career high 28 goals and 64 points in 2000–01. He was unable to duplicate his early success in Philadelphia, Vancouver, and Carolina and returned to Europe following a second stint with New York in 2003–04. He played with the Tampa Bay Lightning on a line with Brad Richards and Michel Oullet before being traded to the Nashville Predators. Hlaváč had monumental success with Nashville, scoring during his first game as a Predator. He had 3 goals and 10 assists as a Predator in 18 games played.

Hlaváč became an unrestricted free agent after the Predators decided not to retain him on July 1. In August, he signed a one-year contract with Linköpings HC of swedish Elitserien.

Transactions

*July 14, 1998 - Traded by the New York Islanders to the Calgary Flames in exchange for Jörgen Jönsson.

*June 26, 1999 - Traded by the Calgary Flames along with Calgary's 1999 1st round and 3rd round draft choice, to the New York Rangers in exchange for Marc Savard and New York's 1999 1st round draft choice.

*August 20, 2001 - Traded by the New York Rangers, along with Kim Johnsson, Pavel Brendl and New York's 2003 3rd round draft choice, to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Eric Lindros.

*December 17, 2001 - Traded by the Philadelphia Flyers, along with Tampa Bay's 2002 3rd round draft choice, to the Vancouver Canucks in echange for Donald Brashear and Vancouver's 2002 6th round draft choice.

*November 1, 2002 - Traded by the Vancouver Canucks, along with Harold Druken, to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for Darren Langdon and Marek Malik.

*August 28, 2003 - Signed as a free agent with the New York Rangers.

*June 14, 2007 - Signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Lightning.

*February 26, 2008 - Traded by the Tampa Bay Lightning to the Nashville Predators in exchange for a 7th round draft choice.

*August 7, 2008 - Signed as a free agent with the swedish team Linköpings HC.

References

External links

*hockeydb|15570
*legendsofhockey|10889