- Petr Svoboda
Petr Svoboda (born
February 14 ,1966 inMost ,Czechoslovakia ) is a retired former professionalice hockey player who was the first Czech to play over 1,000 games in theNational Hockey League . In 1984, the teenaged Svoboda had participated in the world Under-18 ice hockey championships in the formerWest Germany as a part of the Czechoslovak team, and after playing one game, he defected to the West. That spring, he was selected fifth overall in the1984 NHL Entry Draft by theMontreal Canadiens . Throughout his NHL career he played for the Canadiens,Buffalo Sabres ,Philadelphia Flyers andTampa Bay Lightning . He won theStanley Cup with the Canadiens in 1986. He also participated in the1998 Winter Olympics in Japan, winning a gold medal with the Czech team. He scored the only final goal against Russia, the goal that brought gold medal for Czechs. He retired in 2001.Career statistics
--- Regular Season --- ---- Playoffs ----Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1984-85 Montreal Canadiens NHL 73 4 27 31 65 7 1 1 2 121985-86 Montreal Canadiens NHL 73 1 18 19 93 8 0 0 0 211986-87 Montreal Canadiens NHL 70 5 17 22 63 14 0 5 5 101987-88 Montreal Canadiens NHL 69 7 22 29 149 10 0 5 5 121988-89 Montreal Canadiens NHL 71 8 37 45 147 21 1 11 12 161989-90 Montreal Canadiens NHL 60 5 31 36 98 10 0 5 5 21990-91 Montreal Canadiens NHL 60 4 22 26 52 2 0 1 1 21991-92 Montreal/Buffalo NHL 71 6 22 28 146 7 1 4 5 61992-93 Buffalo Sabres NHL 40 2 24 26 59 -- -- -- -- --1993-94 Buffalo Sabres NHL 60 2 14 16 89 3 0 0 0 41994-95 Litvinov CHP HC Czech 8 2 0 2 01994-95 Buffalo/Philadelphia NHL 37 0 8 8 70 14 0 4 4 81995-96 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 73 1 28 29 105 12 0 6 6 221996-97 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 67 2 12 14 94 16 1 2 3 161997-98 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 56 3 15 18 83 3 0 1 1 41998-99 Philadelphia/Tampa Bay NHL 59 5 18 23 71 -- -- -- -- --1999-00 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 70 2 23 25 170 -- -- -- -- --2000-01 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 19 1 3 4 41 -- -- -- -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NHL Totals 1028 58 341 399 1605 127 4 45 49 135ee also
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List of NHL players with 1000 games played
*List of NHL players
*List of NHL seasons External links
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