Tomáš Kopecký

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
position = Centre
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 3
weight_lb = 200
team = Detroit Red Wings
league = NHL
nationality = SVK
birth_date = Birth date and age|1982|2|5
birth_place = Ilava, Czechoslovakia
career_start = 2001
former_teams =
draft = 38th overall
draft_year = 2000
draft_team = Detroit Red Wings
nickname = Koko

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Tomáš Kopecký (born on February 5, 1982 in Ilava, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovakian National Hockey League Left Wing for the Detroit Red Wings. He has a son named Jakub and wife Maria. Before turning pro in the NHL, Kopecký was a member of the Lethbridge Hurricanes of the WHL, as well as the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks and Grand Rapids Griffins of the AHL. Kopecký has inherited the nickname of "Koko" from the pronunciation of his last name by Red Wings television announcer Mickey Redmond.

On Thursday December 14, 2006, in a game against the Chicago Blackhawks, Kopecký was injured a minute into the third period of the Red Wings' 3-2 victory. Kopecký lost his footing and hit the boards as he approached the Chicago blue line, and Blackhawks defenseman Jim Vandermeer then fell on top of him. Kopecký was motionless on the ice for a few minutes before being helped to the dressing room by members of the Detroit training staff. He had surgery the next day to repair a broken clavicle.

Kopecký had previously worn the #28, but switched to #82 after the Red Wings acquired free agent defenceman Brian Rafalski. 82 is a reversal of the 28, as well as Kopecky's birth year.

On April 3, 2008, near the end of the 2007–08 NHL season, Kopecký was injured in a game against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Kopecký ended up with a torn Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), which was repaired during surgery on April 22, 2008.Cite web|url=http://redwings.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=361283&page=NewsPage&service=page|title=Kopecky undergoes successfully surgery|accessdate=2008-04-22|year=2008|author=Hahn, John] On June 4, 2008, he won the Stanley Cup with the Red Wings.

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*hockeydb|51216