Jiří Kučera
Appearance
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Jiří Kučera | |||
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Born |
Plzeň, Czechoslovakia | March 28, 1966||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb) | ||
Position | Center | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for |
Czech Extraliga HC Plzen Dukla Jihlava SM-liiga Tappara Elitserien Luleå HF Nationalliga A EHC Kloten | ||
National team |
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NHL draft |
152nd overall, 1987 Pittsburgh Penguins | ||
Playing career | 1983–2001 |
Jiří Kučera (born March 28, 1966) is a Czech professional ice hockey coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of HC Litvinov. During his playing career he played for HC Plzen and Dukla Jihlava in his home country and for Tappara in Finland, Luleå HF in Sweden, and EHC Kloten in Switzerland. He also represented the national team of either Czechoslovakia or Czech Republic eight times in the Ice Hockey World Championships and once in the Olympic Games.[1]
Honors
[edit]- Ice Hockey World Championships: Gold (1996)
- Ice Hockey World Championships: Bronze (1987, 1989, 1990, 1993)
- Swedish national championship: gold (1996)
Career statistics
[edit]Regular season and playoffs
[edit]Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1983–84 | TJ Škoda Plzeň | TCH U20 | 30 | 28 | 39 | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
1983–84 | TJ Škoda Plzeň | TCH | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1984–85 | TJ Škoda Plzeň | TCH | 40 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1985–86 | ASD Dukla Jihlava | TCH | 30 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1985–86 | ASD Dukla Jihlava B | CZE.2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
1986–87 | ASD Dukla Jihlava | TCH | 34 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
1987–88 | TJ Škoda Plzeň | TCH | 32 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1988–89 | TJ Škoda Plzeň | TCH | 32 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||
1989–90 | TJ Škoda Plzeň | TCH | 47 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1990–91 | Tappara | SM-l | 44 | 23 | 34 | 57 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
1991–92 | Tappara | SM-l | 44 | 22 | 20 | 42 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1992–93 | Tappara | SM-l | 48 | 22 | 32 | 54 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1993–94 | Tappara | SM-l | 47 | 16 | 26 | 42 | 37 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 | ||
1994–95 | Luleå HF | SEL | 40 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | ||
1995–96 | Luleå HF | SEL | 39 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | ||
1996–97 | HC ZKZ Plzeň | ELH | 43 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1997–98 | EHC Kloten | NDA | 38 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
1998–99 | Luleå HF | SEL | 45 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 52 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
1999–2000 | Luleå HF | SEL | 47 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
2000–01 | Luleå HF | SEL | 34 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
TCH totals | 227 | 66 | 72 | 138 | 92 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 11 | — | ||||
SM-l totals | 183 | 83 | 112 | 195 | 91 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 8 | ||||
SEL totals | 205 | 60 | 81 | 141 | 136 | 35 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 24 |
International
[edit]Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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1984 | Czechoslovakia | EJC | ||||||
1985 | Czechoslovakia | WJC | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
1986 | Czechoslovakia | WJC | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | |
1987 | Czechoslovakia | WC | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
1987 | Czechoslovakia | CC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
1989 | Czechoslovakia | WC | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
1990 | Czechoslovakia | WC | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |
1991 | Czechoslovakia | WC | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
1993 | Czech Republic | WC | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | |
1994 | Czech Republic | OG | 8 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | |
1994 | Czech Republic | WC | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
1995 | Czech Republic | WC | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
1996 | Czech Republic | WC | 8 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |
1996 | Czech Republic | WCH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Senior totals | 83 | 22 | 15 | 37 | 43 |
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
Categories:
- 1966 births
- Living people
- Czechoslovak ice hockey centres
- Czech ice hockey centres
- HC Plzeň players
- HC Dukla Jihlava players
- Ice hockey players at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Olympic ice hockey players for the Czech Republic
- Pittsburgh Penguins draft picks
- Ice hockey people from Plzeň
- Tappara players
- Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden
- Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Switzerland
- Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Finland
- Czechoslovak expatriate ice hockey people