Pavel Kubina
| Pavel Kubina | |
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 Pavel Kubina with the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2007. |
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| Born | April 15, 1977 Čeladná, Czechoslovakia |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight | 250 lb (113 kg; 17 st 12 lb) |
| Position | Defence |
| Shoots | Right |
| NHL team Former teams |
Tampa Bay Lightning Atlanta Thrashers Toronto Maple Leafs Tampa Bay Lightning Vítkovice (CzEx |
| National team |  Czech Republic |
| NHL Draft | 179th overall, 1996 Tampa Bay Lightning |
| Playing career | 1993–present |
Pavel Kubina (born April 15, 1977) is a Czech professional ice hockey defenceman, and is currently playing for the Tampa Bay Lightning.
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[edit] Playing career
Kubina started his professional career with HC Vítkovice of the Czech Extraliga. He played there for four seasons, during which he was drafted in the seventh round of the 1996 NHL Entry Draft by the Lightning.
Later in 1996, he came to Canada to play for the Moose Jaw Warriors of the WHL, and scored 44 points in 61 games. Kubina got his first taste of NHL action in the 1997–98 NHL season, although he spent most of his time playing for the Adirondack Red Wings of the American Hockey League.
He then spent most of the next season in the NHL, tallying a total of 21 points, while playing occasionally in the International Hockey League for the Cleveland Lumberjacks. By the 1999–2000 NHL season Kubina had cemented his position in the Lightning's lineup, and notched 26 points for them.
Kubina had 30 points in the 2000–01 campaign and 34 in 2001–02.
In the 2003–04 season he won the Stanley Cup.
On July 1, 2006, Kubina signed a deal with the Toronto Maple Leafs for four years at $20 million. Kubina was suspended by the NHL for the first game of the 2006–07 season for cross-checking Detroit's Jiří Hudler in a preseason game.[1]
On July 1, 2009, Kubina was traded to the Atlanta Thrashers with the rights to Tim Stapleton for Garnet Exelby and Colin Stuart.
On July 2, 2010, Kubina returned to the Tampa Bay Lightning signing a two year contract valued at $7.7 million (roughly $3.85 million per year).
On March 9, 2011, Kubina was suspended 3 games for a elbow on Chicago Blackhawks forward Dave Bolland.
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1993–94 | HC Vítkovice | Czech | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | HC Vítkovice | Czech | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | HC Vítkovice | Czech | 33 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1996–97 | HC Vítkovice | Czech | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL | 61 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 116 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 27 | ||
| 1997–98 | Adirondack Red Wings | AHL | 55 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 86 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | ||
| 1997–98 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 68 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Cleveland Lumberjacks | IHL | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 69 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 93 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 70 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 103 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 82 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 106 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 75 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 78 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| 2003–04 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 81 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 85 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50 | ||
| 2004–05 | HC Vítkovice | CZE | 28 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 46 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 34 | ||
| 2005–06 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 76 | 5 | 33 | 38 | 96 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 26 | ||
| 2006–07 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 61 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 72 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 116 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 82 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 94 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 76 | 6 | 32 | 38 | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 79 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 62 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | ||
| NHL totals | 901 | 107 | 264 | 371 | 1049 | 46 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 98 | ||||
[edit] International play
| Medal record | ||
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| Competitor for Czech Republic |
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| Bronze | 2006 Torino | |
| World Championships | ||
| Gold | 1999 Oslo | |
| Gold | 2001 Nuremberg | |
| Gold | 2005 Vienna | |
Played for the Czech Republic in :
- 1999 World Championships (Gold medal)
- 2001 World Championships (Gold medal)
- 2002 Winter Olympics
- 2002 World Championships
- 2005 World Championships (Gold medal)
- 2006 Winter Olympics (Bronze medal)
- 2010 Czech Republic Olympic hockey team
[edit] Personal life
He and his wife, Andrea, welcomed their first child, a girl, Tereza on November 9, 2006 in the Czech Republic. [1]
[edit] References
- ^ "Kubina suspended one game". Toronto Sun. 2006. http://torontosun.com/Sports/2006/10/02/1936440.html. Retrieved 2006-10-02.
[edit] External links
- 1977 births
- Adirondack Red Wings players
- Atlanta Thrashers players
- Czech ice hockey players
- Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Living people
- Moose Jaw Warriors alumni
- National Hockey League All-Stars
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Czech Republic
- Olympic ice hockey players of the Czech Republic
- Stanley Cup champions
- Tampa Bay Lightning draft picks
- Tampa Bay Lightning players
- Toronto Maple Leafs players
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
