Milan Hejduk

Milan Hejduk
Born	(1976-02-14) February 14, 1976 Ústí nad Labem, CS
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position	Right Wing
Shoots	Right
NHL team	Colorado Avalanche
NHL draft	87th overall, 1994 Quebec Nordiques
Playing career	1993–present

Milan Hejduk (born February 14, 1976 in Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia; now Czech Republic) is a professional ice hockey player.

Playing career

The 6-foot (1.83 m) tall, 190-pound (86 kg) Hejduk was drafted 87th overall by the Quebec Nordiques in the 4th round of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft. Before he left for the NHL, he played in Pardubice, where he returned during the 2004–05 NHL lockout.

Milan joined HC Pardubice in the Czech Extraliga in 1993–94 and won Rookie of the Year honours with nine points in 22 games. After improving to 11 goals in 1994–95, Milan improved to 13 markers in 1995–96. In 1996–97, Milan set a personal Extraliga high with 27 goals in 51 games. In 1997–98, Milan scored 26 goals and a personal best 45 Extraliga points.

He won the Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy as the NHL's top goalscorer when he potted 50 goals for the Avalanche in the 2002–03 season, narrowly beating Markus Näslund of the Vancouver Canucks, who had been leading for most of the season. Hejduk scored a goal against the Calgary Flames in a 3–0 win for the Avalanche on 12 March 2006, putting him equal with Peter Forsberg in sixth place on the all-time Avalanche franchise goalscoring list with 216 goals. He won a Stanley Cup in 2001 with the Colorado Avalanche. He also has an infamous nickname known as "The Canuck Killer"

Awards

• 2001 Stanley Cup Championship
• Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy - 2003
• Bud Light Plus/Minus Award - 2003

Career statistics

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1993–94	HC Pardubice	Czech Rep		22	6	3	9	-		10	5	1	6	-
1994–95	HC Pardubice	Czech Rep		43	11	13	24	6		6	3	1	4	0
1995–96	HC Pardubice	Czech Rep		37	13	7	20	-		-	-	-	-	-
1996–97	HC Pardubice	Czech Rep		51	27	11	38	10		10	6	0	6	27
1997–98	HC Pardubice	Czech Rep		48	26	19	45	20		3	0	0	0	2
1998–99	Colorado Avalanche	NHL		82	14	34	48	26		16	6	6	12	4
1999–00	Colorado Avalanche	NHL		82	36	36	72	16		17	5	4	9	6
2000–01	Colorado Avalanche	NHL		80	41	38	79	36		23	7	16	23	6
2001–02	Colorado Avalanche	NHL		62	21	23	44	24		16	3	3	6	4
2002–03	Colorado Avalanche	NHL		82	50	48	98	32		7	2	2	4	2
2003–04	Colorado Avalanche	NHL		82	35	40	75	20		11	5	2	7	0
2004–05	HC Pardubice	Czech Rep		48	25	26	51	14		16	6	2	8	6
2005–06	Colorado Avalanche	NHL		74	24	34	58	24		9	2	6	8	2
2006–07	Colorado Avalanche	NHL		80	35	35	70	44		-	-	-	-	-
2007–08	Colorado Avalanche	NHL		77	29	25	54	36		10	3	3	6	4
NHL Totals				701	285	313	598	258		109	33	42	75	28

International play

Olympic medal record
Men's Ice hockey
	1998 Nagano	Ice hockey
	2006 Turin	Ice hockey

Played for the Czech Republic in:

• 1998 Winter Olympics (gold medal)
• 1998 World Championships (bronze medal)
• 2002 Winter Olympics
• 2004 World Cup of Hockey
• 2006 Winter Olympics (bronze medal)

International statistics

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1998	Czech Republic	Oly		4	0	0	0	2
2002	Czech Republic	Oly		4	1	0	1	0
2004	Czech Republic	WCH		4	3	2	5	2
2006	Czech Republic	Oly		8	2	1	3	2
Olympic Totals				16	3	1	4	4

References

• Milan Hejduk career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
• NHLPA Player Bio