Jaroslav Bednář
| Jaroslav Bednář | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Jaroslav Bednář at match between Bílí Tygři Liberec and HC Slavia Praha, October 2007 | |||
| Born |
November 9, 1976 Prague, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
| Weight | 176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| Czech.2 team Former teams |
HC Vrchlabí HC Slavia Praha HC Sparta Praha HC Plzeň JYP HIFK Los Angeles Kings Florida Panthers Avangard Omsk Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod HC Davos HC Lugano SC Bern HK Hradec Kralove | ||
| National team |
 Czech Republic | ||
| NHL draft |
51st overall, 2001 Los Angeles Kings | ||
| Playing career | 1994–present | ||
Jaroslav Bednář (born 9 November 1976) is a Czech professional ice hockey winger, who currently plays with HC Vrchlabí in the Czech.2 Liga
Playing career
Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Bednář began his career with Slavia Prague in 1994 and stayed there for three years before moving to rivals Sparta Prague. He played just 14 games before moving to Plzeň and then returned to play for Sparta for the next season. He then spent the next two seasons playing in Finland's SM-liiga with spells at Jyp and HIFK where he led the teams in goals and points.
NHL
Bednář was drafted 51st overall by the Los Angeles Kings in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, but never managed to recapture the form he had in Finland. He played 37 games for the Kings, scoring 4 goals and 11 assists for 15 points. On November 26, 2002, Bednář, along with Andreas Lilja was traded to the Florida Panthers for Dmitri Yushkevich, he played 65 games for Florida, scoring 6 goals and 14 assists for 20 points. Overall, Bednář played 102 regular season games, scoring 10 goals and 25 assists for 35 points.
Return to Europe
Bednář moved to Russia during the cancelled 2004–05 NHL Season and played for Avangard Omsk where he played alongside Jaromír Jágr, Alexander Perezhogin and Oleg Tverdovsky. In 2005, Bednář returned to Slavia Prague where he has become one of their core players and left the team after four years on 29 April 2009 to sign with Atlant Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League. In 2010, Bednář signed a one-year contract with HC Davos from the Swiss NLA where he played alongside 3 other Czech players: Petr Sykora, Petr Taticek and Josef Marha. During the 2010–11 regular season, Bednář scored 35 goals and 15 assists for a total of 50 points in 43 games. On May 21, 2013, Bednar returned again to his original club, HC Slavia Praha for a fourth stint.[1] He would play three seasons with HK Hradec Králové through to 2018.[2]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1994–95 | HC Slavia Praha | ELH | 20 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1995–96 | HC Slavia Praha | ELH | 20 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1996–97 | HC Slavia Praha | ELH | 45 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | HC Slavia Praha | ELH | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | HC Keramika Plzeň | ELH | 34 | 26 | 15 | 41 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 1998–99 | HC Sparta Praha | ELH | 52 | 23 | 14 | 37 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 1999–2000 | JYP | SM-l | 53 | 34 | 28 | 62 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | HIFK | SM-l | 56 | 32 | 28 | 60 | 51 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 22 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02 | Manchester Monarchs | AHL | 48 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 15 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 52 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | San Antonio Rampage | AHL | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Avangard Omsk | RSL | 29 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2004–05 | Avangard Omsk | RSL | 53 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 56 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2005–06 | HC Slavia Praha | ELH | 52 | 21 | 23 | 44 | 58 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 16 | ||
| 2006–07 | HC Slavia Praha | ELH | 52 | 22 | 23 | 45 | 66 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08 | HC Slavia Praha | ELH | 40 | 25 | 11 | 36 | 61 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 8 | ||
| 2008–09 | HC Slavia Praha | ELH | 46 | 27 | 41 | 68 | 44 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 8 | ||
| 2009–10 | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | KHL | 53 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | HC Davos | NLA | 45 | 21 | 28 | 49 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | ||
| 2011–12 | HC Lugano | NLA | 45 | 16 | 33 | 49 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2012–13 | HC Slavia Praha | ELH | 13 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | HC Lugano | NLA | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | HC Lugano | NLA | 12 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | ||
| 2013–14 | HC Slavia Praha | ELH | 47 | 21 | 27 | 48 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | HC Slavia Praha | ELH | 51 | 18 | 28 | 46 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | HK Hradec Kralove | ELH | 50 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 44 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 2016–17 | HK Hradec Kralove | ELH | 49 | 11 | 36 | 47 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | ||
| 2017–18 | HK Hradec Kralove | ELH | 46 | 15 | 27 | 42 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 2018–19 | HC Vrchlabí | CZE.3 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 4 | ||
| ELH totals | 621 | 259 | 300 | 559 | 427 | 117 | 40 | 51 | 91 | 68 | ||||
| Liiga totals | 109 | 66 | 56 | 122 | 107 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| NHL totals | 102 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Czech Republic | WC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 | Czech Republic | WC | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Senior totals | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
References
- ^ "Bednar returns home!". HC Slavia Praha. 2013-05-21. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
- ^ "Bednar returns for another season with Kralove". hokej.cz. 2016-04-29. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1976 births
- Czech ice hockey right wingers
- Expatriate ice hockey players in Russia
- Avangard Omsk players
- SC Bern players
- HC Davos players
- Florida Panthers players
- HIFK (ice hockey) players
- JYP Jyväskylä players
- Living people
- Los Angeles Kings draft picks
- Los Angeles Kings players
- HC Lugano players
- Manchester Monarchs (AHL) players
- Stadion Hradec Králové players
- HC Plzeň players
- Sportspeople from Prague
- San Antonio Rampage players
- HC Slavia Praha players
- HC Sparta Praha players
- Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod players