Jiri Sejba

Jiří Šejba (born July 22, 1962 in Pardubice) is a Czech retired hockey left winger a member of the Czech Hockey Hall of Fame. He was drafted in the 9th round, 182nd overall in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft by Buffalo Sabres. He is currently the head coach of the HC Poruba of the Chance Liga.

Club career
Šejba played junior hockey with the TJ Pardubice organisation.

In 1979 - 1984 played Šejba with the TJ Tesla Pardubice of the 1. NHL and during his military service in 1984 - 1986 with the ASD Dukla Jihlava of the 1. NHL. In 1986 - 1990, he played again with the TJ Tesla Pardubice of the 1. NHL. He became the Czechoslovak champion in the 1984-85, 1986-87 and 1988-89 seasons.

After The Velvet Revolution, Šejba moved to the United States of America. In the 1990-91 season played Šejba 11 games with the Buffalo Sabres of the NHL and 31 regular season games and 14 play-off games with the Rochester Americans of the AHL. He continued with the Rochester Americans of the AHL in the next season.

In 1992, Šejba moved back in Europe, to be more specific, in Finland where he played one season with the Jokerit of the SM-liiga. Then he played two seasons with his hometown team, the HC Pardubice (formerly TJ Tesla Pardubice) of the Tipsport Extraliga and after these two years, Šejba moved to Slovakia to spend there his next two years of his career. He played there with the HC Slovan Bratislava of the Tipsport Liga. In the 1993-94 season with the HC Pardubice, he was the most penalized player (32) of the Tipsport Extraliga play-offs. In the 1996-97 season with the HC Slovan Bratislava, he was the player who scored most points (10) in the EHL.

In 1997, Šejba moved to Germany. He played three seasons there with the ESC Moskitos Essen (later Moskitos Essen). First two seasons, they played in DEL2, but in 1999 the team was promoted and played next season in DEL.

In 2000, Šejba finally moved back to his native country to play here his last career season. But he played only one game with his hometown club HC IPB Pojišťovna Pardubice (formerly HC Pardubice) of the Tipsport Extraliga and six games with the HC Hradec Králové of the 2. Liga.

International career
He played with the Czechoslovak National Team at the 1980 European U18 Championship (winning there silver), 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1989 World Championships (winning gold at the 1985 tournament where he also scored a hattrick in a gold-deciding game against Canada and winning bronze at the 1987 and 1989 tournaments), 1987 Canada Cup and 1988 Olympics.

Team Staff career
As a member of the team staff, Šejba became the Tipsport Extraliga champion in the 2004-05 and 2011-12 seasons, the Polish champion in the 2014-15 season and the Polish Cup champion in the 2014-15 and 2016-17 seasons.