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Milan Hejduk
Milan-hejduk
Position Right Wing
Shoots Right
Height
Weight
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
NHL Team Colorado Avalanche
Nationality CZE
Born (1976-02-14)February 14, 1976,
Ústí nad Labem, CS
NHL Draft 87th overall, 1994
Quebec Nordiques
Pro 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.

Awards[]

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
2008-09 Colorado Avalanche NHL 82 27 32 59 16 - - - - -
2009-10 Colorado Avalanche NHL 56 23 21 44 10 3 1 0 1 0
2010-11 Colorado Avalanche NHL 71 22 34 56 18 - - - - -
2011-12 Colorado Avalanche NHL 81 14 23 37 14 - - - - -
NHL Totals 1011 374 429 803 316 112 34 42 76 28

International play[]

Played for the Czech Republic in:

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[]

Preceded by
Jarome Iginla
Winner of the Rocket Richard Trophy
2003
Succeeded by
Jarome Iginla, Ilya Kovalchuk, Rick Nash
Preceded by
Chris Chelios
Co-winner of the NHL Plus/Minus Award
(with Peter Forsberg)

2003
Succeeded by
Martin St. Louis and Marek Malik
Preceded by
Jaromir Jagr
Czech Golden Hockey Stick
2003
Succeeded by
Robert Lang
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