Ice Hockey Wiki
Register
Advertisement
Petr Svoboda
Petrsvoboda
Position Defenceman
Shot Left
Height
Weight
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
Teams Montreal Canadiens
Buffalo Sabres
Philadelphia Flyers
Tampa Bay Lightning
Nationality Czech
Born (1966-02-14)February 14, 1966,
Most, CSK
NHL Draft 5th overall, 1984
Montreal Canadiens
Pro Career 1984 – 2001


Petr Svoboda (born February 14, 1966) is a retired Czech professional defenceman who was the first Czech to play over 1,000 games in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Playing career[]

In 1984, Svoboda had participated in the world Under-18 ice hockey championships in the former West Germany as a part of the Czechoslovak team, and after playing one game, he defected to the West. That spring, he was selected fifth overall in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft by the Montreal Canadiens. Throughout his NHL career he played for the Canadiens, Buffalo Sabres, Philadelphia Flyers and Tampa Bay Lightning. He won the Stanley Cup with the Canadiens in 1986. He also participated in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Japan, winning a gold medal with the Czech team. He scored the only final goal against Russia, the goal that brought the gold medal for Czechs. He retired in 2001.










Career statistics[]

--- Regular Season ---  ---- Playoffs ----
Season   Team                        Lge    GP    G    A  Pts  PIM  GP   G   A Pts PIM
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1984-85  Montreal Canadiens          NHL    73    4   27   31   65   7   1   1   2  12
1985-86  Montreal Canadiens          NHL    73    1   18   19   93   8   0   0   0  21
1986-87  Montreal Canadiens          NHL    70    5   17   22   63  14   0   5   5  10
1987-88  Montreal Canadiens          NHL    69    7   22   29  149  10   0   5   5  12
1988-89  Montreal Canadiens          NHL    71    8   37   45  147  21   1  11  12  16
1989-90  Montreal Canadiens          NHL    60    5   31   36   98  10   0   5   5   2
1990-91  Montreal Canadiens          NHL    60    4   22   26   52   2   0   1   1   2
1991-92  Montreal/Buffalo            NHL    71    6   22   28   146  7   1   4   5   6
1992-93  Buffalo Sabres              NHL    40    2   24   26   59  --  --  --  --  --
1993-94  Buffalo Sabres              NHL    60    2   14   16   89   3   0   0   0   4
1994-95  Litvinov CHP HC             Czech   8    2    0    2    0
1994-95  Buffalo/Philadelphia        NHL    37    0    8    8   70  14   0   4   4   8
1995-96  Philadelphia Flyers         NHL    73    1   28   29  105  12   0   6   6  22
1996-97  Philadelphia Flyers         NHL    67    2   12   14   94  16   1   2   3  16
1997-98  Philadelphia Flyers         NHL    56    3   15   18   83   3   0   1   1   4
1998-99  Philadelphia/Tampa Bay      NHL    59    5   18   23   71  --  --  --  --  --
1999-00  Tampa Bay Lightning         NHL    70    2   23   25  170  --  --  --  --  --
2000-01  Tampa Bay Lightning         NHL    19    1    3    4   41  --  --  --  --  --
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         NHL Totals                       1028   58  341  399 1605 127   4  45  49 135

External links[]


Preceded by
Alfie Turcotte
Montreal Canadiens' first round draft pick
1984
Succeeded by
Shayne Corson


This page uses content from Wikipedia. The original article was at Petr Svoboda. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with Ice Hockey Wiki, the text of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License 3.0 (Unported) (CC-BY-SA).


Advertisement