Position Left Wing Name Jan Hlavac Career start 1994 Playing career Weight 91 kg | Height 1.83 m Shoots Left Current team Linkopings HC | |
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SEL teamFormer teams Linkopings HCNew York RangersPhiladelphia FlyersVancouver CanucksCarolina HurricanesTampa Bay LightningNashville Predators NHL Draft 28th overall, 1995New York Islanders | ||
Jan Hlavac & Jaroslav Hlinka 2009
Jan Hlaváč (born September 19, 1976) is a former professional Czech ice hockey player who most recently played for Linköpings HC of the Swedish Elitserien.
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Jan Hlavac - 24 goals in 23 games
Playing career
Hlaváč has played at the National Hockey League level for the New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Vancouver Canucks, Carolina Hurricanes, Tampa Bay Lightning and Nashville Predators. His first stint with the Rangers saw him play on the Czech-mate line with countrymen Radek Dvořák and Petr Nedvěd. He scored 19 goals and 42 points in 1999–2000, his rookie season, and he scored an NHL career high 28 goals and 64 points in 2000–01. He was unable to duplicate his early success in Philadelphia, Vancouver, and Carolina and returned to Europe following a second stint with New York in 2003–04. After 3 seasons in Europe, Hlaváč returned to the NHL for the 2007–08 NHL season as a member of the Tampa Bay Lightning, scoring 22 points in 62 games before being traded to the Nashville Predators. Hlaváč had decent success with Nashville, scoring 3 goals and 10 assists for 13 points in just 18 games. Hlaváč became an unrestricted free agent after the Predators decided not to retain him on July 1. In August, he signed a one-year contract with Linköpings HC of Swedish Elitserien.
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