Jan Hlaváč Explained

Jan Hlaváč
Birth Date:	19 September 1976
Birth Place:	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Height Ft:	6
Height In:	0
Weight Lb:	200
Position:	Left wing
Shoots:	Left
Played For:	Sparta Praha New York Rangers Philadelphia Flyers Vancouver Canucks Carolina Hurricanes Genève-Servette Tampa Bay Lightning Nashville Predators Linköpings Bílí Tygři Liberec Kladno Växjö Lakers
Ntl Team:	CZE
Draft:	28th overall
Draft Year:	1995
Draft Team:	New York Islanders
Career Start:	1994
Career End:	2017

Jan Hlaváč^[1] (born September 19, 1976) is a Czech former professional ice hockey player who last played for HC Stadion Vrchlabí in CZE.3.

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.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP				PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1991–92	HC Sparta Praha	CSR U18		29	28	14	42	—		—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	HC Sparta Praha	CSR U18		13	6	9	15	—		—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	HC Sparta Praha	CSR U20		34	8	9	17	—		—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	HC Sparta Praha	CZE U20		27	12	15	27	—		—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	HC Sparta Praha	ELH		8	1	1	2	2		—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	HC Sparta Praha	CZE U20		2	1	0	1	24		—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	HC Sparta Praha	ELH		38	7	6	13	6		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	HC Sparta Praha	ELH		34	7	7	14	14		11	1	2	3	8
1996–97	HC Sparta Praha	ELH		34	8	10	18	18		10	5	2	7	2
1996–97	HC Becherovka Karlovy Vary	CZE.2		2	0	1	1	—		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	HC Sparta Praha	ELH		46	17	30	47	58		5	1	0	1	0
1998–99	HC Sparta Praha	ELH		47	32	18	50	52		6	1	3	4	4
1999–00	Hartford Wolf Pack	AHL		3	1	0	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
1999–00	New York Rangers	NHL		67	19	23	42	16		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	New York Rangers	NHL		79	28	36	64	20		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		31	7	3	10	8		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		46	9	12	21	10		5	0	1	1	0
2002–03	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		9	1	1	2	6		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL		52	9	15	24	22		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	New York Rangers	NHL		72	5	21	26	15		—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	HC Sparta Praha	ELH		48	10	28	38	34		5	2	0	2	6
2005–06	Genève–Servette HC	NLA		42	12	22	34	28		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	HC Sparta Praha	ELH		41	20	11	31	85		16	8	2	10	16
2007–08	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		62	9	13	22	32		—	—	—	—	—
2007–08	Nashville Predators	NHL		18	3	10	13	8		6	0	2	2	2
2008–09	Linköping HC	SEL		54	25	23	48	28		5	3	1	4	0
2009–10	Bílí Tygři Liberec	ELH		19	8	9	17	12		—	—	—	—	—
2009–10	Linköping HC	SEL		38	30	21	51	24		12	6	6	12	6
2010–11	HC Sparta Praha	ELH		9	0	3	3	2		—	—	—	—	—
2010–11	Linköping HC	SEL		43	16	21	37	18		7	3	0	3	2
	Rytíři Kladno	ELH		11	4	2	6	8		—	—	—	—	—
2011–12	Linköping HC	SEL		37	10	13	23	20		—	—	—	—	—
	Rytíři Kladno	ELH		37	10	11	21	6		—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	Växjö Lakers	SEL		13	5	2	7	2		—	—	—	—	—
	Rytíři Kladno	ELH		17	4	6	10	10		—	—	—	—	—
2013–14	Växjö Lakers	SHL		10	2	6	8	2		12	4	2	6	0
	Rytíři Kladno	CZE.2		13	6	8	14	4		7	1	5	6	2
	HC Sparta Praha	ELH		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
	HC Sparta Praha	ELH		5	3	4	7	2		14	2	4	6	2
	HC Benátky nad Jizerou	CZE.2		3	4	0	4	0		—	—	—	—	—
	HC Sparta Praha	ELH		2	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0
	HC Benátky nad Jizerou	CZE.2		—	—	—	—	—		1	2	1	3	0
2017–18	HC Stadion Vrchlabí	CZE.3		4	3	4	7	6		8	3	4	7	0
ELH totals				397	131	146	277	319		69	20	13	33	38
NHL totals				436	90	134	224	138		11	0	3	3	2

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1994	Czech Republic	EJC		5	0	1	1	0
1995	Czech Republic	WJC		7	2	3	5	4
1996	Czech Republic	WJC		6	0	0	0	2
1998	Czech Republic	WC		8	1	3	4	2
1999	Czech Republic	WC		10	5	5	10	4
2003	Czech Republic	WC		9	4	2	6	2
2004	Czech Republic	WC		7	1	3	4	6
2005	Czech Republic	WC		6	1	2	3	0
2006	Czech Republic	WC		9	2	1	3	4
Junior totals				18	2	4	6	6
Senior totals				49	14	16	30	18

Transactions

• July 14, 1998 - Traded by the New York Islanders to the Calgary Flames in exchange for Jörgen Jönsson.
• June 26, 1999 - Traded by the Calgary Flames along with Calgary's 1999 1st round and 3rd round draft choice, to the New York Rangers in exchange for Marc Savard and New York's 1999 1st round draft choice.
• August 20, 2001 - Traded by the New York Rangers, along with Kim Johnsson, Pavel Brendl and New York's 2003 3rd round draft choice, to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Eric Lindros.
• December 17, 2001 - Traded by the Philadelphia Flyers, along with Tampa Bay's 2002 3rd round draft choice, to the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for Donald Brashear and Vancouver's 2002 6th round draft choice.
• November 1, 2002 - Traded by the Vancouver Canucks, along with Harold Druken, to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for Darren Langdon and Marek Malík.
• August 28, 2003 - Signed as a free agent with the New York Rangers.
• June 14, 2007 - Signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
• February 26, 2008 - Traded by the Tampa Bay Lightning to the Nashville Predators in exchange for a 7th round draft choice.
• August 7, 2008 - Signed as a free agent with Linköpings HC.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jan Hlavac player alumni profile . . 2015-04-05 . 2015-04-05 . Czech .