Jan Hlaváč

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Position	Left Wing
Shoots	Left
Height Weight	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 200 lb (91 kg/14 st 4 lb)
NHL Team F. teams	Nashville Predators Tampa Bay Lightning New York Rangers Philadelphia Flyers Vancouver Canucks Carolina Hurricanes
Nationality	Czech Republic
Born	September 19, 1976 (1976-09-19) (age 31), Prague, CZE
NHL Draft	28th overall, 1995 New York Islanders
Pro career	1994 – present

Jan Hlaváč^[1] (born September 19, 1976 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech professional ice hockey player, currently playing for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Transactions 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Playing career

Hlaváč has played at the National Hockey League level for the New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Vancouver Canucks, Carolina Hurricanes, and Nashville Predators. His first stint with the Rangers saw him play on the Czech-mate line with fellow 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. He played with the Tampa Bay Lightning on a line with Brad Richards and Michel Oullet before being traded to the Nashville Predators. He had nine goals, 13 assists, and 22 total points as of Feb. 23 for the Lightning. Hlaváč had monumental success with Nashville, scoring during his first game as a Predator. He had 3 goals and 10 assists as a Predator in 18 games played.

Jan Hlaváč will become an unrestricted free agent if not signed by the Predators by July 1.

[edit] 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 echange 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 Malik.

• 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.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Jan Hlaváč's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Jan Hlaváč's biography at Legends of Hockey