Patrik Štefan | |
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Position | Center |
Shot | Left |
Height Weight |
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 210 lb (95 kg) |
Teams | Atlanta Thrashers Dallas Stars |
Nationality | CZE |
Born | Příbram, CS | September 16, 1980,
NHL Draft | 1st overall, 1999 Atlanta Thrashers |
Pro Career | 1996 – 2007 |
Patrik Štefan (September 16, 1980 in Příbram, Czechoslovakia) is a retired Czech professional ice hockey player.
Playing career
Patrik Štefan was drafted first overall by the Atlanta Thrashers in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. The draft was considered one of the weakest pools of talent in recent NHL history, although it did produce current stars Henrik and Daniel Sedin, Martin Havlat and Henrik Zetterberg.
Prior to being drafted by the Thrashers, Štefan played for Sparta Praha in the Czech Republic, and the Long Beach Ice Dogs of the International Hockey League.
Patrik played six seasons for the Atlanta Thrashers scoring 177 points. During the 04-05 NHL lockout, Patrik played for Ilves Tampere in the SM-liiga. In 37 games the center collected a total of 41 points including 28 assists. In the playoffs, Štefan had six assists and a goal in seven games for a total of seven points.
On June 24, 2006 after failing to live up to his expectations, Štefan was traded to the Dallas Stars along with Jaroslav Modry for Niko Kapanen and a 7th round draft pick in 2006.
Štefan earned significant notoriety when he missed and fell on a breakaway towards an empty net against the Edmonton Oilers in 2007, which allowed a play to develop wherein Ales Hemsky scored to send the game to overtime.[1]
After Stefan's contract expired in 2007, the Dallas Stars chose not to re-sign him. Stefan signed with SC Bern of the Nationalliga A, but he only played three games for them before retiring on October 5, 2007 due to chronic injuries. [2]
Career statistics
Regular Season Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM 1999-00 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 72 5 20 25 30 2000-01 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 66 10 21 31 22 2001-02 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 59 7 16 23 22 2002-03 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 71 13 21 34 12 2003-04 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 82 14 26 40 26 2004-05 Ilves FIN 37 13 28 41 47 2005-06 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 64 10 14 24 36 2006-07 Dallas Stars NHL 41 5 6 11 10 NHL Totals 455 66 127 193 160
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Preceded by Vincent Lecavalier |
1st Overall Pick in NHL Entry Draft 1999 |
Succeeded by Rick DiPietro |
National Hockey League first overall draft picks | |
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Monahan • Gauthier • Veilleux • Gibbs • Pagnutti • Plasse • Houle • Perreault • Lafleur • Harris • Potvin • Joly • Bridgman • Green • McCourt • Smith • Ramage • Wickenheiser • Hawerchuk • Kluzak • Lawton • Lemieux • Clark • Murphy • Turgeon • Modano • Sundin • Nolan • Lindros • Hamrlík • Daigle • Jovanovski • Berard • Phillips • Thornton • Lecavalier • Štefan • DiPietro • Kovalchuk • Nash • Fleury • Ovechkin • Crosby • Johnson • Kane • Stamkos |