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Position: Right Wing
Shoots: Right
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 190 lbs.
Birthdate: 6/13/81
Birthplace: Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic

Career Highlights
Draft: Colorado 1999 (10-212-7)
First NHL Game: Nov. 20, 2001
First NHL Point: Nov. 20, 2001
First NHL Goal: Nov. 21, 2001
Most Goals, Game: 3 - Feb. 8, 2002 in a 6-0 Colorado win at Minnesota
Most Assists, Game: 2 - four times, (Last: Feb. 20, 2003 in 5-2 Colorado win at Pittsburgh)
Most Points, Game: 3 - three times (Last: Feb. 17, 2003 in 5-4 Colorado win at Chicago)
Most Penalty Minutes, Game: 2 - 16 times (Last: April 6, 2003 in a 2-1 Carolina loss vs. NY Islanders)

Career
Enters his third NHL season and second with Carolina... 1997-98: Tallied 42 goals and 31 assists with the Midget team of Tjautoskoda Belesian... 1998-99: Was a first round selection (18th overall) in the 1998 CHL Import Draft... Tallied 60 points (22g, 38a) in 54 games with Hull of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL)... 1999-2000: Finished third in scoring with Hull, tallying 74 points (29g, 45a) in 58 games...2000-01: Led Shawnigan (QMJHL) with 56 goals and was second on the team with 120 points... Ranked sixth among all QMJHL players in goals and points... His (+48) rating was third on the club and seventh overall in the league... Among the league leaders in power-play goals (23, fourth overall) and game-winning goals (11, second overall)... Recorded four hat tricks in his first 13 games... Held the longest point streak in the league: 31 games between 11/11 and 3/11... Named QMJHL Offensive Player of the Month for Sept./Oct. 2000... Played in one playoff game for Hershey (AHL), notching his first professional point in his first professional game... 2001-02: Completed his rookie season in the NHL with Colorado... Finished seventh among NHL rookies in scoring... Tied for third among all rookies in goals... Began the season with Hershey (AHL) and was recalled on 11/20 at NYR... Remained with Colorado for the club's final 61 games... Recorded two power-play assists in his first NHL game at NYR (11/20)... Tallied his first NHL goal at NYI (11/21)... Had a three-game points/assists streak from 11/20-11/24 (1g, 5a) to begin his NHL career... Recorded his first hat trick at MIN (2/8), scoring on all three of his shots... Recorded a five-game point streak, second-longest by a rookie, from 12/1-12/8 (3g, 3a)... Named NHL's Rookie of the Month for February... Recorded a three-game goal-scoring streak from 2/11-2/26 (3g)... Played in his first NHL Playoff game in Game 1 vs. Los Angeles... Did not have a point in nine playoff games with Colorado.

*All information from the Carolina Hurricanes Official Website