Stanislav Neckář
Stanislav Neckář ( born December 22, 1975 in České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia ) is a former Czech professional ice hockey player in his playing days in 1991 to 2006 among others for the Ottawa Senators, New York Rangers, Phoenix Coyotes, Tampa Bay Lightning and Nashville Predators the National Hockey League has played.
Career
Stanislav Neckář began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth of the HC České Budějovice, for the first team, he was active from 1991 to 1994. He was then selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1994 in the second round than a total of 29 players from the Ottawa Senators, he played for the next four years in the National Hockey League, before 27 November 1998 to the New York Rangers have been made. After only 18 games the defender left the Rangers again already and ran on in the next two years for the Phoenix Coyotes. From 2001 to 2004, the Czech stood by the Tampa Bay Lightning under contract, with which he won the prestigious Stanley Cup in season 2003/ 04. In addition, he stood in the same season in a game for the league rival Nashville Predators on the ice. During the lockout in the 2004/ 05 NHL season Neckář played for his former club HC České Budějovice in the Czech Extraliga. Even after the resumption of the game operating in the NHL in the 2005/06 season the links Sagittarius remained in Europe, where he finished in Södertälje SK in the Swedish Elitserien after this season his career.
Internationally
For Czechoslovakia Neckář took part in the World Youth Championship 1993, where he finished in third place with his team. For the Czech Republic, he took part in the World Cup 1996 and World Cup of Hockey 1996.