Roman HamrlÃk
Roman Hamrlík ( born April 12, 1974 in Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia ) is a former Czech professional ice hockey for 20 years for the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Edmonton Oilers, New York Islanders, Calgary Flames, Montreal Canadiens and the Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League was active.
Career
Roman Hamrlík began his career in his hometown at TJ Gottwaldov, which was renamed in 1990 in AC ZPS Zlín. After good performances there, he was selected as number 1 in the NHL Entry Draft in 1992 by the Tampa Bay Lightning. Immediately he moved to Florida and played up to the 1997/98 season there for six years. At the end of 1997, he moved to the Edmonton Oilers, where he had two and a half good years. With the Czech national team, he won the 1998 gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games in Nagano.
As of the 2000 /01 season he played for the New York Islanders, who had replaced him against Eric Brewer, Josh Green and a second-round draft pick. On 12 August 2005 Hamrlík signed a two-year year contract with the Calgary Flames, which won him 7 million U.S. dollars.
Hamrlík has become a two-way defenders in recent years. In his early years he played very aggressively and quickly left his position in defense. This is also his statistics, he also garnered a lot of negative among many points in the / - statistics. Although the lay partly because the Lightning played relatively unsuccessful, but was not the novel defensive game, as you would expect from a 1st overall pick. Over the years, however, he laid over ten kilograms of body weight and acted much better with his body and learned to play defense. Runs Risch he is one of the most solid defenders in the league. Hamrlík dominated by the Czech hockey school a very good puck handling and is able to bring a player opening or final pass accurately to a team mate.
In 2007 he moved to the Montreal Canadiens. His contract expired at the end of the 2010/11 season, he is offered a contract extension Hamrlík struck out.
July 1, 2011 Hamrlík signed a contract for two years with the Washington Capitals. On 6 March 2013, the Czech located on the Waiverliste was selected by the New York Rangers and completed until end of season 14 games for the Rangers. In October 2013 he ended his career after 20 seasons, in 1395 NHL games and 638 points scorer.
Awards and achievements
Internationally
Career Stats
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )