Jaroslav Svoboda

Jaroslav Svoboda (born June 1, 1980) is a Czech former professional ice hockey right winger. He played in the National Hockey League with the Carolina Hurricanes and Dallas Stars between 2001 and 2006. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1997 to 2017, was mainly spent in the Czech Extraliga. Internationally Svoboda played for the Czech national junior team at the European U18 Championships and the World Junior Championships, winning a gold medal at the 2000 World Juniors.

Biography Svoboda was born in Červenka, Czechoslovakia. As a youth, he played in the 1994 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team from Olomouc.

Svoboda was drafted in the 8th round, 208th overall by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 1998 NHL entry draft and spent three seasons with the team, sharing his time in the American Hockey League with the Lowell Lock Monsters. After spending a season in the Czech Republic during the NHL lockout, Svoboda signed with the Dallas Stars in 2005 and managed to play 43 regular season games for them. In total, Svoboda has played 134 regular season games and has scored 12 goals and 17 assists for 29 points. He has also played in 25 playoff games (23 with Carolina in 2001-02).

He returned to Europe in 2006, and later played for HC Znojemští Orli in the Czech Extraliga.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1995–96 HC Olomouc U20 CZE-U20 40 13 15 28 — — — — — — 1996–97 HC Olomouc U18 CZE-U18 2 0 0 0 — — — — — — 1996–97 HC Olomouc U20 CZE-U20 37 19 14 33 — — — — — — 1997–98 HC Olomouc U20 CZE-U20 36 14 21 35 — — — — — — 1997–98 HC Olomouc CZE-2 15 0 1 1 — — — — — — 1998–99 Kootenay Ice WHL 54 26 33 59 46 7 2 2 4 11 1999–00 Kootenay Ice WHL 56 23 43 66 97 21 15 13 28 51 1999–00 Kootenay Ice M-Cup — — — — — 3 0 0 0 10 2000–01 Cincinnati Cyclones IHL 52 4 10 14 25 — — — — — 2001–02 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 66 12 16 28 58 — — — — — 2001–02 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 10 2 2 4 2 23 1 4 5 28 2002–03 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 9 1 1 2 10 — — — — — 2002–03 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 48 3 11 14 32 — — — — — 2003–04 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 33 3 1 4 6 — — — — — 2003–04 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 9 2 2 4 4 — — — — — 2004–05 HC Oceláři Třinec CZE 9 0 2 2 14 — — — — — 2004–05 HC Olomouc CZE-2 18 7 6 13 67 — — — — — 2005–06 Dallas Stars NHL 43 4 3 7 22 2 0 0 0 2 2006–07 HC Znojemští Orli CZE 51 10 0 10 160 9 1 1 2 56 2007–08 HC Znojemští Orli CZE 38 12 8 20 60 1 0 0 0 27 2008–09 HC Znojemští Orli CZE 42 11 3 14 36 — — — — — 2009–10 HC Kometa Brno CZE 42 8 4 12 49 — — — — — 2010–11 HC Kometa Brno CZE 27 2 4 6 18 — — — — — 2011–12 HC Kometa Brno CZE 41 5 6 11 47 19 3 3 6 24 2012–13 HC Lev Praha KHL 25 2 0 2 4 — — — — — 2012–13 Sparta Praha CZE 4 3 0 3 2 7 0 2 2 6 2013–14 Piráti Chomutov CZE 25 8 4 12 43 — — — — — 2014–15 HC Red Ice NLB 5 1 2 3 0 — — — — — 2014–15 MHC Mountfield SVK 18 3 5 8 24 5 1 1 2 4 2015–16 HC Nové Zámky SVK-2 17 12 9 21 6 — — — — — 2016–17 HC Nové Zámky SVK 3 0 1 1 4 4 0 1 1 4 CZE totals 279 59 31 90 429 60 11 15 26 127 NHL totals 134 12 17 29 62 25 1 4 5 30

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1998 Czech Republic EJC 6 2 3 5 6 2000 Czech Republic WJC 7 1 2 3 6 Junior totals 13 3 5 8 12