Josef Beránek

Josef Beránek (; born 25 October 1969) is a Czech former professional ice hockey player and coach. He was selected in the fourth round of the 1989 NHL entry draft, 78th overall, by the Edmonton Oilers. He has extensive professional playing experience, in the Czech Republic, the AHL, and the NHL. At the NHL level, he has played for the Oilers, Philadelphia Flyers, Vancouver Canucks, and Pittsburgh Penguins. He ended his playing career with HC Slavia Praha in the Czech Republic. In 1998, Beránek was part of the Czech Republic's gold-medal winning Olympic ice hockey team.

His father (1942–2024) was an ice hockey forward (Litvínov) and coach (Litvínov, Karlovy Vary, Slavia Prague).

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1987–88 TJ CHZ Litvínov CSSR Jr 40 38 42 80 75 — — — — — 1987–88 TJ CHZ Litvínov CSSR 14 7 4 11 12 — — — — — 1988–89 TJ CHZ Litvínov CSSR 23 14 8 22 47 9 4 2 6 — 1989–90 ASVŠ Dukla Trenčín CSSR 49 19 23 42 — — — — — — 1990–91 CHZ Litvínov CSSR 50 27 27 54 98 8 2 4 6 0 1991–92 Edmonton Oilers NHL 58 12 16 28 18 12 2 1 3 0 1992–93 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 6 1 2 3 8 — — — — — 1992–93 Edmonton Oilers NHL 26 2 6 8 28 — — — — — 1992–93 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 40 13 12 25 50 — — — — — 1993–94 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 80 28 21 49 85 — — — — — 1994–95 Dadák Vsetín CZE 16 7 7 14 26 — — — — — 1994–95 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 14 5 5 10 2 — — — — — 1994–95 Vancouver Canucks NHL 37 8 13 21 28 11 1 1 2 12 1995–96 Vancouver Canucks NHL 61 6 14 20 60 3 2 1 3 0 1996–97 Petra Vsetín CZE 38 19 24 43 100 3 3 2 5 6 1996–97 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 8 3 1 4 4 5 0 0 0 2 1997–98 Petra Vsetín CZE 45 24 23 47 58 10 2 8 10 12 1998–99 Edmonton Oilers NHL 66 19 30 49 23 2 0 0 0 4 1999–00 Edmonton Oilers NHL 58 9 8 17 39 — — — — — 1999–00 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 13 4 4 8 18 11 0 3 3 4 2000–01 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 70 9 14 23 43 13 0 2 2 2 2001–02 Slavia Praha CZE 36 13 20 33 71 9 1 2 3 6 2002–03 Slavia Praha CZE 46 10 21 31 38 17 2 7 9 28 2003–04 Slavia Praha CZE 51 16 47 63 93 19 7 11 18 30 2004–05 Slavia Praha CZE 37 8 17 25 65 7 1 2 3 4 2005–06 Slavia Praha CZE 50 14 38 52 101 15 1 8 9 28 2006–07 Slavia Praha CZE 52 19 20 39 44 6 2 0 2 6 2007–08 Slavia Praha CZE 50 15 15 30 42 12 1 0 1 6 2008–09 Slavia Praha CZE 50 15 27 42 36 18 4 7 11 14 2009–10 Slavia Praha CZE 39 6 12 18 6 — — — — — CSSR totals 136 67 62 129 — 17 6 6 12 — CZE totals 510 166 271 437 680 116 24 47 71 140 NHL totals 531 118 144 262 398 57 5 8 13 24

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1989 Czechoslovakia WJC 7 4 9 13 6 1991 Czechoslovakia CC 5 1 1 2 4 1991 Czechoslovakia WC 8 2 2 4 6 1993 Czech Republic WC 8 3 3 6 22 1994 Czech Republic WC 6 1 2 3 0 1996 Czech Republic WCH 3 0 0 0 4 1998 Czech Republic OG 6 1 0 1 4 1998 Czech Republic WC 9 0 3 3 12 2004 Czech Republic WC 7 2 2 4 4 Senior totals 52 10 13 23 56

Transactions January 16, 1993 – Edmonton trades Beranek and Greg Hawgood to Philadelphia in exchange for Brian Benning February 15, 1995 – Philadelphia trades Beranek to Vancouver in exchange for Shawn Antoski March 18, 1997 – Vancouver trades Beranek to Pittsburgh in exchange for future considerations. June 16, 1998 – Pittsburgh trades Beranek to Edmonton in exchange for Tony Hrkac and Bobby Dollas March 14, 2000 – Edmonton trades Beranek to Pittsburgh in exchange for German Titov