Michal Sýkora

Michal Sýkora (born 5 July 1973) is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenseman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the San Jose Sharks, Chicago Blackhawks, Tampa Bay Lightning and Philadelphia Flyers. He is not related to the NHL hockey player Petr Sýkora who played with the New Jersey Devils in the 2011-12 season. He is the older brother to Petr Sýkora, who played 12 NHL games.

Playing career Sýkora started his NHL career with the San Jose Sharks in 1993–94. He joined the Chicago Blackhawks for the 1996–97 season and played in 28 games. He recorded a respectable +/- of 4 and scored 1 goal. Sýkora could not reprise these statistics with the Blackhawks. He recorded a +/- of -10 in the same number of games in the 1997–98 season. He was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Mark Fitzpatrick and a 4th-round draft choice in 1999. Sýkora signed as a free agent with Philadelphia for the 2000–01 season, leaving the NHL after that season.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1990–91 TJ Tesla Pardubice TCH U20 40 17 26 43 45 — — — — — 1990–91 TJ Tesla Pardubice TCH 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1991–92 Tacoma Rockets WHL 61 13 23 36 66 4 0 2 2 2 1992–93 Tacoma Rockets WHL 70 23 50 73 73 7 4 8 12 2 1993–94 Kansas City Blades IHL 47 5 11 16 30 — — — — — 1993–94 San Jose Sharks NHL 22 1 4 5 14 — — — — — 1994–95 Kansas City Blades IHL 36 1 10 11 30 — — — — — 1994–95 San Jose Sharks NHL 16 0 4 4 10 — — — — — 1995–96 San Jose Sharks NHL 79 4 16 20 54 — — — — — 1996–97 San Jose Sharks NHL 35 2 5 7 59 — — — — — 1996–97 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 28 1 9 10 10 1 0 0 0 0 1997–98 Indianapolis Ice IHL 6 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 1997–98 HC IPB Pojišťovna Pardubice ELH 1 0 1 1 2 — — — — — 1997–98 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 28 1 3 4 12 — — — — — 1998–99 HC Sparta Praha ELH 26 4 9 13 38 8 2 0 2 0 1998–99 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 10 1 2 3 0 — — — — — 1999–2000 HC Sparta Praha ELH 48 11 14 25 89 9 5 3 8 8 2000–01 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 49 5 11 16 26 6 0 1 1 0 2001–02 HC IPB Pojišťovna Pardubice ELH 49 7 11 18 111 6 2 2 4 26 2002–03 HC ČSOB Pojišťovna Pardubice ELH 45 6 17 23 58 8 4 5 9 6 2003–04 HC Moeller Pardubice ELH 45 11 14 25 26 7 1 3 4 8 2004–05 HC Moeller Pardubice ELH 2 0 1 1 2 — — — — — NHL totals 267 15 54 69 185 7 0 1 1 0 ELH totals 214 40 66 106 320 38 14 13 27 60

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1991 Czechoslovakia EJC 5 0 0 0 0 1996 Czech Republic WC 8 0 1 1 6 1996 Czech Republic WCH 3 0 0 0 2 2000 Czech Republic WC 9 5 3 8 16 2002 Czech Republic OG 1 0 0 0 0 2002 Czech Republic WC 7 1 2 3 12 Senior totals 28 6 6 12 36

Awards WHL West First All-Star Team – 1993