Petr Sýkora

Petr Sýkora (born December 21, 1978) is a Czech former ice hockey player. He played 12 games in the National Hockey League with the Nashville Predators and Washington Capitals between 1999 and 2005. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1998 to 2020, was mainly spent in the Czech Extraliga. Internationally he played for the Czech national team at the 2007 World Championships. He is the younger brother of former NHL defenceman Michal Sýkora.

Playing career Sýkora was drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1997 NHL entry draft in the 3rd round, 76th overall. On July 14, 1998, the Red Wings traded him (along with future considerations and a third-round pick in the 1999 NHL entry draft) to the Nashville Predators for Doug Brown. Sýkora suited up for two games for the Predators in the 1998–99 season and did not play in the NHL again until the 2005–06 NHL season. That season, he played ten games for the Washington Capitals, ultimately leaving the United States after finding the cultural transition difficult.

In his time away from the NHL, Sýkora played for HC Pardubice in the Czech Extraliga and HC Davos of the Swiss Nationalliga A.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1994–95 HC Pardubice CZE U20 38 35 33 68 — — — — — — 1995–96 HC Pojišťovna IB Pardubice CZE U20 26 13 9 22 — — — — — — 1996–97 HC Pojišťovna IB Pardubice CZE U20 12 14 4 18 — — — — — — 1996–97 HC Pojišťovna IB Pardubice CZE 28 1 3 4 2 — — — — — 1997–98 HC IPB Pojišťovna Pardubice CZE 39 4 4 8 6 3 0 0 0 0 1998–99 Nashville Predators NHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1998–99 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 73 14 15 29 50 2 1 1 2 0 1999–00 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 3 0 1 1 2 — — — — — 1999–00 HC IPB Pojišťovna Pardubice CZE 36 7 13 20 51 3 0 0 0 2 2000–01 HC IPB Pojišťovna Pardubice CZE 47 26 18 44 42 7 5 3 8 6 2001–02 HC IPB Pojišťovna Pardubice CZE 32 14 8 22 72 6 1 2 3 26 2002–03 HC ČSOB Pojišťovna Pardubice CZE 45 18 18 36 86 19 3 3 6 39 2003–04 HC Moeller Pardubice CZE 48 23 23 46 20 7 1 0 1 6 2004–05 HC Moeller Pardubice CZE 43 25 10 35 28 16 3 2 5 33 2005–06 Washington Capitals NHL 10 2 2 4 6 — — — — — 2005–06 HC Moeller Pardubice CZE 28 11 14 25 46 — — — — — 2006–07 HC Moeller Pardubice CZE 50 37 16 53 76 18 12 6 18 22 2007–08 HC Moeller Pardubice CZE 42 23 8 31 38 — — — — — 2008–09 HC Davos NLA 49 23 16 39 20 18 8 3 11 6 2009–10 HC Eaton Pardubice CZE 48 27 15 42 56 13 12 4 16 10 2010–11 HC Davos NLA 43 35 15 50 18 9 1 2 3 2 2011–12 HC Davos NLA 46 21 28 49 4 4 0 0 0 2 2012–13 HC Davos NLA 32 16 12 28 16 7 2 1 3 6 2013–14 HC ČSOB Pojišťovna Pardubice CZE 47 17 14 31 84 10 5 3 8 0 2014–15 HC ČSOB Pojišťovna Pardubice CZE 48 26 18 44 50 9 5 3 8 6 2015–16 HC Dynamo Pardubice CZE 47 22 12 34 62 — — — — — 2016–17 HC Dynamo Pardubice CZE 48 21 14 35 24 — — — — — 2017–18 HC Dynamo Pardubice CZE 44 16 17 33 30 7 0 1 1 2 2018–19 HC Dynamo Pardubice CZE 42 9 10 19 16 — — — — — 2019–20 HC Stadion Vrchlabí CZE-3 38 38 29 67 8 — — — — — CZE totals 762 327 235 562 789 118 47 27 74 152 NHL totals 12 2 2 4 6 — — — — —

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1998 Czech Republic WJC 7 2 2 4 2 2007 Czech Republic WC 7 2 3 5 4 Junior totals 7 2 2 4 2 Senior totals 7 2 3 5 4