Tomáš Jelínek

Tomáš Jelínek (born April 29, 1962) is a Czech former professional ice hockey winger. He played on the 1992 bronze medal-winning Olympic Hockey team for Czechoslovakia.

At club level Jelínek played briefly in the National Hockey League, appearing in 49 games with the Ottawa Senators during the 1992-93 season. In his homeland, he featured mainly for HC Sparta Praha, HK Dukla Trenčín, TJ Motor České Budějovice and HC Plzeň and had short spells in Finland, Switzerland and Germany.

His elder son Tomáš Jr played hockey mainly in the domestic lower leagues and in France, and younger son Petr captained HC Bílí Tygři Liberec and was also a Czech international.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1979–80 TJ Sparta ČKD Praha CSSR 7 0 1 1 6 — — — — — 1980–81 ASVŠ Dukla Trenčín CSSR 34 5 6 11 18 — — — — — 1981–82 ASVŠ Dukla Trenčín CSSR 36 9 3 12 46 — — — — — 1982–83 TJ Sparta ČKD Praha CSSR 40 20 25 45 52 — — — — — 1983–84 TJ Sparta ČKD Praha CSSR 43 13 5 18 48 — — — — — 1984–85 TJ Sparta ČKD Praha CSSR 44 15 4 19 70 — — — — — 1985–86 TJ Sparta ČKD Praha CSSR 40 7 2 9 72 — — — — — 1986–87 TJ Sparta ČKD Praha CSSR 36 7 5 12 58 — — — — — 1987–88 TJ Sparta ČKD Praha CSSR 45 14 11 25 45 — — — — — 1988–89 TJ Sparta ČKD Praha CSSR 45 15 17 32 87 — — — — — 1989–90 TJ Motor České Budějovice CSSR 48 23 20 43 — — — — — — 1990–91 TJ Motor České Budějovice CSSR 51 24 23 47 102 — — — — — 1991–92 HPK SM-l 41 24 23 47 98 — — — — — 1991–92 HC Sierre SUI.2 — — — — — 6 7 7 14 8 1992–93 Ottawa Senators NHL 49 7 6 13 52 — — — — — 1993–94 Zürcher SC NDA 8 3 3 6 18 3 2 1 3 2 1993–94 HC Sparta Praha ELH — — — — — 5 2 3 5 10 1993–94 PEI Senators AHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1994–95 HC Slavia Praha ELH 42 11 16 27 163 2 0 1 1 2 1995–96 HC Slavia Praha ELH 13 4 5 9 53 — — — — — 1995–96 HC ZKZ Plzeň ELH 23 13 20 33 36 3 1 2 3 12 1996–97 HC ZKZ Plzeň ELH 51 22 26 48 66 — — — — — 1997–98 HC Keramika Plzeň ELH 18 5 5 10 20 1 0 0 0 0 1997–98 HC Sparta Praha ELH 35 6 14 20 80 10 0 5 5 38 1998–99 HC Opava ELH 7 1 0 1 8 — — — — — 1998–99 HC Vítkovice ELH 19 4 6 10 34 — — — — — 1998–99 1. EV Weiden DEU.3 14 10 16 26 34 — — — — — 1999–00 HC Příbram CZE.3 24 7 11 18 50 — — — — — CSSR totals 469 152 122 274 604 — — — — — ELH totals 190 59 89 148 460 21 3 11 14 62 NHL totals 49 7 6 13 52 — — — — —

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1980 Czechoslovakia EJC 5 0 1 1 8 1981 Czechoslovakia WJC 5 3 1 4 8 1982 Czechoslovakia WJC 7 2 2 4 6 1989 Czechoslovakia WC 5 1 1 2 2 1990 Czechoslovakia WC 10 1 4 5 14 1991 Czechoslovakia CC 5 2 3 5 10 1992 Czechoslovakia OLY 8 3 2 5 12 1992 Czechoslovakia WC 8 4 5 9 10 Junior totals 17 5 4 9 22 Senior totals 36 11 15 26 48