Tomáš Plíhal

Tomáš Plíhal (born 28 March 1983) is a Czech former professional ice hockey player who last played for HC Vlci Jablonec nad Nisou of the Czech 2. liga. Plíhal played several seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the San Jose Sharks, who drafted him in the fifth round, 140th overall, in the 2001 NHL entry draft.

Playing career After being selected by the San Jose Sharks in the 2001 NHL entry draft, Plíhal moved to Canada to play junior hockey with the Kootenay Ice of the Western Hockey League (WHL). Plíhal played two seasons for the Ice from 2001 through 2003. He then turned professional with the Cleveland Barons of the American Hockey League (AHL), where he played three seasons. Plíhal moved with the team to Worcester (becoming the Worcester Sharks) in 2006–07.

Plíhal was called-up to San Jose on 25 January 2007 and made his NHL debut on 26 January against the Edmonton Oilers. He was returned to Worcester after three games. Plíhal again rotated between Worcester and San Jose for the 2007–08 season. On 3 March 2008 Plíhal scored his first career assist against the Montreal Canadiens. On 9 March he scored on his first career penalty shot on Niklas Bäckström of the Minnesota Wild. In 2008–09, Plíhal played his final season in the San Jose organization, spending it entirely in the NHL.

In 2009, Plíhal signed as a free agent with TPS of the Finnish SM-liiga. Plíhal played three seasons with Turku. In 2012, he signed with Oulun Kärpät. After playing in Finland for five years, Plíhal returned to his home country, signing with HC Oceláři Třinec in 2014.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1998–99 HC Liberec CZE U18 27 23 15 38 — — — — — — 1999–00 HC Liberec CZE U18 18 14 6 20 22 — — — — — 1999–00 HC Liberec CZE U20 10 0 2 2 4 — — — — — 2000–01 Bílí Tygři Liberec CZE U20 43 25 20 45 52 — — — — — 2001–02 Kootenay Ice WHL 72 32 54 86 28 22 4 10 14 14 2002–03 Kootenay Ice WHL 67 35 42 77 113 11 2 4 6 18 2003–04 Cleveland Barons AHL 51 4 12 16 16 6 0 3 3 2 2004–05 Cleveland Barons AHL 62 17 11 28 26 — — — — — 2004–05 HC VČE Hradec Králové, a.s. CZE-2 2 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 2005–06 Cleveland Barons AHL 74 11 19 30 53 — — — — — 2006–07 Worcester Sharks AHL 47 6 9 15 28 — — — — — 2006–07 San Jose Sharks NHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2007–08 San Jose Sharks NHL 22 2 1 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 2007–08 Worcester Sharks AHL 22 5 7 12 12 — — — — — 2008–09 San Jose Sharks NHL 64 5 8 13 22 — — — — — 2009–10 TPS SM-liiga 52 19 18 37 73 15 4 4 8 28 2010–11 TPS SM-liiga 42 11 11 22 53 — — — — — 2011–12 TPS SM-liiga 59 16 20 36 66 2 0 2 2 0 2012–13 Kärpät SM-liiga 41 6 5 11 18 — — — — — 2013–14 Tappara Liiga 56 4 4 8 42 11 1 3 4 26 2014–15 HC Oceláři Třinec ELH 28 11 9 20 28 17 4 4 8 16 2015–16 HC Oceláři Třinec ELH 48 5 11 16 18 4 0 0 0 4 2016–17 Orli Znojmo AUT 30 7 9 16 6 4 1 1 2 4 2017–18 Orli Znojmo AUT 45 3 12 15 28 — — — — — 2017–18 Heilbronner Falken GER-2 2 1 0 1 2 7 2 1 3 2 2018–19 HC Vlci Jablonec nad Nisou CZE-3 25 14 27 41 14 — — — — — 2018–19 EV Landshut GER-3 18 6 21 27 4 15 8 13 21 28 2019–20 HC Kobra Praha CZE-3 12 9 17 26 10 — — — — — 2019–20 HC Vlci Jablonec nad Nisou CZE-3 16 8 18 26 18 — — — — — 2019–20 EV Landshut GER-3 8 4 5 9 2 — — — — — 2020–21 HC Vlci Jablonec nad Nisou CZE-3 3 1 3 4 6 — — — — — 2021–22 HC Vlci Jablonec nad Nisou CZE-3 22 14 15 29 22 — — — — — 2021–22 Eisbären Regensburg GER-3 8 6 7 13 4 17 10 7 17 2 AHL totals 256 43 58 101 135 6 0 3 3 2 NHL totals 89 7 9 16 26 4 0 0 0 0 Liiga totals 250 56 58 114 252 28 5 9 14 54

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 2000 Czech Republic U17 5 1 1 2 — 2001 Czech Republic WJC18 7 1 1 2 2 Junior totals 12 2 2 4 —