Tomáš Sršeň

Tomáš Sršeň (born 25 August 1966) is a Czech former professional ice hockey left wing who played two games in the National Hockey League for the Edmonton Oilers during the 1990–91 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1984 to 2011, was mainly spent in the Czech Republic. Internationally Sršeň played for the Czech national team at several international tournaments, including the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Career Sršeň started his career with TJ Zetor Brno in 1985 and played for his home country in the 1986 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. He was selected in the seventh round of the 1987 NHL entry draft by the Edmonton Oilers, but stayed in Czechoslovakia for three more seasons, playing for Zetor and for HC Dukla Jihlava

Sršeň made his National Hockey League debut for the Oilers in the 1990–91 season, but only appeared in two games for the club, registering no scoring points. He spent most of the season, and all of the next, with the minor league affiliate Cape Breton Oilers.

Sršeň returned to Europe for the 1992–93 season, playing with Leksands IF and then Rögle BK in the Swedish Elitserien. For Rögle, he won the Håkan Loob Trophy as the league's top scorer with 28 goals in the 1993–94 season. He was a member of the Czech Republic national team at the 1994 Winter Olympics and at the 1994 and 1995 World Championships. He returned to his home country during the 1994–95 season and played for HC Vsetín until 1999. During these years, his team won five consecutive championships of the Czech Extraliga.

In 1999, Sršeň joined the Essen Mosquitoes of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga but lasted just one season before returning to the Czech Republic where he split the 1999-00 season with HC Havířov and HC Vítkovice. He then had spells in the Italian Serie A for HC Merano and in the 2nd Bundesliga in Germany for EHC Wolfsburg. Between 2002 and 2006, Sršeň divided his time between HC Havířov and Lillehammer IK in Norway, as well as a short stint with HC Olomouc. He then spent a season in Denmark with the Frederikshavn White Hawks and then played four seasons with HC Uničov of the Czech 2. Liga before retiring in 2011.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1984–85 TJ DS Olomouc CSSR-2 31 14 8 22 20 — — — — — 1985–86 TJ Zetor Brno CSSR 40 6 5 11 44 — — — — — 1986–87 TJ Zetor Brno CSSR 40 15 8 23 44 — — — — — 1987–88 TJ Zetor Brno CSSR 45 24 8 32 72 — — — — — 1988–89 ASD Dukla Jihlava CSSR 30 11 9 20 48 12 8 2 10 — 1989–90 TJ Zetor Brno CSSR 5 3 5 8 4 — — — — — 1990–91 Edmonton Oilers NHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1990–91 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 72 32 26 58 100 4 3 1 4 6 1991–92 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 68 19 27 46 79 5 2 2 4 2 1992–93 Leksands IF SEL 39 20 6 26 48 2 2 1 3 4 1993–94 Rögle BK SEL 40 28 13 41 72 3 0 0 0 8 1994–95 Rögle BK SEL 16 3 1 4 28 — — — — — 1994–95 HC Dadák Vsetín CZE 24 9 18 27 76 11 6 3 9 16 1995–96 HC Dadák Vsetín CZE 33 7 20 27 79 12 4 9 13 8 1996–97 HC Petra Vsetín CZE 51 16 37 53 80 10 7 10 17 38 1997–98 HC Petra Vsetín CZE 49 13 23 36 100 10 5 3 8 20 1998–99 HC Slovnaft Vsetín CZE 47 8 28 36 81 10 3 2 5 39 1999–00 Essen Mosquitoes DEL 55 16 13 29 86 — — — — — 2000–01 HC Femax Havířov CZE 39 11 13 24 38 — — — — — 2000–01 HC Vítkovice CZE 7 1 1 2 4 10 1 1 2 6 2001–02 HC Merano ITA 17 7 8 15 12 — — — — — 2001–02 EHC Wolfsburg GER-2 29 14 20 34 56 5 3 5 8 14 2002–03 HC Havířov Panthers CZE 52 9 21 30 108 — — — — — 2003–04 Lillehammer IK NOR 26 13 21 34 103 — — — — — 2003–04 HC Havířov Panthers CZE-2 4 0 0 0 6 — — — — — 2003–04 HC Olomouc CZE-2 9 1 3 4 12 — — — — — 2004–05 Lillehammer IK NOR 41 20 27 47 102 3 0 2 2 26 2005–06 Lillehammer IK NOR 42 20 35 55 120 5 1 6 7 67 2006–07 Frederikshavn White Hawks DNK 34 8 18 26 156 5 0 4 4 10 2007–08 HC Uničov CZE-3 25 8 9 17 85 — — — — — 2008–09 HC Uničov CZE-3 22 4 11 15 73 5 0 1 1 32 2009–10 HC Uničov CZE-3 35 14 10 24 99 — — — — — 2010–11 HC Uničov CZE-3 5 0 1 1 14 — — — — — NHL totals 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — CSSE/CZE totals 462 133 186 319 778 75 34 30 64 127

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1986 Czechoslovakia WJC 7 0 2 2 6 1994 Czech Republic OLY 8 2 3 5 8 1994 Czech Republic WC 6 1 1 2 2 1995 Czech Republic WC 8 1 1 2 6 Junior totals 7 0 2 2 6 Senior totals 22 4 5 9 16