Vladimír Růžička

Vladimír Růžička (; born 6 June 1963, nickname "Rosie") is a Czech ice hockey coach and former professional player. Růžička was twice named the top player in the Czechoslovak Elite League, and was on the gold medal team in the Ice Hockey World Championship in 1985 and 1998 Olympic Games. He also played 233 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). Since 2008, Růžička has been the head coach of both HC Slavia Praha and the Czech national ice hockey team.

Playing career Růžička started his career with Czechoslovak side Litvínov, making his first appearance at the age of 16 and scoring after just 10 seconds in his first game, against Dukla Jihlava. Růžička was selected by the Toronto Maple Leafs 73rd overall in the 1982 NHL entry draft. Despite this, he was barred from leaving Czechoslovakia by the Communist authorities.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1979–80 TJ CHZ Litvínov CSSR 9 1 1 2 0 — — — — — 1980–81 TJ CHZ Litvínov CSSR 41 12 13 25 10 — — — — — 1981–82 TJ CHZ Litvínov CSSR 44 27 22 49 50 — — — — — 1982–83 TJ CHZ Litvínov CSSR 43 22 24 46 40 — — — — — 1983–84 TJ CHZ Litvínov CSSR 44 31 23 54 50 — — — — — 1984–85 TJ CHZ Litvínov CSSR 41 38 22 60 29 — — — — — 1985–86 TJ CHZ Litvínov CSSR 43 41 32 73 — — — — — — 1986–87 TJ CHZ Litvínov CSSR 32 24 15 39 46 — — — — — 1987–88 ASVŠ Dukla Trenčín CSSR 44 38 27 65 70 — — — — — 1988–89 ASVŠ Dukla Trenčín CSSR 34 31 30 61 42 11 15 8 23 — 1989–90 TJ CHZ Litvínov CSSR 32 21 23 44 — — — — — — 1989–90 Edmonton Oilers NHL 25 11 6 17 10 — — — — — 1990–91 Boston Bruins NHL 29 8 8 16 19 17 2 11 13 0 1991–92 Boston Bruins NHL 77 39 36 75 48 13 2 3 5 2 1992–93 Boston Bruins NHL 60 19 22 41 38 — — — — — 1993–94 Ottawa Senators NHL 42 5 13 18 14 — — — — — 1993–94 EV Zug NDA — — — — — 6 2 3 5 14 1993–94 Slavia Praha CZE-2 — — — — — 5 6 3 9 — 1994–95 Slavia Praha CZE 41 27 24 51 38 3 2 0 2 2 1995–96 Slavia Praha CZE 37 21 44 65 46 5 2 1 3 26 1996–97 Slavia Praha CZE 44 22 31 53 78 — — — — — 1997–98 Slavia Praha CZE 49 18 38 56 56 5 0 6 6 20 1998–99 Slavia Praha CZE 49 24 28 52 22 — — — — — 1999–00 Slavia Praha CZE 21 5 8 13 16 — — — — — CSSR totals 407 286 232 518 — 11 15 8 23 — CZE totals 241 117 173 290 256 13 4 7 11 48 NHL totals 233 82 85 167 129 30 4 14 18 2

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1979 Czechoslovakia EJC 3 1 2 3 2 1981 Czechoslovakia WJC 5 5 0 5 2 1981 Czechoslovakia EJC 5 8 8 16 18 1982 Czechoslovakia WJC 7 8 1 9 6 1983 Czechoslovakia WJC 7 12 8 20 6 1983 Czechoslovakia WC 10 3 1 4 4 1984 Czechoslovakia OLY 7 4 6 10 0 1984 Czechoslovakia CC 5 0 0 0 2 1985 Czechoslovakia WC 10 8 3 11 0 1986 Czechoslovakia WC 10 4 11 15 6 1987 Czechoslovakia WC 10 3 3 6 10 1987 Czechoslovakia CC 6 2 0 2 0 1988 Czechoslovakia OLY 8 4 3 7 12 1989 Czechoslovakia WC 10 7 7 14 2 1998 Czech Republic OLY 6 3 0 3 0 Junior totals 27 34 19 53 34 Senior totals 82 38 34 72 36