Petr Vrána
{{short description|Czech ice hockey player}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image= Vrana 031111.jpeg
| image_size= 260px
| caption = Vrána in 2011 with Amur Khabarovsk
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|3|29|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Šternberk, Czechoslovakia
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight_lb = 184
| position = Centre
| shoots = Left
| league = ELH
| team = HC Oceláři Třinec
| former_teams = HC Havířov
New Jersey Devils
HC Vítkovice
Amur Khabarovsk
HC Lev Praha
Atlant Moscow Oblast
Ak Bars Kazan
Brynäs IF
HC Sparta Praha
| draft = 42nd overall
| draft_year = 2003
| draft_team = New Jersey Devils
| career_start = 2005
| career_end =
}}
Petr Vrána (born March 29, 1985) is a Czech professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for HC Oceláři Třinec of the Czech Extraliga (ELH). Selected by the New Jersey Devils in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, he played 16 games in the National Hockey League with the Devils during the 2008–09 season. Vrána also spent four seasons in the Kontinental Hockey League. Internationally Vrána has played for the Czech national team at the junior and senior level, including at two World Championships.
Playing career
Vrána is a native of Sternberk and logged his first minutes in the Czech Extraliga with HC Havirov during the 2001-02 season and moved to Canada for the following year, joining the Halifax Mooseheads in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. He was drafted in the second round, 42nd overall, by the New Jersey Devils in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft and signed with the Devils in May 2004. He remained with the Mooseheads until the end of the 2004-05 campaign and then gained three years of AHL experience with the Albany River Rats and the Lowell Devils.{{Cite web|url=http://theahl.com/stats/player.php?lang_code=en&id=456|title=TheAHL.com {{!}} The American Hockey League|website=theahl.com|access-date=2016-05-04}} He made his NHL debut with the New Jersey Devils on October 18, 2008 against the Washington Capitals, becoming the 13th player in Devils' history to chip in with a goal in his first NHL contest: He scored against Brent Johnson with assists by Patrik Eliáš and Johnny Oduya.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/devils/index.ssf/2008/10/vrana_scores_first_nhl_goal_in_1.html|title=Vrana scores first NHL goal in New Jersey Devils' shootout victory|website=NJ.com|date=19 October 2008 |access-date=2016-05-04}}
Vrána returned to the Czech Republic in 2009, signing with HC Vítkovice where he would play until 2011, when he agreed to terms with Amur Khabarovsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). After spending the 2011-12 season with Amur, he moved to fellow KHL side HC Lev Praha in 2012. On July 2, 2014, Vrána left HC Lev, after it declared bankruptcy and folded, as a free agent to sign with fellow KHL club, Atlant Moscow Oblast.{{cite web | url = http://www.levpraha.com/clanek.asp?id=Nemec-Vrana-Engren-move-to-Atlant-886 | title = Nemen, Vrana and Engren move to Atlant | website = HC Lev Praha | date = 2014-07-02 | accessdate = 2014-07-02 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714162423/http://www.levpraha.com/clanek.asp?id=Nemec-Vrana-Engren-move-to-Atlant-886 | archivedate = 2014-07-14 }} Later during the 2014-15 season, he transferred to another KHL team, Ak Bars Kazan.
Vrána signed with Brynäs IF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) for the 2015-16 campaign and left Sweden after the season to join HC Sparta Praha of the Czech Extraliga for 2016–17.
Personal life
In 2021, Vrána's Canadian wife Lindsey drowned after falling through the ice on a lake trying to save their dog.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/sports/local-sports/wife-of-ex-mooseheads-captain-petr-vrana-drowns-in-czech-republic-while-trying-to-save-puppy-559042/|title=Wife of ex-Mooseheads captain Petr Vrana drowns in Czech Republic while trying to save puppy|website=thechronicleherald.ca.com|access-date=2021-03-10}}
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs | ||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||
| 1999–2000
| CZE U18 | 33 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 18
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2000–01 | HC MBL Olomouc | CZE U18 | 41 | 38 | 48 | 86 | 32
| 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 2000–01
| HC MBL Olomouc | CZE-2 U20 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 12
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2001–02 | CZE U18 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2001–02
| HC Havířov Panthers | CZE U20 | 38 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 22
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2001–02 | HC Havířov Panthers | ELH | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002–03
| QMJHL | 72 | 37 | 46 | 83 | 32
| 24 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 12 |
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| 2003–04 | Halifax Mooseheads | QMJHL | 48 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 56
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004–05
| Halifax Mooseheads | QMJHL | 60 | 16 | 35 | 51 | 77
| 12 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 12 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2005–06 | AHL | 74 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 91
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006–07
| AHL | 61 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 44
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2007–08 | Lowell Devils | AHL | 80 | 20 | 41 | 61 | 64
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2008–09
| NHL | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2008–09 | Lowell Devils | AHL | 14 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009–10
| ELH | 39 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 10
| 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2010–11 | HC Vítkovice Steel | ELH | 42 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 24
| 16 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 20 |
| 2011–12
| KHL | 46 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 12
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2012–13 | KHL | 51 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 20
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013–14
| Lev Praha | KHL | 50 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 32
| 22 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 10 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2014–15 | KHL | 13 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014–15
| KHL | 22 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4
| 20 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2015–16 | SHL | 26 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016–17
| ELH | 50 | 21 | 26 | 47 | 34
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2017–18 | HC Sparta Praha | ELH | 51 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 28
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018–19
| HC Sparta Praha | ELH | 37 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 18
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2018–19 | ELH | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0
| 17 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| 2019–20
| HC Oceláři Třinec | ELH | 47 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 14
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2020–21 | HC Oceláři Třinec | ELH | 48 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 24
| 16 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4 |
| 2021–22
| HC Oceláři Třinec | ELH | 52 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 26
| 14 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2022–23 | HC Oceláři Třinec | ELH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2
| 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | ELH totals ! 387 !! 95 !! 147 !! 242 !! 184 ! 105 !! 24 !! 27 !! 51 !! 48 | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 16 !! 1 !! 0 !! 1 !! 2 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | KHL totals ! 182 !! 40 !! 57 !! 97 !! 76 ! 46 !! 8 !! 11 !! 19 !! 14 |
=International=
{{MedalTableTop| name = |}}
{{MedalCountry | {{flagicon|Czech Republic}} Czech Republic }}
{{MedalSport | Ice hockey}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Junior Championships}}
{{MedalBronze | 2005 United States | }}
{{MedalBottom}}
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! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="102" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||
| 2002
| U17 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 8 |
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| 2005 | WJC | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 2013
| WC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2017 | Czech Republic | WC | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3"| Junior totals ! 12 !! 11 !! 12 !! 23 !! 24 | ||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3"| Senior totals ! 14 !! 1 !! 1 !! 2 !! 0 |
References
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External links
- {{icehockeystats|legends=20946}}
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