Vladan Stransky

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Vladan Stransky (born 12 February 1973) is an Australian ice hockey player who played for the Sydney Bears in the Australian Ice Hockey League between 2002 and 2010 and is a former member of the Australian national ice hockey team. Stransky has also played in the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League for HC Vitkovice, the Japan Ice Hockey League for the Nippon Paper Cranes, and in the 2. národní hokejová liga for HC Poruba.

Playing career

Stransky first played ice hockey in 1990 for HC Vitkovice of the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League.{{cite web | url=http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=35037 | title=Vladan Stransky | publisher=Elite Prospects | access-date=2011-06-02 }} The following season he moved to Canada and joined the Dauphin Kings of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League for part of the 1992–93 before he moved to Japan and joined the Nippon Paper Cranes of the Japan Ice Hockey League. In 1999 Stransky joined HC Poruba of the 2. národní hokejová liga where he stayed for three seasons. Following the end of the end of the 2001–02 season Stransky moved to Australia and joined the Sydney Bears of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). During the 2008 season he scored the most assists in the AIHL with 41.

Stransky was first called up to represent Australia in 2009 where he joined the national senior team to compete in the 2009 IIHF World Championship Division I Group A tournament being held in Vilnius, Lithuania. Australia lost the tournament and were relegated to Division II for the following year.{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/channels/iihf-world-championship-oc09/home/division-i/group-a-statistics.html | title=Group A: Statistics | publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation | year=2009 | access-date=2011-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414101046/http://www.iihf.com/channels/iihf-world-championship-oc09/home/division-i/group-a-statistics.html|archive-date=2009-04-14|url-status=dead}} In 2011 Stransky was called up to represent Australia for the 2011 IIHF World Championship Division II Group A tournament being held in Melbourne, Australia. Australia won the tournament after winning all four of their games and finishing on top of the group standings.{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/channels1011/wm-iia | title=2011 IIHF World Championship Div. II Group A | publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation | access-date=2011-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110113094232/http://www.iihf.com/channels1011/wm-iia|archive-date=2011-01-13|url-status=dead}}

Personal life

Stransky was born on 12 February 1973 in Czechoslovakia. He first started skating at the age of four. Stransky's father Vladimír also played ice hockey and played for the Czechoslovakian national team,{{cite web | url=http://hornsby-advocate.whereilive.com.au/sport/story/his-dream-kept-on-ice/ | title=His dream kept on ice | publisher=Hornsby & Upper North Shore Advocate | date=18 February 2009 | first=Steven | last=Deare | access-date=2011-04-23 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810013447/http://hornsby-advocate.whereilive.com.au/sport/story/his-dream-kept-on-ice/ | archive-date=10 August 2011 | url-status=live }} while his younger brother Vít[https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/109160/vit-stransky Vít Stránský], EliteProspects.com also played briefly in Australia; nephews Matěj and Šimon Stránský (children of elder brother Darek)[https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/109160/vit-stransky Darek Stransky], EliteProspects.com are both Czech internationals.[https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/190268/simon-stransky Šimon Stránský], EliteProspects.com

In 2001 he moved to Australia where he met his wife, Nicole.{{cite web | url=http://www.bearsden.com.au/team/vladan-stransky | title=Vladan Stransky | publisher=Sydney Bears | access-date=2011-06-02 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905055459/http://www.bearsden.com.au/team/vladan-stransky | archive-date=5 September 2011 | url-status=live }} In 2009 he became an Australian citizen while also retaining his Czech citizenship. Stransky currently lives in Mount Colah, New South Wales, Australia.

Career statistics

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;Regular season and playoffs

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! colspan="5" \| Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! colspan="5" \| Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM
1990–91	HC Vitkovice	TCH	2	2	0	2	0	–	–	–	–	–
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \|1992–93	Dauphin Kings	MJHL
1992–93	Nippon Paper Cranes	JIHL
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \|1999-00	HC Poruba	CZE 3	45	9	18	27	32	–	–	–	–	–
2000-01	HC Poruba	CZE 3	32	16	14	30	30	2	0	0	0	2
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \|2001–02	HC Poruba	CZE 3	7	1	2	3	2	–	–	–	–	–
2002	Sydney Bears	AIHL	10	11	6	17	54	–	–	–	–	–
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \|2003	Sydney Bears	AIHL	5	1	9	10	6	–	–	–	–	–
2004	Sydney Bears	AIHL	9	4	4	8	8	–	–	–	–	–
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \|2005	Sydney Bears	AIHL	25	10	23	33	47	–	–	–	–	–
2006	Sydney Bears	AIHL	24	27	30	57	50	–	–	–	–	–
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \|2007	Sydney Bears	AIHL	11	4	9	13	10	–	–	–	–	–
2008	Sydney Bears	AIHL	26	22	41	63	46	1	1	1	2	2
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \|2009	Sydney Bears	AIHL	15	12	12	24	85	–	–	–	–	–
2010	Sydney Bears	AIHL	12	9	15	24	4	–	–	–	–	–

;International

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Comp ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM
2009	Australia	2009 IIHF World Championship Division I Group A	5	1	2	3	8
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \|2011	Australia	2011 IIHF World Championship Division II Group A	4	0	4	4	8