Aleš Kotalík

Aleš Kotalík (born 23 December 1978) is a former professional ice hockey right winger, who is Assistant GM for HC Mountfield České Budějovice of the Czech Extraliga.[1]

Aleš Kotalík
Born (1978-12-23) 23 December 1978
Jindřichův Hradec, Czechoslovakia
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 225 lb (102 kg; 16 st 1 lb)
Position Right wing
Shot Right
Played for NHL:
Edmonton Oilers
New York Rangers
Calgary Flames
Buffalo Sabres
Czech:
HC České Budějovice
HC Bílí Tygři Liberec
National team  Czech Republic
NHL Draft 164th overall, 1998
Buffalo Sabres
Playing career 1997–2013

Playing career

Kotalík was drafted 164th overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. In the 2005–06 NHL season, he had a career high in 25 goals, 37 assists and 62 points. The recent 2006–07 NHL season he was 5 for 7 in shootouts and second in the NHL with four shootout deciding goals. He was out for 16 games because of an injured right knee. In the Calgary Flames All-Star games, he showed his ability to strike hard with a slap shot speed of 105.3 being the second hardest shooter in the NHL.

On 4 March 2009, Kotalík was traded by the Sabres to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for a 2nd round pick in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.[2] Kotalík finished the season in Edmonton before being signed as a free agent by the New York Rangers on 9 July 2009 to a three-year, $9 million contract.[3] Due to his lack of goal scoring, which he was expected to bring and being a healthy scratch for numerous games, he was traded on 1 February 2010 to the Calgary Flames along with Chris Higgins in exchange for Olli Jokinen and Brandon Prust.

Placed on waivers in the off-season by the Calgary Flames, Kotalík cleared waivers on 29 June 2010.[4] At the time, he had two years and $6 million remaining on his contract.[5] On 27 January 2011, he was placed back on waivers by the Flames and subsequently assigned to the Abbotsford Heat of the American Hockey League.[6] On 25 June, along with Robyn Regehr and a second round 2012 draft pick, Kotalík was traded back to the Sabres for Paul Byron and Chris Butler.[7]

On 24 September 2011, Kotalík was placed on waivers by the Buffalo Sabres in a salary cap move. After initially reporting to the Rochester Americans, Kotalík instead returned to his hometown in the Czech Republic to play for HC Mountfield České Budějovice.[8]

International play
Medal record
Representing  Czech Republic
Ice hockey
Winter Olympics
2006 Turin

Kotalík played his first game for the national team in 2000, and has played 21 times for the Czech national team including the 2006 Winter Olympics and the 2008 and 2009 World Championships.[9]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1995–96 HC České Budějovice CZE Jr 28 6 7 13 — — — — — —
1996–97 HC České Budějovice CZE Jr 36 15 16 31 24 — — — — —
1997–98 HC České Budějovice ELH 45 9 6 15 14 — — — — —
1998–99 HC České Budějovice ELH 39 7 13 20 16 3 0 0 0 0
1999–2000 HC České Budějovice ELH 43 7 12 19 34 3 0 1 1 6
1999–2000 SHC Vajgar Jindřichův Hradec CZE II 2 2 2 4 2 — — — — —
2000–01 HC České Budějovice ELH 52 19 29 48 54 — — — — —
2001–02 Rochester Americans AHL 68 18 25 43 55 1 0 0 0 0
2001–02 Buffalo Sabres NHL 13 1 3 4 2 — — — — —
2002–03 Rochester Americans AHL 8 0 2 2 4 — — — — —
2002–03 Buffalo Sabres NHL 68 21 14 35 30 — — — — —
2003–04 Buffalo Sabres NHL 62 15 11 26 41 — — — — —
2004–05 Bílí Tygři Liberec ELH 25 8 8 16 46 12 2 5 7 12
2005–06 Buffalo Sabres NHL 82 25 37 62 62 18 4 7 11 8
2006–07 Buffalo Sabres NHL 66 16 22 38 62 16 2 2 4 8
2007–08 Buffalo Sabres NHL 79 23 20 43 58 — — — — —
2008–09 Buffalo Sabres NHL 56 13 19 32 28 — — — — —
2008–09 Edmonton Oilers NHL 19 7 4 11 6 — — — — —
2009–10 New York Rangers NHL 45 8 14 22 38 — — — — —
2009–10 Calgary Flames NHL 26 3 2 5 29 — — — — —
2010–11 Calgary Flames NHL 26 4 2 6 8 — — — — —
2010–11 Abbotsford Heat AHL 25 6 12 18 10 — — — — —
2011–12 HC Mountfield ELH 30 8 16 24 20 5 1 3 4 0
2012–13 ČEZ Motor České Budějovice ELH 51 14 22 36 70 5 0 1 1 16
2013–14 ČEZ Motor České Budějovice CZE II 51 16 15 31 38 — — — — —
ELH totals 285 72 106 178 254 28 3 10 13 34
NHL totals 542 136 148 284 348 34 6 9 15 16

International
Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
1998 Czech Republic WJC 7 3 1 4 0
2006 Czech Republic OG 4 0 0 0 0
2008 Czech Republic WC 7 5 2 7 0
2009 Czech Republic WC 7 2 1 3 4
Senior totals 18 7 3 10 4

References
  1. "ČEZ Motor – Klub – Vedení klubu". www.hcmotor.cz.
  2. "O'Sullivan and Kotalik headed to Edmonton on deadline day". National Hockey League. 4 March 2009. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
  3. "Rangers sign Kotalik". National Hockey League. 9 July 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
  4. Macfarlane, Steve. "Buying Kotalik out a solid move | Hockey | Sports". Ottawa Sun. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
  5. "Report: Cheechoo, Kotalik waived - 2010 Offseason News". Nhl.com. 28 June 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
  6. "Kotalik sent to AHL".
  7. "Flames deal Regehr, Kotalik to Sabres for Butler, Byron". The Sports Network. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  8. Hamilton, Paul. Sabres Kotalik assigned to Europe. Kaleta not mad at Vanek Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. WGR. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  9. Stats at hokej.cz Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Czech)
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