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	Olympic medal record
Men's ice hockey

Born	April 15, 1977 (age 32),; Čeladná, CZE
Height; Weight	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m); 245 lb (111 kg; 17 st 7 lb)
Position	Defence
Shoots	Right
NHL team; F. teams	Atlanta Thrashers; Toronto Maple Leafs; Tampa Bay Lightning
Ntl. team	Czech Republic
NHL Draft	179th overall, 1996; Tampa Bay Lightning
Pro career	1995 – present

Pavel Kubina (born April 15, 1977, in Čeladná, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech professional ice hockey defenceman, currently playing for the Atlanta Thrashers of the National Hockey League.

[edit] Playing career

Kubina started his professional career with HC Vítkovice of the Czech Extraliga. He played there for four seasons, during which he was drafted in the seventh round of the 1996 NHL Entry Draft by the Lightning.

Later in 1996, he came to Canada to play for the Moose Jaw Warriors of the WHL, and scored 44 points in 61 games. Kubina got his first taste of NHL action in the 1997–98 NHL season, although he spent most of his time playing for the Adirondack Red Wings of the American Hockey League.

He then spent most of the next season in the NHL, tallying a total of 21 points, while playing occasionally in the International Hockey League for the Cleveland Lumberjacks. By the 1999–00 NHL season Kubina had cemented his position in the Lightning's lineup, and notched 26 points for them.

Kubina had 30 points in the 2000–01 campaign and 34 in 2001–02.

In the 2003–04 season he won the Stanley Cup.

On July 1, 2006, Kubina signed a deal with the Toronto Maple Leafs for four years at $20 million. Kubina was suspended by the NHL for the first game of the 2006–07 season for cross-checking Detroit's Jiří Hudler in a preseason game.^[1]

On July 1, 2009, Kubina was traded to the Atlanta Thrashers with the rights to Tim Stapleton for Garnet Exelby and Colin Stuart.

[edit] Career statistics

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1993–94	HC Vítkovice	Czech	1	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	HC Vítkovice	Czech	12	2	0	2	0	—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	HC Vítkovice	Czech	33	3	4	7	32	4	0	0	0	0
1996–97	HC Vítkovice	Czech	1	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Moose Jaw Warriors	WHL	61	12	32	44	116	11	2	5	7	27
1997–98	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL	55	4	8	12	86	1	1	0	1	14
1997–98	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL	10	1	2	3	22	—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL	68	9	12	21	80	—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Cleveland Lumberjacks	IHL	6	2	2	4	16	—	—	—	—	—
1999–00	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL	69	8	18	26	93	—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL	70	11	19	30	103	—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL	82	11	23	34	106	—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL	75	3	19	22	78	11	0	0	0	12
2003–04	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL	81	17	18	35	85	22	0	4	4	50
2004–05	HC Vítkovice	CZE	28	6	5	11	46	12	4	6	10	34
2005–06	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL	76	5	33	38	96	5	1	1	2	26
2006–07	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	61	7	14	21	48	—	—	—	—	—
2007–08	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	72	11	29	40	116	—	—	—	—	—
2008–09	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	82	14	26	40	94	—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals			746	97	213	310	921	38	1	5	6	88

[edit] International play

Played for the Czech Republic in :

2006 Winter Olympics (bronze medal)

[edit] Personal life

He and his wife, Andrea, welcomed their first child, a girl, Tereza on November 9, 2006 in the Czech Republic. [1]

[edit] References

^ "Kubina suspended one game". Toronto Sun. 2006. http://torontosun.com/Sports/2006/10/02/1936440.html. Retrieved 2006-10-02.

[edit] External links

[suspension-0] "Kubina suspended one game". Toronto Sun. 2006. http://torontosun.com/Sports/2006/10/02/1936440.html. Retrieved 2006-10-02.

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