Ondrej Pavelec
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Ondřej Pavelec is a Czech professional ice hockey
goaltender
, who plays for the Winnipeg Jets
of the National Hockey League
(NHL).
of the (QMJHL). He played two seasons with the club and helped them to a semi-final finish in the 2006–2007 season. Pavelec, the Atlanta Thrashers
second-round pick in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft
(41st overall), was a first team All-Star in each of his two seasons with Cape Breton, and won the Jacques Plante Memorial Trophy
for best goals-against average both years, making him only the fourth player to repeat as Jacques Plante Trophy winner and the first in 20 years to do so (Robert Desjardins
was the last). As a rookie he took home the Raymond Lagacé Trophy
and RDS Trophy
, awarded to top defensive rookie and rookie of the year, respectively. His numbers were remarkably consistent over the two seasons, as he recorded GAAs of 2.51 in '05–06 and 2.52 last season, with save percentages of .929 and .908.
Pavelec signed a contract with the Thrashers in 2007. On May 18, 2007, Pavelec shut out the Toronto Marlies 5-0 in the American Hockey League
's Western Conference Finals. Pavelec also helped Chicago Wolves win the Calder Cup in the 2007-08 season.
After starting nine games for the Chicago Wolves in the 2008-2009 season, he was recalled to the NHL due to an injury to Kari Lehtonen
. He played in his first NHL game on October 20, 2007. He made his first NHL start and picked up his first NHL win against the Tampa Bay Lightning
on November 3, 2007. Pavelec was playing with the Atlanta Thrashers since being called up on November 1, 2008 until he was reassigned to the Chicago Wolves on December 19, 2008. He later returned to the Thrashers.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; PIM = Penalties in minutes; MIN = Minutes on ice; GA = Goals allowed; EN = Empty net goals scored; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SVS = Saved shots; PCT = Save percentage
Pavelec played for the Czech Republic in:
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
goaltender
Goaltender
In ice hockey, the goaltender is the player who defends his team's goal net by stopping shots of the puck from entering his team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring...
, who plays for the Winnipeg Jets
Winnipeg Jets
The Winnipeg Jets were a professional ice hockey team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. They began play in the World Hockey Association in 1972, moving to the National Hockey League in 1979 following the collapse of the WHA...
of the National Hockey League
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
(NHL).
Playing career
Pavelec was drafted in the first round of the 2005 CHL Import Draft by the Cape Breton Screaming EaglesCape Breton Screaming Eagles
The Cape Breton Screaming Eagles are a major junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Their home rink is Centre 200 in Sydney, Nova Scotia.-Franchise history :...
of the (QMJHL). He played two seasons with the club and helped them to a semi-final finish in the 2006–2007 season. Pavelec, the Atlanta Thrashers
Atlanta Thrashers
The Atlanta Thrashers were a professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Atlanta was granted a franchise in the National Hockey League on June 25, 1997, and became the league's 28th franchise when it began play in the 1999–2000 NHL season...
second-round pick in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft
2005 NHL Entry Draft
The 2005 NHL Entry Draft was the 43rd NHL Entry Draft.As a lockout cancelled the games of the 2004–05 NHL season, the draft order was determined by lottery on July 22, 2005. Teams were assigned 1 to 3 balls based on their playoff appearances and first overall draft picks from the past three years...
(41st overall), was a first team All-Star in each of his two seasons with Cape Breton, and won the Jacques Plante Memorial Trophy
Jacques Plante Memorial Trophy
The Jacques Plante Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the goaltender in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with the best goals-against average. It is named for Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Jacques Plante.-Winners:-External links:...
for best goals-against average both years, making him only the fourth player to repeat as Jacques Plante Trophy winner and the first in 20 years to do so (Robert Desjardins
Robert Desjardins
Robert Desjardins was a Canadian professional goaltender who had a stellar junior and university career but only a short professional career....
was the last). As a rookie he took home the Raymond Lagacé Trophy
Raymond Lagacé Trophy
The Raymond Lagacé Trophy is awarded annually to the Defensive Rookie of the Year in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Prior to 1980, there was only one Rookie of the Year trophy, the Michel Bergeron Trophy, which was awarded to the Overall Rookie of the Year.-Winners:-External links:* List...
and RDS Trophy
RDS Cup
The RDS Cup is awarded annually by the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League to the overall Rookie of the Year. The Cup was known as the Molson Cup from 1991 to 1994, and the New Face Cup from 1994 to 1996, but is now sponsored by the French-language sports network Réseau des sports .-Winners:-External...
, awarded to top defensive rookie and rookie of the year, respectively. His numbers were remarkably consistent over the two seasons, as he recorded GAAs of 2.51 in '05–06 and 2.52 last season, with save percentages of .929 and .908.
Pavelec signed a contract with the Thrashers in 2007. On May 18, 2007, Pavelec shut out the Toronto Marlies 5-0 in the American Hockey League
American Hockey League
The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...
's Western Conference Finals. Pavelec also helped Chicago Wolves win the Calder Cup in the 2007-08 season.
After starting nine games for the Chicago Wolves in the 2008-2009 season, he was recalled to the NHL due to an injury to Kari Lehtonen
Kari Lehtonen
Kari Lehtonen is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League...
. He played in his first NHL game on October 20, 2007. He made his first NHL start and picked up his first NHL win against the Tampa Bay Lightning
Tampa Bay Lightning
The Tampa Bay Lightning are a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . They have one Stanley Cup championship in their history, in 2003–04. They are often referred to as the...
on November 3, 2007. Pavelec was playing with the Atlanta Thrashers since being called up on November 1, 2008 until he was reassigned to the Chicago Wolves on December 19, 2008. He later returned to the Thrashers.
On-ice collapse
On October 8, 2010, Pavelec collapsed and lost consciousness during a game against the Washington Capitals while there was a break in play at 2:25 into the first period. He was taken off the ice on a stretcher and taken to the hospital. He regained consciousness while at the hospital and was in stable condition, and apparently was concerned about the score in the game, which the Thrashers won 4-2. It was determined after testing by doctors that the cause of his collapse was neurocardiogenic syncope, a type of fainting spell, and that he received a concussion and lost consciousness after his head hit the ice. He was released from the hospital on October 11, 2010.Awards and achievements
- Jacques Plante Memorial Trophy (QMJHL's lowest GAA) - 2006, 2007
- Raymond Lagacé Trophy (QMJHL's defensive rookie of the year) - 2006
- RDS Cup (QMJHL's rookie of the year) - 2006
- QMJHL First All-Star Team - 2006, 2007
- QMJHL All-Rookie Team - 2006
- AHL Calder Cup - 2007-2008 Chicago Wolves
- October 2008 AHL Goalie of the Month
- NHL 1st Star of the Week (Nov 21st - Nov 28th, 2010)http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=544780
- 2011 Georgia’s Own Credit Union Three Stars of the Year Awardhttp://thrashers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=558811
Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | PIM | MIN | GA | EN | SO | GAA | W | L | T | SVS | PCT | GP | G | A | PIM | ||
| 2005–06 | Cape Breton Screaming Eagles Cape Breton Screaming Eagles The Cape Breton Screaming Eagles are a major junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Their home rink is Centre 200 in Sydney, Nova Scotia.-Franchise history :... |
QMJHL Quebec Major Junior Hockey League The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League... |
47 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2578 | 108 | 3 | 3 | 2.51 | 27 | 18 | 0 | 1407 | 0.929 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2006–07 | Cape Breton Screaming Eagles | QMJHL | 56 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2335 | 98 | 2 | 1 | 2.52 | 28 | 22 | 0 | 966 | 0.908 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08 | Atlanta Thrashers Atlanta Thrashers The Atlanta Thrashers were a professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Atlanta was granted a franchise in the National Hockey League on June 25, 1997, and became the league's 28th franchise when it began play in the 1999–2000 NHL season... |
NHL National Hockey League The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States... |
7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 347 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3.11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 329 | 0.905 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 2007–08 AHL season The 2007–08 AHL season is the 72nd season of the American Hockey League. Twenty-nine teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Chicago Wolves won their second Calder Cup, defeating the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in the Calder Cup Final.-Team changes:... |
Chicago Wolves Chicago Wolves The Chicago Wolves are a professional hockey team playing in the American Hockey League. They are the top affiliate of the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL. The Wolves play home games at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois... |
AHL American Hockey League The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League... |
52 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3033 | 140 | 4 | 2 | 2.77 | 33 | 16 | 3 | 1428 | 0.911 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 2008–09 NHL season The 2008–09 NHL season was the 92nd season of operation of the National Hockey League . It was the first season since prior to the 2004–05 lockout in which every team played each other at least once during the season, following three seasons where teams only played against two divisions in the... |
Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 599 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 3.60 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 265 | 0.880 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 2008–09 AHL season The 2008–09 AHL season is the 73rd season of the American Hockey League. 29 teams each played 80 games in the regular season, which ran from October 8 until April 12.-Team and NHL affiliation changes:... |
Chicago Wolves | AHL | 40 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2417 | 104 | 5 | 3 | 2.58 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 1101 | 0.914 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 2009–10 NHL season The 2009–10 NHL season was the 93rd season of operation of the National Hockey League , and the 100th season since the founding of the predecessor National Hockey Association . It ran from October 1, 2009, including four games in Europe on October 2 and 3—until April 11, 2010, with the 2010... |
Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2317 | 127 | 4 | 2 | 3.29 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 1226 | 0.906 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 2010–11 AHL season The 2010–11 AHL season is the 75th season of the American Hockey League. An all-time high of thirty teams will play 80 games each during the regular season schedule, which started on October 8, 2010 and ended on April 10, 2011... |
Chicago Wolves | AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0.864 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 2010–11 NHL season The 2010–11 NHL season was the 94th season of operation of the National Hockey League . It was the fourth consecutive season that opened in Europe with NHL Premiere . A record three events were scheduled, all in previous NHL Premiere cities: Helsinki, Finland; Stockholm, Sweden; and Prague, Czech... |
Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 58 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3225 | 147 | 8 | 4 | 2.73 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 1705 | 0.914 | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 119 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6489 | 328 | 15 | 6 | 3.03 | 41 | 51 | 16 | 3549 | 0.908 | — | — | — | — | ||||
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; PIM = Penalties in minutes; MIN = Minutes on ice; GA = Goals allowed; EN = Empty net goals scored; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SVS = Saved shots; PCT = Save percentage
International play
Pavelec led the Czech Republic Under-17 team to a second-place finish in the 2004 Junior World Cup, and the Under-18 squad to fourth place at the U-18 World Junior Cup. He was also the starting goalie for the Czech Republic U-20 team at the 2006 World Junior Hockey Championships.Pavelec played for the Czech Republic in:
- 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships2006 World Junior Ice Hockey ChampionshipsThe 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships were held in Vancouver, Kelowna, and Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. The championships began on December 26, 2005, and finished on January 5, 2006. Games were played at GM Place and the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, the Interior Savings Centre in...
- 2010 World Championships2010 Men's World Ice Hockey ChampionshipsThe 2010 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 74th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 48 countries participated in four levels of competition...
(gold medal) - 2010 Winter Olympics2010 Winter OlympicsThe 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...
- 2011 World Championships (Bronze medal)