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2 OHL Alumni On Team Czech at 2010 Worlds
Filed under Czech Republic, National TeamsMay 11
Team Czech Republic at the 2010 IIHF World Hockey Championships features two Ontario Hockey League alumni.Lukas Kaspar played one season in the OHL, 2004-05, with the Ottawa 67′s. Kaspar helped the team reach the Robertson Cup finals before losing out to the London Knights. The 67′s appeared in the Memorial Cup despite the loss as the OHL was the host league that season.
Drafted in the first round, 22nd overall, by the San Jose Sharks in 2004, Lukas has played 16 games over two seasons with the NHL team. This past season, Kaspar played in Finland’s SM-Liiga with Oulun Karpat, finishing third on the team in scoring. You can view Lukas Kaspar’s profile at the SM-Liiga’s official website by clicking here.
Like Lukas Kaspar, Marek Kvapil played just one season in the OHL in 2004-05. Kvapil played for the Saginaw Spirit and led the team in scoring with 62 points in 53 games. Marek was drafted 163rd overall by the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2005.
Kvapil spent the following three seasons in the North American minors, playing on four different teams between the AHL and ECHL (Springfield Falcons, Johnstown Chiefs, Norfolk Admirals, Mississippi Sea Wolves). The Slovakian born forward has just completed his second season with HC Vitkovice Steel in the Czech Republic’s Extraliga. The team finished 4th in the 14 team league this season. Marek finished second on the team in scoring with 41 points in 50 regular season games.
Check out Marek Kvapil’s profile page on HC Vitkovice Steel’s official website. The site is in Czech. Use our Czech Hockey Language Guide to help navigate the site.
Check out these other OHL grads playing in the IIHF World Hockey Championships:
John Parco on the Italian National Team
Oskar Osala on the Finnish National Team
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One Response to “2 OHL Alumni On Team Czech at 2010 Worlds”
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OHL Alumni Central » Blog Archive » HC Kometa Brno Counting On Saginaw Spirit Alumnus For Offense said on July 26th, 2010 at 6:04 am
[...] Marek had the fortune of representing the Czech Republic this past spring at the IIHF World Hockey Championships in Germany as the Czechs won the gold medal. He was mentioned in this previous post regarding OHL alumni on the Czech team for the tournament. [...]
