Volek is best remembered for scoring an overtime goal that eliminated the favoured and two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins from the 1993 Stanley Cup playoffs. The goal came at 5:16 of overtime in the seventh (and deciding) game of the second round of the playoffs. CBCHockey Night in Canada announcer Chris Cuthbert called Volek's play in a dramatic fashion:
Samuelsson pass off a skate. Volek turns with Ferraro. Here they come, 2 on 1; Volek shoots, SCORES!!! David Volek, Islanders! And there’ll be a new Stanley Cup Champion in 1993!
The next year, a herniated disc forced Volek to retire from the NHL. Volek finished his NHL career, which was spent exclusively with the Islanders, with 95 goals and 154 assists for 249 points. He underwent back surgery the following year in an attempt to return to the game, but after five games with HC Sparta Praha, he was forced to retire for good.[3]
Volek has been the assistant coach of HC Sparta Praha since 2005. Between his retirement from playing in 1996 and 2005 he was a scout.
^ abEvans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 December 2012.
^. Legends of Hockey. Archived from the original on 8 September 2015. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
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Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
david, volek, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, reliable, sources, contentious, material, about, living, persons, that, unsourced, poorly, sourced, must, removed, immediately, from, article, talk. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources David Volek news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message David Volek born 16 August 1966 1 2 is a Czech former professional ice hockey player David VolekBorn 1966 08 16 16 August 1966 age 57 Prague CzechoslovakiaHeight6 ft 0 in 183 cm Weight185 lb 84 kg 13 st 3 lb PositionWingerShotLeftPlayed forTJ Slavia PS Karlovy VaryHC Sparta PrahaNew York IslandersNational team CzechoslovakiaNHL Draft208th overall 1984New York IslandersPlaying career1984 1996Volek was born in the former Czechoslovakia where he played in 1983 84 for TJ Slavia PS Karlovy Vary He later moved to HC Sparta Praha and became a member of the Czechoslovakian national ice hockey team for the 1988 Winter Olympics 1 2 In 1988 he gained permission from the Czech authorities to visit his parents in West Germany and used this permission to defect to Canada He joined the New York Islanders having been selected by them in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft and was named to the NHL All Rookie Team in 1988 89 Volek is best remembered for scoring an overtime goal that eliminated the favoured and two time defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins from the 1993 Stanley Cup playoffs The goal came at 5 16 of overtime in the seventh and deciding game of the second round of the playoffs CBC Hockey Night in Canada announcer Chris Cuthbert called Volek s play in a dramatic fashion Samuelsson pass off a skate Volek turns with Ferraro Here they come 2 on 1 Volek shoots SCORES David Volek Islanders And there ll be a new Stanley Cup Champion in 1993 The next year a herniated disc forced Volek to retire from the NHL Volek finished his NHL career which was spent exclusively with the Islanders with 95 goals and 154 assists for 249 points He underwent back surgery the following year in an attempt to return to the game but after five games with HC Sparta Praha he was forced to retire for good 3 Volek has been the assistant coach of HC Sparta Praha since 2005 Between his retirement from playing in 1996 and 2005 he was a scout Contents 1 Career statistics 1 1 Regular season and playoffs 1 2 International 2 References 3 External linksCareer statistics EditRegular season and playoffs Edit Regular season PlayoffsSeason Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM1982 83 TJ Slavia PS Karlovy Vary CSSR Jr 1983 84 TJ Slavia PS Karlovy Vary CSSR Jr 1984 85 TJ Sparta CKD Praha CSSR 32 5 5 10 14 1985 86 TJ Sparta CKD Praha CSSR 35 10 7 17 1986 87 TJ Sparta CKD Praha CSSR 39 27 25 52 38 1987 88 TJ Sparta CKD Praha CSSR 42 29 18 47 58 1988 89 New York Islanders NHL 77 25 34 59 24 1989 90 New York Islanders NHL 80 17 22 39 41 5 1 4 5 01990 91 New York Islanders NHL 77 22 34 56 57 1991 92 New York Islanders NHL 74 18 42 60 35 1992 93 New York Islanders NHL 56 8 13 21 34 10 4 1 5 21993 94 New York Islanders NHL 32 5 9 14 10 1995 96 HC Sparta Praha ELH 5 3 2 5 16 1995 96 HC Slavia Becherovka Karlovy Vary CZE II 16 7 4 11 1996 97 TJ Stadion Nymburk CZE IV 1999 2000 NED Hockey Nymburk CZE III 4 3 1 4 2 2000 01 NED Hockey Nymburk CZE III 2 0 0 0 0 TCH totals 148 71 55 126 NHL totals 396 95 154 249 201 15 5 5 10 2International Edit Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM1983 Czechoslovakia EJC 5 3 2 5 81984 Czechoslovakia EJC 5 5 5 10 21986 Czechoslovakia WJC 7 4 3 7 61987 Czechoslovakia WC 10 3 1 4 21987 Czechoslovakia CC 6 2 2 4 21988 Czechoslovakia OLY 7 1 2 3 21991 Czechoslovakia WC 10 3 2 5 8Junior totals 17 12 10 22 16Senior totals 33 9 7 16 14References Edit a b Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al David Volek Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 17 December 2012 a b David Volek Olympic cz in Czech Czech Olympic Committee Archived from the original on 31 August 2013 David Volek Legends of Hockey Archived from the original on 8 September 2015 Retrieved 29 February 2012 External links EditBiographical information and career statistics from NHL com or Eliteprospects com or Eurohockey com or Hockey Reference com or The Internet Hockey Database David Volek at Olympics com nbsp David Volek at Olympedia nbsp David Volek at Olympijskytym cz in Czech David Volek at Olympic cz in Czech archived Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title David Volek amp oldid 1174430350, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
