Róbert Švehla

Róbert Švehla
Born (1969-01-02) January 2, 1969
Martin, Czechoslovakia
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Right
Played for Slovak Extraliga
Dukla Trenčín
SEL
Malmö IF
NHL
Florida Panthers
Toronto Maple Leafs
National team  Czechoslovakia 
 Slovakia
NHL Draft 78th overall, 1992
Calgary Flames
Playing career 19902003
Medal record
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Men's ice hockey
European Junior Championships
1987 Finland
World Championships
1992 Czechoslovakia
Winter Olympics
1992 Albertville
Representing  Slovakia
World Championships
2003 Finland

Róbert Švehla (/ˈrɒbərt ˈsvlə/; born January 2, 1969) is a Slovak retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the NHL for 9 seasons from 1995 until 2003.

Career

Švehla was drafted 78th overall by the Calgary Flames in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, but he did not play a game for them before moving on to the Florida Panthers. Švehla played 8 seasons with the Panthers before moving to the Toronto Maple Leafs for his final season. Švehla played 655 career NHL games, scoring 68 goals and 267 assists for 335 points. His best offensive season was the 1995–96 season when he registered career highs in assists (49) and points (57).

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1989–90Dukla TrenčínCS29437
1990–91Dukla TrenčínCS521692562
1991–92Dukla TrenčínCS5123285174
1992–93Malmö IFSEL4019102986601114
1993–94Malmö IFSEL371425391271051623
1994–95Florida PanthersNHL51120
1994–95Malmö IFSEL321113248392356
1995–96Florida PanthersNHL8184957942206632
1996–97Florida PanthersNHL821332458651454
1997–98Florida PanthersNHL7993443113
1998–99Florida PanthersNHL808293783
1999–00Florida PanthersNHL82940496440114
2000–01Florida PanthersNHL826222876
2001–02Florida PanthersNHL827222987
2002–03Toronto Maple LeafsNHL82738454670332
CS totals 132 43 40 83 136
NHL totals 655 68 267 335 649 38 1 14 15 42
SEL totals 109 44 48 92 296 25 7 5 12 43

International

Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
1987 Czechoslovakia EJC 7 2 2 4 2
1992 Czechoslovakia OLY 8 2 1 3 8
1992 Czechoslovakia WC 8 4 4 8 14
1994 Slovakia OLY 8 2 4 6 26
1995 Slovakia WC-B 4 0 6 6 10
1996 Slovakia WCH 3 0 3 3 4
1998 Slovakia OLY 2 0 1 1 0
1998 Slovakia WC 6 1 1 2 14
2003 Slovakia WC 9 0 3 3 8
Junior totals 7 2 2 4 2
Senior totals 44 9 17 26 74

Coaching career

On January 14, 2009, Švehla joined HC Dukla Trenčín and signed a contract as assistant coach.[1]

References

Awards
Preceded by
Bedřich Ščerban
Golden Hockey Stick
1992
Succeeded by
Milos Holan
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