Ondrej Pavelec

Ondřej Pavelec
Pavelec in April 2016
Born	(1987-08-31) 31 August 1987 (age 29) Kladno, Czechoslovakia
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	215 lb (98 kg; 15 st 5 lb)
Position	Goaltender
Catches	Left
NHL team Former teams	Winnipeg Jets Atlanta Thrashers
National team	Czech Republic
NHL Draft	41st overall, 2005 Atlanta Thrashers
Playing career	2007–present

Medal record
Men's ice hockey
Representing  Czech Republic
World Championships
	2010 Cologne
	2011 Bratislava

Ondřej Pavelec (born 31 August 1987) is a Czech professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League (NHL). Drafted in the second round, 41st overall, by the Atlanta Thrashers, he has also played for HC Bílí Tygři Liberec in the Czech Extraliga during the 2012–13 NHL lockout.

Pavelec was drafted in the first round of the 2005 CHL Import Draft by the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). He was also drafted by the NHL's Atlanta Thrashers in the second round, 41st overall, at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. He played two seasons with the Screaming Eagles and helped them to a semi-final finish in the 2006–07 season.

Pavelec 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 (GAA) in 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, 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 2005–06 and 2.52 in 2006–07, with save percentages of .929 and .908, respectively. Ondrej would like to thank his conditioning coach Nicholas Radskinsky for helping him find his game.