Tomáš Kaberle
| Tomáš Kaberle | |||
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Kaberle during the 2010 Winter Olympics playing for the Czech national team
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| Born |
March 2, 1978 Rakovník, Czechoslovakia |
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| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 214 lb (97 kg; 15 st 4 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
HC Kladno Toronto Maple Leafs Boston Bruins Carolina Hurricanes Montreal Canadiens HC Kometa Brno |
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| National team |
 Czech Republic
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| NHL Draft | 204th overall, 1996 Toronto Maple Leafs |
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| Playing career | 1994–2016 | ||
 Tomáš (right) with his brother František in 2005 |
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| Representing Czech Republic
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| Ice hockey | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
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2006 Turin | |
| World Championships | ||
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2005 Vienna | |
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2006 Riga | |
Tomáš Kaberle (Czech pronunciation: [ˈtomaːʃ ˈkabɛrlɛ]; born March 2, 1978) is a retired former Czech professional ice hockey defenceman. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL), most notably for the Toronto Maple Leafs, as well as for the Boston Bruins, with whom he won the Stanley Cup, Carolina Hurricanes and the Montreal Canadiens, as well as in the Czech Extraliga for HC Kladno and HC Kometa Brno.
A four-time NHL All-Star, Kaberle also played for the Czech national team and won a bronze medal with the team at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Kaberle is currently the second-highest scoring defenceman in Maple Leafs franchise history, behind only Börje Salming. Though Kaberle began and played most of his career with Toronto, it was only after he was traded to the Boston Bruins that he won his first Stanley Cup.
His older brother František has also played as a defenceman in the NHL, and their father, František, Sr., played for the Czechoslovakian national team in the 1970s and 1980s.
Kaberle was drafted 204th in the eighth round of the 1996 NHL Entry Draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs, and saw limited playing time in the 1998–99 season. After being eased into the Leafs lineup, he saw a significant increase in playing time in order to help fill in the gap on the Leafs after an injury to Bryan Berard in the 1999–2000 season. By the 2001–02 campaign, Kaberle had improved enough to be selected to the World team at the 2002 NHL All-Star Game. Later that year, he was named to the Czech national team for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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