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Tomáš Vokoun

Tomáš Vokoun
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Vokoun with the Penguins during the 2012–13 NHL season.
Born (1976-07-02) July 2, 1976 (age 40)
Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Right
Played for HC Kladno
Montreal Canadiens
Nashville Predators
HC Znojemsti Orli Znojmo
HIFK
Florida Panthers
Washington Capitals
Pittsburgh Penguins
National team  Czech Republic
NHL Draft 226th overall, 1994
Montreal Canadiens
Playing career 1995–2014
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Vokoun during the 2010 Olympics
Medal record
Men's ice hockey - Competitor for the Czech Republic Czech Republic
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Turin Ice hockey
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Vienna Ice hockey
Gold medal – first place 2010 Cologne Ice hockey
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2004 World Cup Ice hockey

Tomáš Vokoun (Czech pronunciation: [ˈtomaːʃ ˈvokou̯n]; born July 2, 1976) is a retired Czech professional ice hockey goaltender. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, Florida Panthers, Nashville Predators and the Montreal Canadiens, with whom he was originally drafted in the ninth round, 226th overall, in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft.

Vokoun was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the ninth round of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft, 226th overall. He remained in the Czech Republic for another year, playing with Poldi Kladno.

Vokoun moved to North America for the 1995–96 season and played for the Wheeling Thunderbirds of the ECHL. He was called up to the Fredericton Canadiens of the American Hockey League (AHL) and played one playoff game. Having proven himself in the ECHL, Vokoun spent the 1996–97 season in Fredericton and played in his only game for Montreal; it was not a stellar debut, however, as he allowed four goals in only 20 minutes of play against the Philadelphia Flyers.

After another season with the Fredericton Canadiens, Vokoun was chosen by the Nashville Predators in the 1998 NHL Expansion Draft on June 26, 1998.


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