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| 1981 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Miloslav Horava
Selected in
ninth round
No. 176 overall by Edmonton Oilers
Born
August 14, 1961
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 6-0 Weight: 185
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Kladno (Czechoslovakia)
Birthplace:
Kladno, Czechoslovakia
Hometown: Kladno, Czech Republic |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1977-78 |
Kladno | Czech. Jr. |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1978-79 |
Kladno | Czech. |
22 | 1 |
5 | 6 |
2 | | 1979-80 |
Kladno | Czech. |
44 | 19 |
15 | 34 |
10 | | 1980-81 |
Kladno | Czech. |
40 | 13 |
16 | 29 |
22 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Czechoslovakian Championship: 1980 (Kladno)
World Championships:
1981 (Czechoslovakia) (bronze medal)
World Junior Championships:
1980 (Czechoslovakia) (fourth), 1981 (Czechoslovakia) (fourth)
European Junior Championships: 1979
(gold medal)
World Junior Championships Best
Defenseman: 1981
World Junior Championships All-Star First Team:
1981
Miscellaneous: Not selected in 1980 NHL draft despite being
eligible. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: March 1, 1989 (Toronto at N.Y.
Rangers)
Numbers: 6 (N.Y. Rangers)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired 2002 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1989-1991 |
N.Y. Rangers | 80 |
5 | 17 |
22 | 38 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1990 |
N.Y. Rangers | 2 |
0 | 1 |
1 | 0 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Signed first NHL contract with N.Y. Rangers on Feb. 20,
1989, after completing 1988-89 season in Czechoslovakia. The Czech
authorities granted Horava permission to enter the NHL at age 27, which made
him one of the youngest players ever to gain formal release from
Czechoslovakia. ... He arrived in North America on Feb. 25, 1989. ... Missed
part of 1989-90 season with concussion, an injury suffered in January 1990.
... Traded by N.Y. Rangers to Quebec in exchange for Stephane
Guerard on May 25, 1991, but never played for parent team because he opted
to continue his career in Sweden. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Kladno, Jihlava (Czechoslovakia); Ornksoldsvik (Sweden); Prague Slavia,
Karlovy Vary, Litvinov (Czech Republic); Zvolen (Slovakia)
Olympics: 1984 (Czechoslovakia)
(silver), 1988 (Czechoslovakia) (sixth), 1992 (Czechoslovakia)
(bronze), 1994 (Czech Republic) (fifth)
Canada Cup: 1981
(Czechoslovakia) (third), 1984 (Czechoslovakia) (fifth), 1987
(Czechoslovakia) (fourth)
World Championships: 1982
(Czechoslovakia) (silver medal), 1985 (Czechoslovakia) (gold medal), 1987
(Czechoslovakia) (bronze medal), 1993 (Czech Republic) (bronze medal)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Czechoslovakian Championship: 1984,
1985 (Jihlava)
Coaching Career: Named Karlovy Vary (Czech
Republic) head coach prior to 2002-03 season and remained in position into
2003-04 season.
Miscellaneous: Wore No. 4 for
Czecholsovakia and Czech Republic throughout international career. ... Came
out of retirement to play nine games for Karlovy Vary (Czech Rep.) team he
coached in 2002-03.
Personal: Father of European hockey player
Miloslav Horava Jr. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Edmonton traded Horava, Don Jackson,
Mike Golden and future considerations (Stu Kulak) to N.Y. Rangers in
exchange for Reijo Ruotsalainen, Ville Kentala, Clark Donatelli and Jim
Wiemer on October 23, 1986. Kulak was sent to N.Y. Rangers to complete the
deal on March 10, 1987. |
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SNAPSHOT '81 | | Total Selected: |
211 | | Forwards: |
119 | | Defense: |
67 | | Goaltenders: |
25 | | Major Junior: |
122 | | Tier II/Jr. B: |
10/4 | | College Players: |
21 | | High School: |
18 |
| Canadian: |
139 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
37 | | U.S.-Born: |
36 |
| European: |
32 |
| Reached NHL: |
114 |
| Stanley Cup: |
17 | | Hall of Fame: |
2 |
| All-Star Game: |
14 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
7 |
| Olympians: |
30 |
| Picks Traded: |
38 |
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