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František Kaberle

František Kaberle
Kaberle with the Carolina Hurricanes in 2008
Born (1973-11-08) November 8, 1973 (age 51)
Kladno, Czechoslovakia
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for HC Kladno
Modo Hockey
Los Angeles Kings
Atlanta Thrashers
Carolina Hurricanes
HC Pardubice
HC Plzeň
National team  Czechoslovakia and
 Czech Republic
NHL draft 76th overall, 1999
Los Angeles Kings
Playing career 1991–2012

František "Frank" Kaberle (Czech pronunciation: [ˈfrancɪʃɛk ˈkabɛrlɛ]; born November 8, 1973) is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman. His playing career extended over 20 seasons, most notably in the National Hockey League with the Los Angeles Kings, Atlanta Thrashers, and the Carolina Hurricanes.

Playing career

Kaberle was drafted 76th overall in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft by the Kings. During the 1999–2000 season, he was traded to the Atlanta Thrashers for whom he would score his first career NHL goal on April 8, 2000, against Artūrs Irbe and the Carolina Hurricanes in a 4-3 Thrashers loss.[1] Coincidentally, after the 2004-05 lockout, Kaberle would sign with Carolina.

In the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Kaberle scored a power play goal in the second period of Game 7 against the Edmonton Oilers, which would turn out to be the game and Stanley Cup winning goal. It would mark Kaberle's only Stanley Cup championship.

During the off-season before the 2006–07 season, Kaberle suffered a shoulder injury, and was placed on the injured reserve on September 13, 2006. He was removed from the injured reserve on February 6, 2007, and scored the game winner that same night.

After four seasons with the Hurricanes, Kaberle was declared a free agent after he was bought out his final year of his contract on July 28, 2009.[2] With his North American career at a close, he returned to his native Czech Republic and re-joined his original club, HC Kladno, for the 2009–10 season.[3]

Kaberle played two more seasons in the Czech Extraliga with HC Pardubice and HC Plzeň before concluding his professional career after the 2011–12 season.[4]

International play


František (left) with his brother Tomáš in 2005
Medal record
Representing  Czech Republic
Ice hockey
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Turin
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1996 Vienna
Gold medal – first place 1999 Norway
Gold medal – first place 2000 Russia
Gold medal – first place 2001 Germany
Gold medal – first place 2005 Vienna
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Switzerland
Representing  Czechoslovakia
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Sweden
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1991 Czechoslovakia

František Kaberle won the Ice Hockey World Championships five times: in 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. In 2006, he won the bronze medal at the Olympic Games in Turin. That same year, he would become the third player (first and second were Igor Larionov and Pavel Datsyuk in 2002) to win both bronze medal and Stanley Cup.

Personal life

František Kaberle married his wife Kateřina on May 30, 1998. They have two daughters named Francesca and Vanessa.

His brother Tomáš Kaberle is a former NHL and Czech Extraliga player and is also a fellow Stanley Cup champion with the Boston Bruins in 2011. Both of the Kaberle brothers were named to the Czech national ice hockey team for the 2006 Winter Olympics, winning bronze.

His father František Kaberle, Sr. used to play for the Czechoslovak national ice hockey team as well.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1988–89 Poldi SONP Kladno TCH Jr 28 9 12 21 4 — — — — —
1990–91 Poldi SONP Kladno TCH Jr 37 6 14 20 — — — — — —
1991–92 Poldi SONP Kladno TCH 45 1 5 6 8 — — — — —
1992–93 Poldi SONP Kladno TCH 40 4 7 11 12 — — — — —
1993–94 Poldi SONP Kladno ELH 41 4 16 20 8 11 1 1 2 2
1994–95 Poldi SONP Kladno ELH 40 7 17 24 20 8 0 3 3 14
1995–96 Modo Hockey SEL 40 5 7 12 34 8 0 1 1 0
1996–97 Modo Hockey SEL 50 3 11 14 28 — — — — —
1997–98 Modo Hockey SEL 46 5 4 9 22 9 1 1 2 4
1998–99 Modo Hockey SEL 45 15 18 33 4 13 2 5 7 8
1999–2000 Los Angeles Kings NHL 37 0 9 9 4 — — — — —
1999–2000 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 4 0 2 2 0 — — — — —
1999–2000 Long Beach Ice Dogs IHL 18 2 8 10 8 — — — — —
1999–2000 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 14 1 6 7 6 — — — — —
2000–01 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 51 4 11 15 18 — — — — —
2001–02 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 61 5 20 25 24 — — — — —
2002–03 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 79 7 19 26 32 — — — — —
2003–04 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 67 3 26 29 30 — — — — —
2004–05 HC Rabat Kladno ELH 22 5 11 16 34 — — — — —
2004–05 Modo Hockey SEL 8 2 2 4 0 6 1 0 1 27
2005–06 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 77 6 38 44 46 25 4 9 13 8
2006–07 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 27 2 6 8 20 — — — — —
2007–08 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 80 0 22 22 30 — — — — —
2008–09 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 30 1 7 8 8 7 0 1 1 2
2009–10 HC GEUS OKNA Kladno ELH 52 4 12 16 70 — — — — —
2010–11 HC Eaton Pardubice ELH 52 5 9 14 34 9 0 3 3 6
2011–12 HC Škoda Plzeň ELH 29 3 10 13 26 8 0 1 1 2
ELH totals 244 28 75 103 194 36 1 8 9 24
SEL totals 189 30 42 72 88 36 4 7 11 39
NHL totals 523 29 164 193 218 32 4 10 14 10

International

Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
1991 Czechoslovakia EJC 5 2 3 5 2
1992 Czechoslovakia WJC 7 1 0 1 6
1993 Czechoslovakia WJC 7 0 1 1 4
1995 Czech Republic WC 6 0 0 0 0
1996 Czech Republic WC 8 2 3 5 4
1996 Czech Republic WCH 2 0 0 0 2
1997 Czech Republic WC 9 0 3 3 0
1998 Czech Republic WC 9 0 4 4 0
1999 Czech Republic WC 10 3 3 6 0
2000 Czech Republic WC 8 2 3 5 6
2001 Czech Republic WC 9 1 0 1 4
2002 Czech Republic WC 7 1 0 1 0
2004 Czech Republic WC 7 0 4 4 6
2005 Czech Republic WC 9 1 0 1 4
2006 Czech Republic OG 8 0 1 1 6
Junior totals 19 3 4 7 12
Senior totals 92 10 21 31 32

See also

References

  1. ^ "Carolina Hurricanes at Atlanta Thrashers Box Score, April 8, 2000". Hockey-Reference.com. 2000-04-08. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
  2. ^ "Hurricanes buy-out defenseman Kaberle". The Sports Network. 2009-07-28. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
  3. ^ "Kladno reports big comeback, after years in the NHL Kaberle is back". hokej.cz (in Czech). 2009-08-27. Archived from the original on 2013-04-12. Retrieved 2012-01-02.
  4. ^ "Frantisek Kaberle ends storied career". National Hockey League. 2012-08-30. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
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