Saturday, June 18, 2011

Jágr wins his 10th Golden Stick

 The golden boy of Czech hockey has a bit more gold today. For the tenth time in his illustrious career, Jaromír Jágr has been awarded the Golden Hockey Stick, emblematic of the best Czech hockey player in the world.

For Jágr, this is his tenth win, which gives him twice the number of Golden Sticks as Dominik Hašek, the award's next most frequent winner. Hašek finished 12th in voting this year. This was the second time that Jágr won the award without playing in the National Hockey League. His sixth win, back in 2004-05, happened during the NHL lockout, and he split the season between Rabat Kladno and Avangard Omsk, which is where he now plays. The last time a non-NHL player beat out NHL competition was in 2000-01, when Jiří Dopita of HC Vsetín took home the hardware.

Jágr topped the second round of voting with 1,005 points, beating out Tomáš Plekanec of the Montreal Canadiens by 201 votes. Jágr's linemate in Omsk and in the World Championships, Roman Červenka, finished third with 743. The national team's top goaltender and left winger at the Worlds, Ondřej Pavelec and Patrik Eliáš, finished fourth and fifth.

Of the top ten, three players did not play for the Czech national team this spring. They were Martin Straka in sixth, David Krejčí in seventh, and Tomáš Vokoun in eighth. Krejčí's chances were doubtlessly hurt by the fact that the vote took place before the start of the Stanley Cup Finals. In addition to capturing the Cup, he lead all players in playoff scoring.

A pair of players from the Minnesota Wild, Martin Havlát and Marek Židlický, who was injured for a significant portion of the season, rounded out the top ten.


 1. JAROMÍR JÁGR
Avangard Omsk, KHL
 1005
 2. TOMÁŠ PLEKANEC
Montreal Canadiens (NHL)
 804
 3. ROMAN ČERVENKA
Avangard Omsk (KHL)
 743
 4. ONDŘEJ PAVELEC
Atlanta Thrashers (NHL)
 662
 5. PATRIK ELIÁŠ
New Jersey Devils (NHL)
 352
 6. MARTIN STRAKA
HC Plzeň 1929
 328
 7. DAVID KREJČÍ
Boston Bruins (NHL)
 304
 8. TOMÁŠ VOKOUN
Florida Panthers (NHL)
 297
 9. MARTIN HAVLÁT
Minnesota Wild (NHL)
 267
 10. MAREK ŽIDLICKÝ
Minnesota Wild (NHL)
 224

In total, 58 players received votes:

11. Tomáš Vlasák (Plzeň) 212 points, 12. Dominik Hašek (Spartak Moscow, KHL) 181, 13. Karel Rachůnek (Yaroslavl, KHL) 178, 14. Martin Růžička (Třinec) 170, 15. Milan Hejduk (Colorado, NHL), 129, 16. Jakub Štěpánek (St. Petersburg, KHL) 124, 17. Zbyněk Michálek (Pittsburgh, NHL) 108, 18. Tomáš Rolinek (Magnitogorsk, KHL) 83, 19. Milan Michálek (Ottawa, NHL) 76, 20. Tomáš Kaberle (Boston, NHL) 74, 21. Miroslav Blaťák (Ufa, KHL), 45, 22. Jakub Voráček (Columbus, NHL) 42, 23. Petr Sýkora (Davos, Switzerland) 36, 24. - 25. Michal Neuvirth (Washington, NHL) and Alexandr Salák (Färjestad, Sweden) 29, 26. Lukáš Krajíček (Třinec) 26, 27. Aleš Hemský (Edmonton, NHL) 24, 28. Petr Nedvěd (Liberec) 18, 29. Michael Frolík (Chicago, NHL) 16, 30. - 31. Jakub Kovář (České Budějovice) and Roman Málek (Vítkovice) 15, 32. Jiří Burger (Vítkovice) 14, 33. Radim Vrbata (Phoenix, NHL) 12, 34. Lukáš Kašpar (Astana, KHL) 11, 35. - 36. Roman Hamrlík (Montréal, NHL) and Jan Marek (Atlant/Yaroslavl, KHL) 10, 37. Milan Gulaš (České Budějovice) 9, 38. - 40. Petr Čajánek (St. Petersburg, KHL), Petr Hubáček (Kometa Brno) and Jiří Hudler (Detroit, NHL) 8, 41. Josef Vašíček (Yaroslavl, KHL) 7, 42. - 43. Miroslav Kopřiva (Slavia Praha) and František Ptáček (České Budějovice) 6, 44. - 45. Tomáš Duba (Zlín/Třinec) and Marek Malík (Vítkovice) 5, 46. - 48. Petr Leška (Zlín), Radek Martínek (New York Islanders, NHL) and Petr Průcha (St. Petersburg, KHL) 4, 49. - 50. Viktor Hübl (Litvínov) and Viktor Ujčík (Vítkovice) 3, 51. - 54. Jaroslav Bednář (Davos, Switzerland), Radek Bonk (Třinec), Petr Čáslava (CSKA Moscow, KHL) and Martin Růžička (Pardubice) 2, 55. - 58. Radek Duda (Chomutov/Plzeň), Jan Kovář (Plzeň), František Lukeš (Litvínov) and Ondřej Němec (Cherepovets) 1.

Past Winners:

1969 - Jan Suchý (D), HC Dukla Jihlava
1970 - Jan Suchý (D), HC Dukla Jihlava
1971 - František Pospíšil (D), Poldi Kladno
1972 - František Pospíšil (D), Poldi Kladno
1973 - Vladimír Martinec (RW), HC Pardubice
1974 - Jiří Holeček (G), HC Sparta Praha
1975 - Vladimír Martinec (RW), HC Pardubice
1976 - Vladimír Martinec (RW), HC Pardubice
1977 - Milan Nový (C), Poldi SONP Kladno
1978 - Ivan Hlinka (C), CHZ Litvínov
1979 - Vladimír Martinec (RW), HC Dukla Jihlava
1980 - Peter Šťastný (C), HC Slovan Bratislava
1981 - Milan Nový (C), Poldi SONP Kladno
1982 - Milan Nový (C), Poldi SONP Kladno
1983 - Vincent Lukáč (RW), VSŽ Košice
1984 - Igor Liba (LW), HC Dukla Jihlava
1985 - Jiří Králík (G), HC Gottwaldov
1986 - Vladimír Růžička (C), CHZ Litvínov
1987 - Dominik Hašek (G), Tesla Pardubice
1988 - Vladimír Růžička (C), Dukla Trenčín
1989 - Dominik Hašek (G), Tesla Pardubice
1990 - Dominik Hašek (G), Tesla Pardubice
1991 - Bedřich Ščerban (D), HC Dukla Jihlava
1992 - Róbert Švehla (D), HC Dukla Trenčín
1993 - Miloš Holaň (D), TJ Vítkovice
1994 - Roman Turek (G), HC České Budějovice
1995 - Jaromír Jágr (RW), Poldi Kladno/Bolzano/Schalker Haïe/Pittsburgh Penguins
1996 - Jaromír Jágr (RW), Pittsburgh Penguins
1997 - Dominik Hašek (G), Buffalo Sabres
1998 - Dominik Hašek (G), Buffalo Sabres
1999 - Jaromír Jágr (RW), Pittsburgh Penguins
2000 - Jaromír Jágr (RW), Pittsburgh Penguins
2001 - Jiří Dopita (C), HC Vsetín
2002 - Jaromír Jágr (RW), Washington Capitals
2003 - Milan Hejduk (RW), Colorado Avalanche
2004 - Robert Lang (C), Washington Capitals/Detroit Red Wings
2005 - Jaromír Jágr (RW), HC Rabat Kladno/Avangard Omsk
2006 - Jaromír Jágr (RW), New York Rangers
2007 - Jaromír Jágr (RW), New York Rangers
2008 - Jaromír Jágr (RW), New York Rangers
2009 - Patrik Eliáš (LW), New Jersey Devils
2010 - Tomáš Vokoun (G), Florida Panthers

Most wins:

10 - Jaromír Jágr
5 - Dominik Hašek
4 - Vladimír Martinec
3 - Milan Nový
2 - Jan Suchý
2 - František Pospíšil
2 - Vladimír Růžička

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