Zdeněk Nedvěd

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Zdeněk Nedvěd (born March 3, 1975 in Lány, Czechoslovakia) is a professional ice hockey player who played 31 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

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Zdeněk Nedvěd's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database

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Right-winger Zdenek Nedved scored a dazzling goal on his first NHL shift but never became a regular in the league. He was a fine puck handler with a good wrist shot but he was unable to fight through the close checking of the NHL with regularity.

Born in Lany, Czechoslovakia, Nedved was a teenage star with Poldi Kladno. His family sent him to North America to play junior and develop his game more completely. Nedved became a fine scorer with the OHL's Sudbury Wolves and was chosen 123rd overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1993. He scored 97 goals his last two years of junior and represented the Czech Republic at the World Junior Championships in 1994 and 1995. During the 1994 tourney played in his homeland, Nedved was among the top scorers while wreaking havoc in the offensive zone with David Vyborny.

Nedved played one game for Toronto late in 1994-95 then prepared for the upcoming training camp. He made the 1995-96 edition of the Leafs and scored a goal early in the season opener at Pittsburgh. Nedved's play tailed off over the next month and he was sent down to the St. John's Maple Leafs of the AHL. Eventually his season was ruined by a serious shoulder injury suffered in a mishap during practice. The next year Nedved played 23 games for Toronto but was unable to perform consistently. Nedved played for St. John's then the IHL's Long Beach Ice Dogs before retiring in 1998 in North America.

He moved back to his homeland Czech where he played for Sparta Praha in 1998-1999. After 4 seasons with Lukko Rauma(FIN) and two seasons with Kassel/Hannover(DEL) and one more for Karpat(FIN). Nedved signed with ANYANG HALLA hockey club for 2yr deal.(2005-2007) Currenly he is playing for Kladno where he marked 29games, 4G 4A 8pts.