2011-12 MEDIA GUIDE - Carolina Hurricanes - NHL.com

CAREER CONTINUED
Canada, and was named to the World Championship all-Star Team… 1994-95:
Spent most of the season with Poldi Kladno’s junior team, earning 17 points (7g, 10a)
in 37 games… debuted with Poldi Kladno of the Czech League, skating in four
games… 1995-96: Split the year between Poldi Kladno’s junior and senior teams,
playing 23 games on each level… 1996-97: Played his first full season with Poldi
Kladno in the Czech Republic extraleague, totaling five assists in 49 games… 1997-
98: Skated in 47 games for Poldi Kladno of the Czech Republic extraleague totaling
23 points (4g, 19a)… Made his North american debut with St. John’s of the american
Hockey League (aHL), playing two games… 1998-99: Completed his first NHL
season with Toronto, and led NHL rookie defensemen in assists (18) and points (22)…
Made his NHL debut and led all players in ice time (29:13) vs. deT (10/10)… earned
his first NHL point with an assist at edM (10/13)… Beat Kevin Hodson for his first NHL
goal at deT (10/23)… appeared in 14 Stanley Cup Playoff games for Toronto, as the
Maple Leafs advanced to the eastern Conference Final before falling to Buffalo…
Made his NHL playoff debut in Game 4 of the eastern Conference Quarterfinal vs. PHi
(4/28)… earned his first NHL playoff point with an assist on the game-winning goal
in Game 2 of the eastern Conference Semifinal vs. PiT (5/9)… 1999-00: Ranked first
among Leafs defensemen and tied for 16th among NHL blueliners in scoring with 40
points… Was one of two Maple Leafs to play in all 82 regular-season games, and
ranked second on the team in average ice time (22:54)… Skated in his 100th career
NHL game at PiT (1/7)… Led Leafs defensemen in playoff scoring with five points
(1g, 4a) as Toronto topped Ottawa in the first round before falling to the eventual
Stanley Cup champion New Jersey devils in six games… Scored his first NHL playoff
goal – the game-winner – in Game 4 at NJ (5/3)… 2000-01: Led Maple Leafs
defensemen in goals (6), assists (39) and points (45)… Ranked tied for eighth among
NHL defensemen in assists (39)… Played his 200th career NHL game at NJ (1/19)…
earned four points (1g, 3a) in 11 playoff games as Toronto swept Ottawa before
falling to the devils in seven games… 2001-02: Ranked second among Leafs
defensemen and tied for 17th among NHL defensemen in scoring (39 points)… Led
Toronto blueliners in assists (29) and ranked second in goals (10)… Represented the
World Team and collected an assist in his first NHL all-Star Game… Began the
season with Poldi Kladno of the Czech extraleague while still in contract negotiations
with Toronto… Made his season debut for the Maple Leafs vs. COL (11/3), after
signing a new multi-year deal… earned his 100th career NHL assist vs. BuF (12/22)…
Played in all 20 of Toronto’s Stanley Cup Playoff games, as the Leafs advanced to the
eastern Conference Final before falling to Carolina… Ranked first on the team and
tied for fifth among all NHL players in playoff plus/minus (+7)… Was tied for first
among Toronto defensemen and tied for fifth among NHL defensemen in playoff
scoring (10 points)… Played his 50th career NHL playoff game in Game 6 vs. OTT
(5/12)… 2002-03: Ranked ninth among NHL defensemen in scoring (47), skating in
all 82 regular-season games for Toronto… Finished the season first on the team in
plus/minus (+20), first in average ice time (24:50) and tied for first in games played
(82)… Led team defensemen in goals (11) and points (47)… Matched his career high
in games played (82) and established a career-best in goals (11)… Played his 300th
career NHL game at aNa (10/28)… Led Toronto in average ice time (30:03) during
the playoffs, as the Leafs fell to the Flyers in seven games during the eastern
Conference Quarterfinal… 2003-04: Was second among Maple Leafs skaters in
plus/minus (+16), third in average ice time (23:11) and tied for fifth in assists (28)…
Registered his 200th career NHL point with a pair of assists at La (11/13)… Played
his 400th career NHL game vs. deT (12/6)… Missed his first career NHL regular
season game due to injury at WSH (12/19)… Missed 10 total games due to injury…
earned three assists in 13 playoff games as the Maple Leafs beat the Senators in
seven games before falling to the Flyers in the second round… 2004-05: Played 49
TOMAS KABERLE CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS
International Play: Has represented the Czech Republic at three Winter Olympic
Games, four World Championships, one World Cup of Hockey and one World
Junior Championship.
All-Star games: Has been to the National Hockey League all-Star Game four times
(2002, 2007, 2008, 2009) and won the accuracy Shooting contest at the 2008
NHL SuperSkills Competition in atlanta.
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games for Kladno, ranking fourth in the Czech extraleague in assists (31) and 14th in
points (39)… Voted by players as the Czech extraleague’s Most Valuable Player…
Led all extraleague defensemen in assists and points… Ranked first among Kladno
skaters in assists and second in points… 2005-06: earned career-highs in assists
(58), points (67), power-play points (51), power-play assists (45) and average ice time
(28:10), skating in all 82 games for Toronto… Ranked tied for fourth among NHL
defensemen in points (67) and tied for second among league blueliners in assists
(58)… among all NHL skaters, ranked second in average ice time per game (28:10),
first in power-play assists (45), tied for fourth in power-play points (51) and tied for
10th in total assists (45)… established a Toronto Maple Leafs franchise-high for
power-play points by a defensemen in a season… Had 17 multi-point games, ranking
third on the team… Registered his 200th career NHL assist at CaR (11/25)… Had a
four-point game (1g, 3a) vs. MTL (3/7)… 2006-07: Ranked tied for eighth among
NHL defensemen and first among Toronto defensemen in points (58), skating in 74
games… Was 10th in the NHL average ice time (25:52)… among Maple Leafs,
ranked second in assists (47), second in points and second in ice time… Matched his
career high for goals in a season (11)… earned his first career hat trick and added an
assist at MTL (10/28), tying his career high for points in a game… it marked the first
hat trick by a Maple Leafs defenseman since Borje Salming (10/10/81)… Tallied his
300th career point with a goal at TB (11/1)… Registered a career-high, eight-game
point-streak from 10/28-11/11 (7g, 8a)… Represented the eastern Conference at the
2007 NHL all-Star Game in dallas (1/24)… Missed eight games with a concussion…
2007-08: Ranked 1st among team defensemen in assists (45) and points (53).
Ranked fifth among NHL defensemen in assists (45) and ninth in points (53), skating
in all 82 games for Toronto… Led Leafs defensemen in assists and points… Played
his 600th career NHL game, vs. OTT (10/3)… Scored his seventh career regularseason
overtime goal, vs. MTL (10/6)… earned his 300th career NHL assist, vs. BOS
(11/20)… Passed ian Turnbull for third all-time along Maple Leafs defensemen in
assists with his 303rd career helper vs. TB (12/10)… Represented the eastern
Conference at the 2008 NHL all-Star Game in atlanta (1/27)… Won the accuracy
Shooting contest at the 2008 NHL SuperSkills Competition (1/26)… earned his 400th
career NHL point with an assist at OTT (3/22)… 2008-09: Totaled 31 points (4g,
27a) in 57 regular-season games for the Maple Leafs, missing 25 total games due to
a hand injury (1/31-2/26, 3/5-3/28)… Ranked first among Toronto skaters in average
ice-time per game (23:27)… Passed ian Turnbull (415 points) for third all-time among
Toronto defensemen in scoring with a goal and two assists at edM (11/13)… Played
his 700th career NHL game, vs. BOS (11/17)… Represented the eastern Conference
at the 2009 NHL all-Star Game in Montreal (1/25)… 2009-10: Tallied 49 points (7g,
42a) in 82 games for Toronto, ranking first among Maple Leafs in assists and second
in points… Was tied for eighth among NHL defensemen in scoring… earned singlegame
career highs in assists (4) and points (5) at aNa (10/26), becoming the first
Leafs defenseman to record five points in a game since Bob Manno (1g, 4a) on
10/10/81 vs. CHi… Passed Wendel Clark (441 points) for 15th on the Maple Leafs
all-time scoring list with the goal at aNa… Named the NHL’s First Star for the week
ending 11/1 after totaling 12 points (2g, 10a) in four games… Passed doug Gilmour
(452 points) for 14th place on the Maple Leafs all-time scoring list with a pair of
assists vs. MiN (11/10)… Passed Tim Horton (458 points) for second in Leafs history
in scoring by a defensemen and 13th overall on Toronto’s all-time scoring list with an
assist at MTL (12/1)… Passed Lanny Mcdonald (459 points) for 12th on the Leafs’
all-time scoring list with an assist at CBJ (12/3)… Moved past Norm ullman (471
points) for 11th on the Maple Leafs’ all-time scoring list with an assist vs. PiT (1/9)…
earned his 400th career NHL assist vs. SJ (2/8)… Played his 800th career NHL game,
vs. CaR (3/2).
Toronto Maple Leafs History: Spent 12 seasons with the Toronto Maple Leafs and
ranks second in Toronto Maple Leafs franchise history in points (520) and assists
(437) by a defenseman, behind only Borje Salming.
The Stanley Cup: Captured his first career Stanley Cup with the Boston Bruins in
2011, as Boston topped Vancouver in seven games in the Stanley Cup Final. His
brother, Frantisek, won the Cup with Carolina in 2006.