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

HIGHLIGHTS
Forward • Shoots Left Acquired: 12/3/09, Trade with TOR
6'0" • 209 lbs. 2010-11 Teams: Carolina (NHL)/Charlotte (AHL)
3/16/88 • Slany, Czech Republic Drafted: Toronto 2006 (1-13-1)
NHL FIRSTS: NHL HIgHS:
game: 10/25/07; 5-2 TOR W at PiT goals: 2-2x (Last: 3/29/08; 4-2 TOR W vs. MTL)
Point: 10/25/07; 5-2 TOR W at PiT (goal) Assists: 3 (1/15/09; 6-4 TOR W at CaR)
goal: 10/25/07; 5-2 TOR W at PiT (Fleury) Points: 3-2x (Last: 1/15/09; 6-4 TOR W at CaR)
Penalty Min: 4-2x (Last: 2/5/11; 4-3 CaR OT W vs. aTL)
goal Streak: 2 games-3x (Last: 12/4/10-12/10/10: 2g)
Assist Streak: 3 games (1/10/10-1/14/10: 3a)
Point Streak: 3 games (1/10/10-1/14/10: 0g, 3a)
CAREER STATS
60 / 2011-12 Media Guide
JIRI TLUSTY 19
REgULAR SEASON PLAYOFFS
YEAR TEAM LEAgUE gP g A TP PIM gP g A TP PIM
2001-02 HC Kladno u17 Czech-u17 1 0 0 0 0 – – – – –
2002-03 HC Kladno u17 Czech-u17 48 28 17 45 22 10 5 4 9 12
2003-04 HC Kladno u17 Czech-u17 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2
HC Kladno Jr. Czech-Jr. 51 10 3 13 12 1 0 0 0 0
2004-05 HC Kladno Jr. Czech-Jr. 42 15 12 27 54 10 2 2 4 8
2005-06 (a) HC Kladno Jr. Czech-Jr. 6 4 2 6 2 6 7 6 13 6
HC Rabat Kladno Czech 44 7 3 10 51 – – – – –
2006-07 Sault Ste. Marie OHL 37 13 21 34 28 13 9 8 17 14
Toronto Marlies aHL 6 3 1 4 4 – – – – –
2007-08 Toronto NHL 58 10 6 16 14 – – – – –
Toronto Marlies aHL 14 7 11 18 8 19 2 8 10 8
2008-09 Toronto NHL 14 0 4 4 0 – – – – –
Toronto Marlies aHL 66 25 41 66 26 6 1 2 3 2
2009-10 (b) Toronto NHL 2 0 0 0 0 – – – – –
Toronto Marlies aHL 19 8 7 15 4 – – – – –
Carolina NHL 18 1 5 6 6 – – – – –
albany aHL 20 6 9 15 10 5 0 1 1 0
2010-11 Carolina NHL 57 6 6 12 14 – – – – –
Charlotte aHL 5 1 1 2 4 – – – – –
Hurricanes Totals (2 Seasons) 75 7 11 18 20 – – – – –
NHL Totals (4 seasons) 149 17 21 38 34 – – – – –
(a) June 23, 2006—Selected by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2006 NHL entry draft. First Leafs pick, 13th overall, first round.
(b) dec. 3, 2009—acquired by the Carolina Hurricanes from the Toronto Maple Leafs for the rights to center Philippe Paradis.
PERSONAL
Jiri has a girlfriend named alexandra and spends his summer in Kladno, Czech
Republic, where he still enjoys helping out on the family farm… He has a dog
named Chejla that stays in the Czech Republic year-round… Jiri started playing
hockey at age 6 in Slany… He says the biggest influences on his career were
his parents… His favorite player growing up was Jaromir Jagr, who is from his
hometown… His favorite television show is 48 Hours and his favorite movie is
The Hangover… He says he listens to every type of music and his favorite book is
the biography of ivan Hlinka… His biggest game-day habit is a nap and he enjoys
italian and Czech food as well as steak… His favorite restaurant in the Triangle is
VS. NHL
CLUB gP g A PTS PIM
aNa 1 0 0 0 0
BOS 11 1 0 1 2
BuF 12 2 0 2 4
CGY 2 0 0 0 2
CaR 4 1 3 4 0
CHi 2 0 1 1 0
COL 2 0 0 0 2
CBJ 2 0 0 0 0
daL 3 1 0 1 0
deT 4 0 1 1 0
edM 2 0 1 1 0
FLa 7 0 1 1 0
La 1 0 0 0 0
MiN 0 0 0 0 0
MTL 11 2 3 5 6
NSH 4 1 0 1 0
NJ 7 0 3 3 0
NYi 8 1 1 2 2
NYR 8 0 1 1 0
OTT 10 3 1 4 0
PHi 9 0 0 0 4
PHX 0 0 0 0 0
PiT 6 2 1 3 0
STL 3 0 0 0 0
SJ 1 0 0 0 2
TB 7 0 0 0 0
TOR 4 0 1 1 0
VaN 0 0 0 0 0
WSH 9 1 1 2 2
WPG 9 2 2 4 8
Sullivan’s and his favorite video game is Call of duty… Jiri enjoys playing tennis and
soccer… His favorite athlete outside of hockey is usain Bolt and his favorite teams
are soccer clubs Barcelona, Liverpool and Real Madrid… The people he would
most like to meet are Gordie Howe and Wayne Gretzky… His most-memorable
hockey moment was his first NHL game… His favorite former teammates are Mats
Sundin and Bates Battaglia… He enjoys playing in the NHL because it is “the best
league in the world” and because of the travel in North america… His favorite road
cities are Toronto and Phoenix, favorite road arena is Bell Centre and favorite teams
to play against are Pittsburgh and Montreal.