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32 Backstrom25 Belanger47 Bergeron24 Boogaard96 Bouchard15 brunette8 burns26 foster10 Gaborik29 Harding5 johnsson9 koivu20 miettinen11 nolan2 reitz55 schultz51 Sheppard41 skoula19 Veilleux12 Weller3 ZidlickyMarekZidlicky(zihd-LIH-kee, MAIR-ehk)3DEFENSEMANShoots: RightHt: 5-11 • Wt: 191Born: 2/3/77Most, Czech RepublicVS. NHLTEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIMANA 17 1 2 3 -2 6ATL 2 0 0 0 -1 0BOS 2 1 0 1 0 0BUF 3 0 0 0 -1 5CGY 25 1 0 1 -12 29CAR 4 0 0 0 0 2CHI 15 4 3 7 -1 34COL 24 4 4 8 -2 8CBJ 14 1 2 3 -1 18DAL 15 0 1 1 -7 8DET 12 1 1 2 -6 11EDM 23 2 1 3 1 14FLA 2 1 0 1 0 2LA 15 0 3 3 1 11MIN – – – – – –MTL 2 1 0 1 -1 2NSH 13 3 5 8 6 4NJ 2 1 0 1 -1 0NYI 4 0 1 1 -2 2NYR 2 0 0 0 0 0OTT 2 0 1 1 0 7PHI 2 0 0 0 -1 0PHX 17 1 3 4 0 13PIT 2 1 0 1 -1 0SJ 15 2 4 6 0 2STL 12 2 3 5 0 2TB 3 0 0 0 -1 2TOR 1 0 0 0 0 0VAN 26 2 2 4 1 28WSH 4 1 1 2 1 4CAREERHas tallied 31 multi-point games...Owns 175 points (35-140=175) in 307 career NHLgames, all with Nashville.2007-08 HIGHLIGHTSLed Nashville defensemen in points (43) and assists (38)...Paced the club in power-playpoints (25) and power-play assists (21)...Ranked second on the club in average TOI(20:49) and third in assists and blocked shots (84)...Led the Predators in average powerplaytime on ice (4:22)...Registered two of the club’s season-high four three-assist games(2/27 at BUF and 12/27 vs. CBJ)...Appeared in his 300th career NHL game vs. Washington(3/18)...Tied for the club lead in playoff assists (3) while appearing in all six of the club’sWestern Conference Quarterfinal series games vs. DET...Also tied for the team lead inblocked shots (12)...Paced the club in average power-play TOI (3:11)...Tallied one of Nashville’sthree playoff multi-assist games with two in a game three victory.2006-07 HIGHLIGHTSRanked second among Nashville defensemen in assists (26)...Posted five multi-pointgames, including three three-point games...Notched his 100th NHL assist at SJ (2/28)...Skated in his 200th NHL game at PHX (2/1)...Missed two games due to injury...Tallied twoassists in Game 2 Western Conference Quarterfinal vs. SJ (4/13).2005-06 HIGHLIGHTSRanked second among club defensemen and tied for 14th in the NHL in scoring by defensemen(12-37=49)...Established career-highs in PPGs (10) and tied his career-highwith 82 PIM...Tied for third on the team in assists (37) and ranked third in average TOI(20:03)...Notched his 100th career NHL point (assist) at DET (3/21)...Missed 15 gamesdue to injury.2004-05 HIGHLIGHTSLed HIFK (Finland) defensemen and ranked fourth in team scoring (11+20=31).2003-04 HIGHLIGHTSAppeared in all 82 games for the Predators in his first NHL season...Finished sixth inthe NHL in power-play points...Ranked among league defensemen: second in power-playpoints, tied for third in power-play goals, ranked fourth in assists, tied for fourth in pointsand tied for eighth in goals...Notched a team season-high six-game assist streak (6) (3/1-11)...Set a franchise single-game record for points and assists when he posted the club’sfirst five-assist game vs. SJ (2/18)...Registered points (2-5=7) in his first six NHL games(10/9-23), including his first NHL goal vs. DAL (10/11) and an assist in his NHL debut vs.ANA (10/9)...Suffered a concussion in Game 1 (4/7) of the Predators’ Western ConferenceQuarterfinal series vs. DET and missed the next five games.2002-03 HIGHLIGHTSLed defensemen and tied for fifth overall in the Finnish Elite League in scoring with 47points (10+37=47)...Led HIFK Helsinki in assists, tied for the team lead in scoring andfinished second on the team with 79 PIM.2001-02 HIGHLIGHTSTied for second among Finnish league defensemen in scoring (11-29=40) and led HIFKHelsinki in scoring and assists...Played in all 56 games for HIFK Helsinki.2000-01 HIGHLIGHTSLed Finnish league defensemen in scoring (12-25=37)...Led HIFK Helsinki and rankedfourth in the league with 146 PIM...Tied for second on his team with 37 points and rankedthird with 25 assists.1998-99 HIGHLIGHTSLed HC Kladno in PIM (94) and led team defensemen in scoring (10-12=22).INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTSPlayed for the Czech Republic at the 2008 World Championships and ranked secondamong team blueliners in points (1-4=5) and assists (4)...Led Czech defensemen in scoring(1-5=6) at the 2007 World Championships and was voted as one of the Czech Republic’stop three players in the event by tournament coaches...Captured a bronze medal withthe Czech Republic at the 2006 Winter Olympics and led all defensemen in the tournamentwith four goals...Captured a gold medal with the Czech Republic at the 2005 World Championshipsand was selected to the tournament All-Star Team...Tied for the tournamentlead with a +8 rating...Represented the Czech Republic at the 2004 World Cup of Hockeyand tied for second among tournament defensemen in scoring (3-1=4)...Scored goals inthree straight (9/1-9/7/04) for the Czechs, tying for the team lead in goals...Representedthe Czech Republic at both the 1995 and 1996 World Junior Championships.Career TransactionsAcquired by Minnesota from Nashville in exchange for Ryan Jones and a 2009 secondround pick; Acquired by Nashville with Rem Murray and Tomas Kloucek from N.Y. Rangersin exchange for Dunham, December 12, 2002; Originally selected by N.Y. Rangers in thesixth round (176th overall) of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft.SEASON TEAM LEAGUE GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW S S%1994-95 HC Kladno CzRep 30 2 2 4 – 38 – – – – –1995-96 HC Poldi Kladno CzRep 37 4 5 9 – 74 – – – – –1996-97 HC Poldi Kladno CzRep 49 5 16 21 – 60 – – – – –1997-98 Kladno CzRep 51 2 13 15 – 121 – – – – –1998-99 Kladno CzRep 50 10 12 22 – 94 – – – – –1999-00 HIFK Helsinki Finland 47 4 16 20 – 66 – – – – –HIFK Helsinki EuroHL 4 2 2 4 – 10 – – – – –2000-01 HIFK Helsinki Finland 51 12 25 37 – 146 – – – – –2001-02 HIFK Helsinki Finland 56 11 29 40 – 107 – – – – –2002-03 HIFK Helsinki Finland 54 10 37 47 – 79 – – – – –2003-04 NASHVILLE NHL 82 14 39 53 -16 82 9 0 4 143 9.82004-05 HIFK Helsinki Finland 49 11 20 31 – 91 – – – – –2005-06 NASHVILLE NHL 67 12 37 49 8 82 10 0 1 113 10.62006-07 NASHVILLE NHL 79 4 26 30 8 72 2 0 1 114 3.52007-08 NASHVILLE NHL 79 5 38 43 -5 63 4 0 0 122 4.1NHL TOTALS 307 35 140 175 -5 299 25 0 6 492 7.1SEASON TEAM LEAGUE GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW S S%1994-95 HC Kladno CzRep 11 1 1 2 – 10 – – – – –1995-96 HC Poldi Kladno CzRep 7 1 1 2 – 8 – – – – –1996-97 HC Poldi Kladno CzRep 2 0 0 0 – 0 – – – – –1999-00 HIFK Helsinki Finland 9 3 2 5 – 24 – – – – –HIFK Helsinki EuroHL 1 0 0 0 – 0 – – – – –2000-01 HIFK Helsinki Finland 5 0 1 1 – 6 – – – – –2002-03 HIFK Helsinki Finland 4 0 0 0 – 4 – – – – –2003-04 NASHVILLE NHL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.02004-05 HIFK Helsinki Finland 5 0 3 3 – 14 – – – – –2005-06 NASHVILLE NHL 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 7 0.02006-07 NASHVILLE NHL 5 0 2 2 -1 4 0 0 0 8 0.02007-08 NASHVILLE NHL 6 0 3 3 -2 8 0 0 0 11 0.0NHL TOTALS 14 0 0 6 -3 14 0 0 0 26 0.0PERSONALMarek Zidlicky and his wife, Karina,have a son, Adam and residein theCzech Republic during the offseason…Listsriding his motorcycle ashis favorite hobby…Most memorablehockey moment was winninggold medal at 2005 World Championshipsin Austria…Says BrianLeetch was the person that mostinspired his hockey career…Startedplaying hockey when he wasseven years old…Lists soccer ashis favorite sport and Ronaldino ashis favorite athlete…Enjoys listeningto rock music and lists Gladiatoras his favorite movie…Mostmemorable moment away from therink is the birth of the son.ZIDLICKY’S PLAYING CAREERZIDLICKY’S POSTSEASON CAREERZIDLICKY’S INTERNATIONAL CAREERSEASON TEAM LEAGUE GP G A PTS +/- PIM1994-95 Czech Republic WJC 7 0 2 2 – 311996-97 Czech Republic WJC 7 0 5 5 – 122004-05 Czech Republic WorldCup 5 3 1 4 3 22004-05 Czech Republic Worlds 9 1 3 4 – 182005-06 Czech Republic Olympics 7 4 1 5 – 162006-07 Czech Republic Worlds 7 1 5 6 – 62007-08 Czech Republic Worlds 7 1 4 5 4 6INTERNATIONAL TOTALS 49 10 21 31 – 91NHL HIGHLIGHTSMost Goals, Game:2 – three timesMost Assists, Game:5 – vs. SJ, 2/18/04Most Points, Game:5 – vs. SJ, 2/18/04Most PIM, Game:7 – two timesGoal Streak:2g – five timesAssist Streak:6g – 3/1-3/11/04Point Streak:6g – two timesCareer Hat Tricks:NoneMarek ZidlickyTable of contents Hockey Operations Wild THings The Players Team History Team Records Playoff History The NHL