Jan Hrdina (born February 5, 1976) is a Czech former professional ice hockey player.

Playing career

Hrdina was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft in the 5th round, 128th overall.

In March 2003, the Pittsburgh Penguins traded Hrdina and François Leroux to the Phoenix Coyotes for Ramzi Abid, Dan Focht and Guillaume Lefebvre. One year later, March 2004, the Phoenix Coyotes traded him to the New Jersey Devils for Michael Rupp and a second-round draft pick in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.

On August 28, 2006, Hrdina signed a six-month contract with the Swedish elite club HV71 in Elitserien. He joined the club on October 18, 2006, due to some Swedish tax laws concerning the specific type of contract signed. Before that he started the season 2006–07 playing for HIFK in the Finnish SM-liiga. After the season, he extended the contract for another two years

Hrdina played three games with Swedish Elitserien club HV71 during the 2008–09 season. Because of an ongoing hip problem, Hrdina returned to the United States to have surgery.

In an interview from July 2011, Hrdina commented that he was retired from professional hockey due to two hip surgeries on the same hip, which put loads of pressure on his leg when skating. Aside from the hip surgery, Hrdina has also admitted that he had problems with his groin and back over the previous five or six years.

Personal

Since his retirement, Hrdina has returned to his hometown of Hradec Kralove where he is a member of the Czech Extraliga board.

Hrdina has two children; a daughter (born 2008) and a son (born 2010).

Awards

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
1993–94HC Stadion Hradec KrálovéCZE U20101670—————
1993–94HC Stadion Hradec KrálovéELH231560—————
1994–95Seattle ThunderbirdsWHL6941591007940118
1995–96Seattle ThunderbirdsWHL3019284737—————
1995–96Spokane ChiefsWHL1810162625185141949
1996–97Cleveland LumberjacksIHL6823315482131238
1997–98Syracuse CrunchAHL7220244482513410
1998–99Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL82132942401341512
1999–2000Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL7013334643948122
2000–01Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL7815284348182578
2001–02Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL7924335750—————
2002–03Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL5714253934—————
2002–03Phoenix CoyotesNHL40448—————
2003–04Phoenix CoyotesNHL5511152630—————
2003–04New Jersey DevilsNHL131671052022
2004–05HC Rabat KladnoELH234373873364
2005–06Columbus Blue JacketsNHL7510233378—————
2006–07HIFKSM-l1026822—————
2006–07HV71SEL41719266614281082
2007–08TPSSM-l40112—————
2007–08HV71SEL51182442601761753
2008–09HV71SEL30000—————
NHL totals5131011962973414512142624
SHL totals95254368126318917135

Statistics as of February 2, 2010.

International

YearTeamEventGPGAPtsPIM
1994Czech RepublicEJC51120
1995Czech RepublicWJC72134
2002Czech RepublicOG40000
2002Czech RepublicWC721312
Junior totals123254
Senior totals1121312

Statistics as of January 14, 2019.

Salary Information

YearTeamLeagueSalary
1998–99Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL$360,000
1999–2000Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL$500,000
2000–01Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL$700,000
2001–02Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL$1,000,000
2002–03Pittsburgh Penguins/Phoenix CoyotesNHL$1,250,000
2003–04Phoenix Coyotes/NJ DevilsNHL$2,200,000
2004–05NHL LockoutNHL$0
2005–06Columbus Blue JacketsNHL$1,000,000
Totals7 SeasonsNHL$7,010,000

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