Jiří Šlégr
Born (1971-05-30) 30 May 1971
Jihlava, Czechoslovakia
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Czech Extraliga team HC Litvínov
Played for Vancouver Canucks
Edmonton Oilers
Pittsburgh Penguins
Atlanta Thrashers
Detroit Red Wings
Boston Bruins
National team  Czechoslovakia and
 Czech Republic
NHL Draft 23rd overall, 1990
Vancouver Canucks
Playing career 1988–2015

Jiří Šlégr (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjɪr̝iː ˈʃlɛːɡr̩] ⓘ; born 30 May 1971) is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman, and was a member of the 2001–02 Detroit Red Wings Stanley Cup championship team after being acquired in a late-season trade. Šlégr was inducted into the Czech Ice Hockey Hall of Fame on December 12, 2019.

In 2010, Šlégr, a candidate of the Czech Social Democratic Party, was elected into the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic.

Playing career

Šlégr was drafted 23rd overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. Šlégr played parts of three seasons with the Canucks, before being traded to the Edmonton Oilers for Roman Oksiuta, where he played for parts of two seasons. He spent the 1996–97 season playing in Södertälje SK in Sweden. He then returned to the NHL, where he had been traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins for a 3rd round draft pick, and played three and a half seasons there, wearing number 71 that would later be more associated with Evgeni Malkin. In January 2001, he was traded to the Atlanta Thrashers for a 3rd round draft pick. Atlanta traded Šlégr to the Detroit Red Wings for Yuri Butsayev and a 3rd round draft pick in March 2002 and won the Stanley Cup with the Red Wings that season.

He signed as a free agent with Vancouver in September 2003, but was traded to the Boston Bruins in January 2004 for a conditional pick after falling out of favor with Vancouver Canucks coach Marc Crawford. Šlégr spent the 2004–05 NHL lockout season with HC Litvínov in the Czech Republic before returning to the Boston Bruins for the 2005–06 season. After leaving the NHL, Šlégr returned to the Czech Republic to play for HC Litvínov, and for EHC Biel of the NLA during the 2007 playoffs.

International play

Medal record
Men's ice hockey
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Winter Olympics
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Albertville
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Canada
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Finland
Representing  Czech Republic
Winter Olympics
Gold medal – first place 1998 Nagano
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place2004 World Cup
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Vienna
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Switzerland
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Finland

Šlégr won a gold medal in the 2005 World Championships and 1998 Olympics for the Czech Republic, and a bronze medal in the 1992 Olympics for Czechoslovakia. Along with the Stanley Cup he won with the Detroit Red Wings in 2002, Šlégr won all three major trophies in ice-hockey, gaining entry to the prestigious Triple Gold Club.

Political career

In the 2010 elections, Šlégr was elected into the Chamber of Deputies as a candidate of the Czech Social Democratic Party in the Ústecký kraj, a region in northern Bohemia. Although the Social Democrats won the elections, they found themselves isolated and a right-wing government led by Petr Nečas was formed instead, forcing the Social Democratic Chairman, Jiří Paroubek, to resign. Šlégr, loyal to Paroubek, followed the former chairman in 2011 when he left the Social Democrats and founded a new party, the National Socialists – 21st Century Left. Since he had refused to resign, Šlégr remained in the Parliament as an unaffiliated MP.[1]

Šlégr announced on June 14, 2013 that he was "going back to the clean environment among athletes" and stepped down from his position.[2]

Personal life

He is the estranged son of former Vancouver Canucks defenceman Jiří Bubla. He legally changed his surname from Bubla to his stepfather's surname of Šlégr as a child.

Šlégr was married 15 years with Kateřina Šlégrová. The couple split in November 2010 and divorced in February 2013.[3] Šlégr married Lucie Králová in May, 2015.[4]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1985–86 TJ CHZ Litvínov CSR U16 363131612 —————
1986–87 TJ CHZ Litvínov CSR U16 3618274538 —————
1987–88 TJ CHZ Litvínov CSR U18 ————— —————
1987–88 TJ CHZ Litvínov CSR 41120 —————
1988–89 TJ CHZ Litvínov CSR U18 ————— —————
1988–89 TJ CHZ Litvínov CSR 80004 —————
1989–90 TJ CHZ Litvínov CSR U18 ————— —————
1989–90 TJ CHZ Litvínov CSR 5141519— —————
1990–91 HC CHZ Litvínov CSR 4711364726 —————
1991–92 HC Chemopetrol Litvínov CSR 429233246 —————
1992–93 Vancouver Canucks NHL 4142226109 50334
1992–93 Hamilton Canucks AHL 214141842 —————
1993–94 Vancouver Canucks NHL 785333886 —————
1994–95 HC Litvínov, s.r.o. ELH 13310130 —————
1994–95 Vancouver Canucks NHL 1915632 —————
1994–95 Edmonton Oilers NHL 1215614 —————
1995–96 Edmonton Oilers NHL 574131774 —————
1995–96 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 41234 —————
1996–97 Södertälje SK SHL 304141862 1042632
1996–97 HC Chemopetrol, a.s. ELH 10000 —————
1996–97 HC Becherovka Karlovy Vary CZE II 5134— —————
1997–98 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 7351217109 60442
1998–99 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 633202386 1313412
1999–2000 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 7411203182 1023519
2000–01 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 425101560 —————
2000–01 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 333161936 —————
2001–02 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 3835851 —————
2001–02 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80118 10002
2002–03 HC Chemopetrol, a.s. ELH 1023514 —————
2002–03 Avangard Omsk RSL 61238 903345
2003–04 Vancouver Canucks NHL 162578 —————
2003–04 Boston Bruins NHL 364151927 71120
2004–05 HC Chemopetrol, a.s. ELH 4662329135 612330
2005–06 Boston Bruins NHL 325111656 —————
2006–07 HC Chemopetrol, a.s. ELH 418816134 —————
2006–07 EHC Biel NLA ————— 22248
2007–08 HC Litvínov ELH 457613121 511222
2008–09 HC Litvínov ELH 485263198 30004
2009–10 HC BENZINA Litvínov ELH 1120239 10004
2013–14 HC Verva Litvínov ELH 2826852 —————
2014–15 HC Verva Litvínov ELH 1741526 —————
TCH totals 152 25 75 100 76 — — — — —
NHL totals 62256193249838 424141839
ELH totals 246 36 79 115 671 20 2 6 8 66

International

Year Team Event Place   GP G A Pts PIM
1989 Czechoslovakia EJC 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 3 1 4 4
1990 Czechoslovakia WJC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 3 4 7 18
1991 Czechoslovakia WJC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 0 9 9 14
1991 Czechoslovakia WC 6th 9 2 1 3 32
1991 Czechoslovakia CC 6th 5 0 1 1 25
1992 Czechoslovakia OLY 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8 1 1 2 14
1996 Czech Republic WCH 8th 3 0 0 0 6
1997 Czech Republic WC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8 1 1 2 35
1998 Czech Republic OLY 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 1 0 1 8
1998 Czech Republic WC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 0 1 1 20
2004 Czech Republic WCH 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 1 0 1 2
2004 Czech Republic WC 5th 7 0 2 2 10
2005 Czech Republic WC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 9 0 0 0 6
Junior totals 20 6 5 11 36
Senior totals 64 6 7 13 158

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tajná svatba! Nejvnadnější miss Králová řekla ano hokejistovi Šlégrovi!". Czech news center a.s. (in Czech). 1 May 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  2. ↑ Josef Kopecký (October 7, 2011). "Politický přestup roku: Paroubek, Šlégr a Benda opustili ČSSD". idnes.cz (in Czech). Retrieved October 8, 2011.
  3. ↑ Tereza Kühnelová (20 February 2013). "Zamilovaný Šlégr: Poprvé po rozvodu líbal Královou na veřejnosti!". Blesk.cz. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  4. ↑ "Tajná svatba! Nejvnadnější miss Králová řekla ano hokejistovi Šlégrovi!". Czech news center a.s. (in Czech). 1 May 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
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