Thomas Vanek
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Thomas Vanek Facts
- Date of Birth
- Jan 19, 1984
- Age
- 42
- Place of Birth
- Baden bei Wien, AUT
- Nation
- Austria
- Youth Team
- EK Zell am See
- Position
- LW/RW
- Height
- 188 cm / 6'2"
- Weight
- 97 kg / 214 lbs
- Shoots
- R
- Status
- Retired
- Highlights
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Brother-in-law: Josef Vasicek
Father: Zdenek Vanek
Son: Blake Vanek
Vanek became the highest-drafted Austrian player in NHL history when he was taken 5th overall in 2003. The big winger played for 8 teams during his career: the Sabres, Islanders, Canadiens, Wild, Red Wings, Panthers, Canucks, and Blue Jackets. He was an 8x 25-goal scorer and retired in 2019 with 373 goals and 789 points.
Team Staff profile of Thomas Vanek also available »Father: Zdenek Vanek
Son: Blake Vanek
Vanek became the highest-drafted Austrian player in NHL history when he was taken 5th overall in 2003. The big winger played for 8 teams during his career: the Sabres, Islanders, Canadiens, Wild, Red Wings, Panthers, Canucks, and Blue Jackets. He was an 8x 25-goal scorer and retired in 2019 with 373 goals and 789 points.
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| S | Team | League | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | +/- | POST | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96-97 |  Austria Stars PW | QC Int PW | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
| 97-98 | Austria Stars PW | QC Int PW | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Thomas Vanek Game Log
2018-2019
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| Date | Team | Opp | Score | G | A | TP | PIM | +/- | SOG | PPG | SHG | TOI |
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| Sun 24/03 |  | @ | ||||||||||
| Fri 22/03 | | @ | ||||||||||
| Tue 19/03 | | @ | ||||||||||
| Sat 16/03 | | vs | ||||||||||
| Thu 14/03 | | vs | ||||||||||
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| League | Years | GP | G | A | TP | PPG | PIM | +/- | Years | GP | G | A | TP | PPG | PIM | +/- |
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| AHL | 1 | 74 | 42 | 26 | 68 | 0.92 | 62 | -3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1.00 | 10 | 4 |
| EBEL (ICEHL) | 1 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 1.36 | 4 | -3 | 0 | |||||||
 International | 4 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 0.95 | 14 | -6* | 0 | |||||||
 NAHL | 1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0.71 | 8 | - | 0 | |||||||
| NCAA | 2 | 83 | 57 | 56 | 113 | 1.36 | 132 | - | 0 | |||||||
| NHL | 14 | 1029 | 373 | 416 | 789 | 0.77 | 547 | 5 | 7 | 69 | 21 | 15 | 36 | 0.52 | 26 | -17 |
| OG | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | 4 | -4 | 0 | |||||||
| OGQ | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | -1 | 0 | |||||||
 QC Int PW | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |||||||
| USHL | 3 | 108 | 80 | 73 | 153 | 1.42 | 81 | - | 3 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0.71 | 11 | - |
| WC | 3 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 0.89 | 4 | -1 | 0 | |||||||
| WC D1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2.00 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
| WCup | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | 2 | -2 | 0 | |||||||
| WJC-20 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.67 | 37 | -8 | 0 | |||||||
| WJC-20 D1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 2.40 | 12 | 10 | 0 |
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Thomas Vanek Career Highlights
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Thomas Vanek Biography and Trivia
Drafted 2001, 1 #25 by Brandon Wheat Kings in the CHL Import Draft
Cult/Star player for Austria
Cult/Star player for Buffalo Sabres
Cult/Star player for Sioux Falls Stampede
- 2014-03-05 • Traded to the Montréal Canadiens for Sebastian Collberg and a conditional 2nd-round draft pick.
- 2013-10-27 • Traded to the New York Islanders for Matt Moulson and a 2014 1st and 2015 2nd-round NHL draft pick.
Memorable dates and notes
- 2004-04-15 • Debut for Team Austria (1:2 vs. Germany in Ravensburg, GER)
- 2003-04-12 • Scored the GWG against New Hampshire in the National-Championship-Game at the NCAA-FrozenFour.
- He has Czech and Slovak parents. His father Zdeněk Vaněk (born in Hradec Králové) was a proffesional ice-hockey player as well. His mother Jarmila Vaňková is Slovak. They moved from Czechoslovakia two years before Thomas was born.