Frantisek Kucera

#4 HC Slavia Praha / Czechia - 04/05

Date of Birth: Feb 03, 1968
Age: 58
Place of Birth: Praha, CZE
Nation: Czechia
Youth Team: HC Sparta Praha
Position: D
Height: 188 cm / 6'2"
Weight: 93 kg / 205 lbs
Shoots: L
Status: Retired

Frantisek Kucera Facts

Drafted: 1986 round 4 #77 overall by Chicago Black Hawks

Brother: Vojtech Kucera
Sons: Frank Kucera and Jakub Kucera

Team Staff profile also available: Frantisek Kucera

Frantisek Kucera Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1983-1984	HC Sparta Praha U18	Czechoslovakia U18	36	15	19	34	-	-
1984-1985	TJ Sparta Praha	Czechoslovakia	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984-1985	Czechoslovakia U18	EJC-18	5	0	2	2	2	-
1985-1986	HC Sparta Praha U18	Czechoslovakia U18	25	2	16	18	-	-
1985-1986	TJ Sparta Praha	Czechoslovakia	15	0	0	0	10	-
1985-1986	Czechoslovakia U18	EJC-18	5	1	2	3	4	-
1986-1987	HC Sparta Praha U18	Czechoslovakia U18	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986-1987	TJ Sparta Praha	Czechoslovakia	34	4	2	6	14	-	Playoffs	6	1	0	1	-	-
1986-1987	Czechoslovakia U20	WJC-20	7	1	2	3	2	-
1987-1988	TJ Sparta Praha	Czechoslovakia	45	7	2	9	30	9
1987-1988	Czechoslovakia U20	WJC-20	7	1	2	3	2	-
1988-1989	ASD Dukla Jihlava	Czechoslovakia	34	6	6	12	28	-	Playoffs	11	4	3	7	-	-
1988-1989	Czechoslovakia	WC	6	0	1	1	6	4
1988-1989	Czechoslovakia (all)	International	18	1	-	-	-	-
1989-1990	ASD Dukla Jihlava	Czechoslovakia	40	9	10	19	42	34	Playoffs	1	1	0	1	0	-
1989-1990	Czechoslovakia (all)	International	4	0	-	-	-	-
1990-1991	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	40	2	12	14	32	3
1990-1991	Indianapolis Ice	IHL	35	8	19	27	23	-	Playoffs	7	0	1	1	15	-
1991-1992	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	61	3	10	13	36	3	Playoffs	6	0	0	0	0	-3
1991-1992	Indianapolis Ice	IHL	7	1	2	3	4	-
1991-1992	Czechoslovakia	CC	5	0	0	0	4	-1
1991-1992	Czechoslovakia (all)	International	7	0	-	-	-	-
1992-1993	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	71	5	14	19	59	7
1993-1994	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	60	4	13	17	34	9
1993-1994	Hartford Whalers	NHL	16	1	3	4	14	-12
1993-1994	Czechia	WC	4	0	0	0	2	-1
1993-1994	Czechia (all)	International	6	0	0	0	2	-
1994-1995	HC Sparta Praha	Czechia	16	1	2	3	14	2
1994-1995	Hartford Whalers	NHL	48	3	17	20	30	3
1995-1996	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	24	1	0	1	10	5	Playoffs	6	0	1	1	0	-3
1995-1996	Hartford Whalers	NHL	30	2	6	8	10	-3
1996-1997	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	2	0	0	0	0	0
1996-1997	Syracuse Crunch	AHL	42	6	29	35	36	-6
1996-1997	Houston Aeros	IHL	12	0	3	3	20	-5
1996-1997	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	2	0	0	0	2	-2
1996-1997	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL	9	1	5	6	2	8	Playoffs	10	1	6	7	20	3
1997-1998	HC Sparta Praha	Czechia	42	8	11	19	44	4	Playoffs	9	3	1	4	53	-1
1997-1998	Czechia Olympics	OG	6	0	0	0	0	3
1997-1998	Czechia	WC	8	4	0	4	4	4
1997-1998	Czechia (all)	International	27	6	0	6	4	-
1998-1999	HC Sparta Praha "C"	Czechia	41	3	12	15	92	15	Playoffs	8	0	2	2	34	3
1998-1999	Czechia	WC	10	0	6	6	6	6
1998-1999	Czechia (all)	International	21	2	6	8	6	-
1999-2000	HC Sparta Praha "C"	Czechia	51	7	26	33	46	40	Playoffs	9	1	9	10	4	3
1999-2000	Czechia	WC	9	2	2	4	6	8
1999-2000	Czechia (all)	International	22	3	6	9	16	-
2000-2001	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	48	2	5	7	12	-5
2000-2001	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	7	0	2	2	0	-2
2001-2002	HC Sparta Praha	Czechia	10	2	2	4	2	-4
2001-2002	Washington Capitals	NHL	56	1	13	14	12	7
2001-2002	Czechia (all)	International	4	0	1	1	2	2
2002-2003	HC Slavia Praha "A"	Czechia	44	4	15	19	26	11	Playoffs	6	0	1	1	0	4
2002-2003	Czechia (all)	International	12	3	2	5	10	-
2003-2004	HC Slavia Praha "A"	Czechia	11	1	1	2	6	-3	Playoffs	16	0	2	2	6	3
2004-2005	HC Slavia Praha	Czechia	8	0	0	0	4	-3

Frantisek Kucera Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1985-1986	Czechoslovakia U18	Viking Cup	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998-1999	HC Sparta Praha	Euro HL	4	0	2	2	8	-	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	2	-
1998-1999	Czechia	EHT	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999-2000	HC Sparta Praha "C"	Euro HL	6	0	2	2	4	2	Playoffs	4	0	1	1	2	3
1999-2000	Czechia	EHT	10	0	3	3	10	-
2001-2002	Czechia	EHT	4	0	1	1	2	2
2002-2003	Czechia "C"	EHT	10	3	2	5	8	-

Frantisek Kucera Career Totals by League

League	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	1	51	7	34	41	0.80	38	2	1	10	1	6	7	0.70	20	3
CC	1	5	0	0	0	0.00	4	-1	0
Czechia	8	223	26	69	95	0.43	234	62	5	48	4	15	19	0.40	97	12
Czechoslovakia	6	168*	26*	20*	46*	0.27*	124*	43*	3	18	6	3	9	0.50	0	-
Czechoslovakia U18	3	61*	17*	35*	52*	0.85*	-	-	0
EHT	4	24*	3*	6*	9*	0.38*	20*	2*	0
EJC-18	2	10	1	4	5	0.50	6	-	0
Euro HL	2	10	0	4	4	0.40	12	2*	2	6	0	1	1	0.17	4	3*
IHL	3	54	9	24	33	0.61	47	-5*	1	7	0	1	1	0.14	15	-
International	9	121	15	15*	30*	0.25*	40*	2*	0
NHL	9	465	24	95	119	0.26	251	13	2	12	0	1	1	0.08	0	-6
OG	1	6	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0
Viking Cup	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
WC	5	37	6	9	15	0.41	24	21	0
WJC-20	2	14	2	4	6	0.43	4	-	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Frantisek Kucera Career Totals by Team

Team	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
ASD Dukla Jihlava	2	74	15	16	31	0.42	70	34*	2	12	5	3	8	0.67	0	-
Chicago Blackhawks	4	232	14	49	63	0.27	161	22	1	6	0	0	0	0.00	0	-3
Columbus Blue Jackets	1	48	2	5	7	0.15	12	-5	0
Czechia	4	31	6	8	14	0.45	18	17	0
Czechia (EHT)	4	24*	3*	6*	9*	0.38*	20*	2*	0
Czechia (all)	6	92	14	15	29	0.32	40	2*	0
Czechia Olympics	1	6	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0
Czechoslovakia (CC)	1	5	0	0	0	0.00	4	-1	0
Czechoslovakia	1	6	0	1	1	0.17	6	4	0
Czechoslovakia (all)	3	29	1	-	1*	0.03*	-	-	0
Czechoslovakia U18	2	10	1	4	5	0.50	6	-	0
Czechoslovakia U18 (Cup)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Czechoslovakia U20	2	14	2	4	6	0.43	4	-	0
Hartford Whalers	3	94	6	26	32	0.34	54	-12	0
HC Slavia Praha	3	63	5	16	21	0.33	36	5	2	22	0	3	3	0.14	6	7
HC Sparta Praha	9	264*	32*	61*	93*	0.35*	264*	68*	4	38	5	13	18	0.47	95*	8*
HC Sparta Praha U18	3	61*	17*	35*	52*	0.85*	-	-	0
Houston Aeros	1	12	0	3	3	0.25	20	-5	0
Indianapolis Ice	2	42	9	21	30	0.71	27	-	1	7	0	1	1	0.14	15	-
Philadelphia Flyers	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	2	-2	0
Philadelphia Phantoms	1	9	1	5	6	0.67	2	8	1	10	1	6	7	0.70	20	3
Pittsburgh Penguins	1	7	0	2	2	0.29	0	-2	0
Syracuse Crunch	1	42	6	29	35	0.83	36	-6	0
Vancouver Canucks	2	26	1	0	1	0.04	10	5	1	6	0	1	1	0.17	0	-3
Washington Capitals	1	56	1	13	14	0.25	12	7	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Frantisek Kucera Career Highlights

Season	Awards
1984-1985	U18 EJC Bronze Medal
1985-1986	U18 EJC All-Star Team U18 EJC Bronze Medal
1986-1987	Czechia U18 Champion U20 WJC Silver Medal
1988-1989	World Championship Bronze Medal
1997-1998	Czech Extraliga Best Defenseman Czech Extraliga Playoffs Most Penalized Player (53) Olympic Gold Medal World Championship All-Star Team World Championship Best Defenseman World Championship Bronze Medal
1998-1999	World Championship Best Defenseman World Championship Gold Medal
1999-2000	Czech Extraliga Best Defenseman Czech Extraliga Best Plus/Minus (+40) Czech Extraliga Champion Czech Extraliga Player of the Year Czech Extraliga Playoffs Most Assists (9) World Championship Gold Medal
2000-2001	World Championship Gold Medal
2001-2002	Czech Extraliga Champion
2002-2003	Czech and Slovakian Extraliga All-Star Game (Czech Extraliga) Czech Extraliga Champion
2003-2004	Czech Extraliga Silver Medal

Frantisek Kucera Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for HC Slavia Praha
Cult/Star player for HC Sparta Praha

Other memorable dates
- 1990-11-14 • Scored his first NHL goal (vs. Detroit Red Wings vs. Tim Cheveldae)
- 1990-10-04 • Made his NHL debut (vs. New York Rangers)