Rostislav Olesz

HK Nový Jičín / Czechia3 - 23/24

Date of Birth: Oct 10, 1985
Age: 41
Place of Birth: Bilovec, CZE
Nation: Czechia
Youth Team: HC Poruba
Position: LW/RW
Height: 186 cm / 6'1"
Weight: 97 kg / 214 lbs
Shoots: L
Status: Retired

Rostislav Olesz Facts

Drafted: 2004 round 1 #7 overall by Florida Panthers

Family relations:
Father-in-law: Jiri Überall
Son: Tadeas Olesz

Rostislav Olesz Statistics

									Post
1999-2000	HC Vitkovice U18	Czechia U18	48	23	20	43	56	26	Playoffs	3	1	0	1	2	-1
2000-2001	HC Vitkovice U18	Czechia U18	31	42	27	69	57	58	Playoffs	2	2	3	5	0	4
2000-2001	HC Vítkovice U20	Czechia U20	15	8	2	10	16	4
2000-2001	HC Vítkovice	Czechia	3	0	1	1	0	1
2000-2001	Czechia U16 (all)	International-Jr	11	-	-	-	-	-
2000-2001	Czechia U17 (all)	International-Jr	5	-	-	-	-	-
2001-2002	HC Vitkovice U18	Czechia U18	2	2	0	2	0	2
2001-2002	HC Vítkovice U20	Czechia U20	34	19	20	39	81	23	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	2	0
2001-2002	HC Vítkovice	Czechia	11	1	2	3	0	-1
2001-2002	Czechia U18 (all)	International-Jr	6	-	-	-	-	-
2002-2003	HC Vítkovice U20	Czechia U20	7	1	1	2	12	-
2002-2003	HC Vítkovice	Czechia	40	6	3	9	41	3	Playoffs	5	0	0	0	2	0
2002-2003	HC Dukla Jihlava Loan	Czechia2	2	1	0	1	0	3	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0	0
2002-2003	HC Slezan Opava Loan	Czechia2	1	0	0	0	0	-2
2002-2003	Czechia U18	WJC-18	6	2	3	5	4	-4
2002-2003	Czechia U18 (all)	International-Jr	6	2	3	5	4	-
2002-2003	Czechia (all)	International	1	0	0	0	0	-
2003-2004	HC Vítkovice U20	Czechia U20	3	2	0	2	0	2
2003-2004	HC Vítkovice	Czechia	35	1	11	12	10	6	Playoffs	6	2	1	3	4	1
2003-2004	Czechia U20	WJC-20	6	3	2	5	6	4
2003-2004	Czechia U20 (all)	International-Jr	17	6	8	14	12	-
2003-2004	Czechia (all)	International	2	0	0	0	0	-
2004-2005	HC Sparta Praha U20 Loan	Czechia U20	0	0	0	0	0	-	Playoffs	1	0	1	1	0	2
2004-2005	HC Sparta Praha Loan	Czechia	47	6	7	13	12	7	Playoffs	5	0	2	2	0	-1
2004-2005	Czechia U20	WJC-20	7	7	3	10	12	8
2004-2005	Czechia U20 (all)	International-Jr	10	9	5	14	14	-
2004-2005	Czechia (all)	International	8	2	0	2	8	-
2005-2006	Florida Panthers	NHL	59	8	13	21	24	-4
2005-2006	Czechia Olympics	OG	8	0	0	0	2	1
2005-2006	Czechia (all)	International	8	0	0	0	2	-
2006-2007	Florida Panthers	NHL	75	11	19	30	28	2
2006-2007	Rochester Americans	AHL	4	1	2	3	4	1
2006-2007	Czechia	WC	7	2	3	5	4	2
2006-2007	Czechia (all)	International	9	2	3	5	4	-
2007-2008	Florida Panthers	NHL	56	14	12	26	16	3
2008-2009	Florida Panthers	NHL	37	4	5	9	8	-5
2008-2009	Czechia	WC	7	0	1	1	2	1
2008-2009	Czechia (all)	International	9	0	1	1	2	-
2009-2010	Florida Panthers	NHL	78	14	15	29	28	-4
2010-2011	Florida Panthers	NHL	44	6	11	17	8	-1
2011-2012	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	6	0	0	0	6	-1
2011-2012	Rockford IceHogs	AHL	50	17	24	41	32	7
2012-2013	Rockford IceHogs	AHL	14	7	12	19	4	5
2013-2014	New Jersey Devils	NHL	10	0	2	2	0	-1
2013-2014	Albany Devils	AHL	5	1	3	4	4	1
2013-2014	SC Bern	NLA	23	7	4	11	12	3	Relegation	6	4	1	5	2	-1
2014-2015	HC Vítkovice	Czechia	39	12	10	22	32	-10	Playoffs	4	0	2	2	18	3
2015-2016	HC Vítkovice "A"	Czechia	34	17	12	29	18	5	Relegation	6	1	2	3	4	0
2015-2016	SCL Tigers Loan	NLA	15	4	4	8	2	0
2015-2016	Czechia (all)	International	3	0	0	0	0	0
2016-2017	HC Vítkovice "C"	Czechia	41	8	12	20	28	1	Playoffs	5	0	1	1	4	1
2017-2018	HC Vítkovice "C"	Czechia	52	16	14	30	44	1	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	6	-3
2018-2019	HC Vítkovice "C"	Czechia	31	10	9	19	28	7	Playoffs	8	0	1	1	2	-1
2019-2020	HC Olomouc	Czechia	52	8	11	19	10	-3	Playoffs	2	1	0	1	2	2
2020-2021	HC Olomouc	Czechia	46	6	9	15	14	-10	Playoffs	7	3	0	3	2	-3
2021-2022	HC Olomouc	Czechia	36	4	8	12	20	-4	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0	0
2022-2023	HC Olomouc	Czechia	38	4	10	14	37	-2	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0	0
2023-2024	HK Nový Jičín	Czechia3	24	8	12	20	16	0	Playoffs	8	3	0	3	10	-

Rostislav Olesz Tournament Statistics


2002-2003	Czechia U18	U18 JWC	5	3	-	-	-	-
2002-2003	Czechia	EHT	1	0	0	0	0	-
2004-2005	Czechia	EHT	6	0	0	0	2	-
2008-2009	Czechia	EHT	3	0	0	0	0	-
2015-2016	HC Vítkovice	Champions HL	6	2	0	2	6	4
2015-2016	Czechia	EHT	3	0	0	0	0	0
2016-2017	HC Vítkovice	Champions HL	8	2	3	5	6	-1

Rostislav Olesz Career Totals by League


AHL	4	73	26	41	67	0.92	44	14	0
Champions HL	2	14	4	3	7	0.50	12	3	0
Czechia	14	505	99	119	218	0.43	294	1	12	54	7	9	16	0.30	44	-1
Czechia U18	3	81	67	47	114	1.41	113	86	2	5	3	3	6	1.20	2	3
Czechia U20	5	59	30	23	53	0.90	109	29*	2	3	0	1	1	0.33	2	2
Czechia2	1	3	1	0	1	0.33	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0
Czechia3	1	24	8	12	20	0.83	16	0	1	8	3	0	3	0.38	10	-
EHT	4	13	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0
International	7	40	4	4	8	0.20	16	0	0
International-Jr	5	55	17*	16*	33*	0.60*	30*	-	0
NHL	8	365	57	77	134	0.37	118	-11	0
NLA (NL)	2	38	11	8	19	0.50	14	3	1	6	4	1	5	0.83	2	-1
OG	1	8	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0
U18 JWC (Hlinka Gretzky Cup)	1	5	3	-	3*	0.60*	-	-	0
WC	2	14	2	4	6	0.43	6	3	0
WJC-18	1	6	2	3	5	0.83	4	-4	0
WJC-20	2	13	10	5	15	1.15	18	12	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Rostislav Olesz Career Totals by Team


Albany Devils	1	5	1	3	4	0.80	4	1	0
Chicago Blackhawks	1	6	0	0	0	0.00	6	-1	0
Czechia	2	14	2	4	6	0.43	6	3	0
Czechia (EHT)	4	13	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0
Czechia (all)	7	40	4	4	8	0.20	16	0	0
Czechia Olympics	1	8	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0
Czechia U16 (all)	1	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Czechia U17 (all)	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Czechia U18	1	6	2	3	5	0.83	4	-4	0
Czechia U18 (Cup)	1	5	3	-	3*	0.60*	-	-	0
Czechia U18 (all)	2	12	2*	3*	5*	0.42*	4*	-	0
Czechia U20	2	13	10	5	15	1.15	18	12	0
Czechia U20 (all)	2	27	15	13	28	1.04	26	-	0
Florida Panthers	6	349	57	75	132	0.38	112	-9	0
HC Dukla Jihlava	1	2	1	0	1	0.50	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0
HC Olomouc	4	172	22	38	60	0.35	81	-19	4	11	4	0	4	0.36	4	-1
HC Slezan Opava	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	-2	0
HC Sparta Praha	1	47	6	7	13	0.28	12	7	1	5	0	2	2	0.40	0	-1
HC Sparta Praha U20	1	0	0	0	0	-	0	-	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	0	2
HC Vítkovice	9	300	75	77	152	0.51	213	16	7	38	3	7	10	0.26	40	1
HC Vitkovice U18	3	81	67	47	114	1.41	113	86	2	5	3	3	6	1.20	2	3
HC Vítkovice U20	4	59	30	23	53	0.90	109	29*	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	2	0
HK Nový Jičín	1	24	8	12	20	0.83	16	0	1	8	3	0	3	0.38	10	-
New Jersey Devils	1	10	0	2	2	0.20	0	-1	0
Rochester Americans	1	4	1	2	3	0.75	4	1	0
Rockford IceHogs	2	64	24	36	60	0.94	36	12	0
SC Bern	1	23	7	4	11	0.48	12	3	1	6	4	1	5	0.83	2	-1
SCL Tigers	1	15	4	4	8	0.53	2	0	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Rostislav Olesz Career Highlights

Season	Awards
2001-2002	Czech Extraliga Silver Medal
2004-2005	Czech Extraliga Most Points by Junior (13) U20 WJC Bronze Medal U20 WJC Most Goals (7)
2005-2006	Olympic Bronze Medal
2012-2013	AHL Player of the Week (Apr. 7)
2023-2024	Czechia3 All-Star Game (C)

Transactions

Date	Status	From	To
10/26/2023	Confirmed	No team	HK Nový Jičín
04/22/2022	Extension	HC Olomouc	HC Olomouc
04/30/2021	Extension	HC Olomouc	HC Olomouc
05/01/2020	Extension	HC Olomouc	HC Olomouc
08/27/2019	Confirmed	HC Vítkovice	HC Olomouc
11/09/2015	Loan	HC Vítkovice	SCL Tigers
07/20/2015	Extension	HC Vítkovice	HC Vítkovice
09/11/2014	Confirmed	SC Bern	HC Vítkovice
11/21/2013	Confirmed	Albany Devils	SC Bern
07/05/2013	Confirmed	Chicago Blackhawks	New Jersey Devils
06/27/2013	Confirmed	Chicago Blackhawks	Unknown
06/25/2011	Confirmed	Florida Panthers	Chicago Blackhawks

Rostislav Olesz Biography and Trivia

Career transactions
- 2013-07-05 • Signed to a one-year contract by the New Jersey Devils
- 2013-06-27 • Bought out by the Chicago Blackhawks
- 2011-06-24 • Traded to the Chicago Blackhawks for Brian Campbell
- 2008-06-30 • Signed to a six-year contract by the Florida Panthers
- 2005-08-18 • Signed to a three-year entry-level contract by the Florida Panthers
- 2004-07-29 • Traded-loan to the HC Vítkovice for Roman Simicek

Other memorable dates
- 2005-10-10 • Scored his first NHL goal (vs. New York Islanders vs. Rick DiPietro)
- 2005-10-05 • Made his NHL debut (vs. Atlanta Thrashers)