Patrik Eliáš

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Position	Left Wing
Shoots	Left
Height Weight	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (89 kg)
NHL Team	New Jersey Devils
Nationality	Czech Republic
Born	April 13, 1976, Trebic, CZE
NHL Draft	51st overall, 1994 New Jersey Devils
Pro Career	1995 – present

Patrik Eliáš listen (help·info) (born April 13, 1976 in Třebíč) is a Czech professional hockey left winger. He currently plays for the National Hockey League's New Jersey Devils.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Awards 3 Records 4 Career statistics 5 International play 5.1 International statistics 6 External links

[edit] Playing career

Eliáš was drafted by the New Jersey Devils 51st overall (2nd round) in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft.

As part of the A-Line with Petr Sykora and Jason Arnott, he helped lead the team to the 1999-2000 Stanley Cup championship. He assisted on Arnott's Cup-clinching goal in double overtime in Game 6 at Dallas. The following year he scored a team record 96 points in the regular season, third best in the league. He also played a key role in helping New Jersey win the Stanley Cup in 2002-03.

During the 2004-05 NHL lockout, he played hockey in Russia, where he contracted Hepatitis A. His bout with the disease severely weakened him, resulting in a weight loss of 30 pounds, and kept him out of NHL action after the lockout was resumed.

Three months into 2005-06 NHL season, he made his first appearance of the season on January 3, 2006, against the Florida Panthers, resuming his role as an alternate captain (replacing Alexander Mogilny). He picked up where he left off, scoring eight points in his first four games and helping the Devils win his first nine games back with the team. Paired with Brian Gionta and Scott Gomez to form the "EGG Line," Eliáš helped the team instrument a historic comeback and win the Atlantic Division title, despite being 19 points out of first place when he returned in January. In the first game of the 2006 playoffs against the New York Rangers, he became the 10th player to score six points in an NHL playoff game, with two goals and four assists. Elias's 2006 postseason campaign was spectacular, even though the Devils were eliminated by eventual Cup champions, Carolina, in the second round. Elias scored 6 goals and added 10 assists for an impressive 16 points in just 9 games.

He was named the Devils new captain on October 5, 2006, becoming the seventh captain in team history. The previous captain of the Devils was Canadian born defenseman Scott Stevens, now retired.1. He is also the first European born captain in the history of the franchise.

On July 1, 2006, Eliáš spurned offers from Chicago, Montreal and the New York Rangers to remain with the New Jersey Devils, signing a 7 year, $42 million contract.

[edit] Awards

• 1997-98: NHL All-Rookie team
• 1999-00: Stanley Cup champion, New Jersey Devils
• 1999-00: NHL All-Star Game participant
• 2000-01: NHL First All-Star team
• 2000-01: NHL Bud Light Plus/Minus Award (shared with Joe Sakic)
• 2001-02: NHL All-Star Game participant
• 2002-03: Stanley Cup champion, New Jersey Devils
• 2006: Olympic Bronze medal, Czech Republic

[edit] Records

• Eliáš is the only NHL player to be awarded two penalty shots in an overtime period. Both occurred in games versus the New York Islanders and in both cases, Eliáš missed the penalty shot.
• New Jersey Devils record for most points in one season, 96.
• New Jersey Devils record for most points in a playoff season, 23.
• New Jersey Devils all-time leader in playoff goals (t-34), assists (60), and points (94).
• New Jersey Devils record for hat tricks, 6 (tied with John MacLean).

[edit] Career statistics

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1992-93	HC Rabat Kladno	Czech		2	0	0	0	0		--	--	--	--	--
1993-94	HC Rabat Kladno	CzRep		15	1	2	3	0		11	2	2	4	0
1994-95	HC Rabat Kladno	CzRep		28	4	3	7	37		7	1	2	3	12
1995-96	Albany River Rats	AHL		74	27	36	63	83		4	1	1	2	2
1995-96	New Jersey Devils	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		--	--	--	--	--
1996-97	Albany River Rats	AHL		57	24	43	67	76		6	1	2	3	8
1996-97	New Jersey Devils	NHL		17	2	3	5	2		8	2	3	5	4
1997-98	Albany River Rats	AHL		3	3	0	3	2		--	--	--	--	--
1997-98	New Jersey Devils	NHL		74	18	19	37	28		4	0	1	1	0
1998-99	New Jersey Devils	NHL		74	17	33	50	34		7	0	5	5	6
1999-00	New Jersey Devils	NHL		72	35	37	72	58		23	7	13	20	9
1999-00	HC Pardubice	CzRep		5	1	4	5	31		--	--	--	--	--
2000-01	New Jersey Devils	NHL		82	40	56	96	51		25	9	14	23	10
2001-02	New Jersey Devils	NHL		75	29	32	61	36		6	2	4	6	6
2002-03	New Jersey Devils	NHL		81	28	29	57	22		24	5	8	13	26
2003-04	New Jersey Devils	NHL		82	38	43	81	44		5	3	2	5	2
2004-05	HC JME Znojemští Orli	CzRep		28	8	20	28	65		--	--	--	--	--
2004-05	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	RSL		17	5	9	14	28		--	--	--	--	--
2005-06	New Jersey Devils	NHL		38	16	29	45	20		9	6	10	16	4
NHL Totals				596	223	281	504	295		111	34	60	94	67

[edit] International play

Olympic medal record
Men's ice hockey
Bronze	2006 Turin	Ice hockey

• Member of 2002 Czech Republic Olympic team.
• Bronze medal winner, Czech Republic, 2006.

[edit] International statistics

Year	Team	Comp		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2002	Czech Republic	OLY		4	1	1	2	0
2006	Czech Republic	OLY		1	0	0	0	2
Senior Int'l Totals				5	1	1	2	2

[edit] External links

• Patrik Eliáš's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database

Preceded by Chris Pronger	Co-winner of the NHL Plus/Minus Award (with Joe Sakic) 2001	Succeeded by Chris Chelios
Preceded by Scott Stevens Scott Niedermayer*	New Jersey Devils captains 2006 – present	Incumbent

• - Niedermayer served as Devils captain for the 2nd half of the 2003-04 season, when Stevens was injured. The 2004-05 season was cancelled by the lockout and there was no captain in 2005-06.