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Czech NHL players 1981–82

5 Czech players played in the NHL in 1981–82. Together they scored 163 points, the sixth most of any country, and Czechia finished fourth of 5 in the nations league. Ivan Hlinka scored the most, 60 points.

5
NHL players
163
Points
4th
Nations league
0
Goalie wins
1981–82Active season80/82 games
1980–811982–83

CZECH LEADERS

In the nations league

4th
of 5 ranked nations
10
league points
Rate3rdTop trio5thBlue line4thGoalies4thPer million4th

Czechia accounts for 0.7% of the NHL's players and 0.9% of its points.

The full nations league

Every Czech player in the NHL, team by team

5 players across 3 teams.
VANVancouver Canucks3 players
Ivan HlinkaINACTIVE
C · 72 GP · 23G 37A60P
Rick LanzINACTIVE
D · 39 GP · 3G 11A14P
Jiri BublaINACTIVE
D · 23 GP · 1G 1A2P
DETDetroit Red Wings1 player
Vaclav NedomanskyINACTIVE
C · 68 GP · 12G 28A40P
TORToronto Maple Leafs1 player
Miroslav FrycerINACTIVE
C · 59 GP · 24G 23A47P

Season by season

Czechia had 19 players in the NHL in 1990–91 and 28 in 2025–26. The peak was 2001–02, with 77. Under each bar is the nations league placing, in gold for the 7 seasons Czechia won.
4
4
5
229
494
2
2
1
156
199
1
4
1
165
105
4
2
2
542
610
6
7
5
338
415
10
8
6
435
620
9
8
8
728
325

In the NHL Draft

12 Czech players were picked in the 2026 NHL Draft, one of them in the first round. Adam Novotny went first, at number 24 to the Vancouver Canucks.

Every pick in 2026 →The draft through the years →

Czech NHL players all time

Regular season, whole careers. The record seasons count completed seasons only.

Czechia against Finland

The nations league's five categories plus raw points and player count. The higher value takes the round.
Czechia
Czechia
4th in the league
0–6
Finland
Finland
2nd in the league

Finland wins 6–0 against Czechia.

0.63Points per game0.67
147Best trio217
0.39Defencemen's points per game0.57
–Goalies' save percentage–
0.5NHL players per million inhabitants2.5
163Total points470
5Players in the NHL14
Czechia against Finland season by season
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Top scorer
Ivan Hlinka
Czechia's top scorer in 1981–82.
The team
Vancouver Canucks
Where Ivan Hlinka plays.
Nations in the NHL
Every nation in the NHL
How many players each country has in the NHL, with a page for each.
Nations league
NHL battle of the nations 1981–82
The countries compared per player rather than in raw totals.
Against Sweden
Sweden vs Czechia
Seven rounds, season by season.
The Swedes
Every Swede in the NHL
Team by team, with position and stats.