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Czech NHL players 1985–86

6 Czech players played in the NHL in 1985–86. Together they scored 247 points, the sixth most of any country, and Czechia finished fifth of 6 in the nations league. Miroslav Frycer scored the most, 75 points.

6
NHL players
247
Points
5th
Nations league
0
Goalie wins
1985–86Active season80/82 games
1984–851986–87

CZECH LEADERS

In the nations league

5th
of 6 ranked nations
13
league points
Rate4thTop trio6thBlue line2ndGoalies5thPer million5th

Czechia accounts for 0.9% of the NHL's players and 1.4% of its points.

The full nations league

Every Czech player in the NHL, team by team

6 players across 5 teams.
VANVancouver Canucks2 players
Rick LanzINACTIVE
D · 75 GP · 15G 38A53P
Jiri BublaINACTIVE
D · 43 GP · 6G 24A30P
DETDetroit Red Wings1 player
Petr KlimaINACTIVE
RW · 74 GP · 32G 24A56P
MTLMontréal Canadiens1 player
Petr SvobodaINACTIVE
D · 73 GP · 1G 18A19P
NJDNew Jersey Devils1 player
Jan LudvigINACTIVE
RW · 42 GP · 5G 9A14P
TORToronto Maple Leafs1 player
Miroslav FrycerINACTIVE
C · 73 GP · 32G 43A75P

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 Slovakia

The nations league's five categories plus raw points and player count. The higher value takes the round.
Czechia
Czechia
5th in the league
2–4
Slovakia
Slovakia
4th in the league

Slovakia wins 4–2 against Czechia.

0.62Points per game0.76
184Best trio249
0.45Defencemen's points per game0.40
–Goalies' save percentage–
0.6NHL players per million inhabitants0.9
247Total points300
6Players in the NHL5
Czechia against Slovakia season by season
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Top scorer
Miroslav Frycer
Czechia's top scorer in 1985–86.
The team
Toronto Maple Leafs
Where Miroslav Frycer 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 1985–86
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.