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Czech NHL players 1989–90

11 Czech players played in the NHL in 1989–90. Together they scored 304 points, the fifth most of any country, and Czechia finished sixth of 6 in the nations league. Michal Pivonka scored the most, 64 points.

11
NHL players
304
Points
6th
Nations league
0
Goalie wins
1989–90Active season80/82 games
1988–891990–91

CZECH LEADERS

In the nations league

6th
of 6 ranked nations
11
league points
Rate5thTop trio6thBlue line4thGoalies5thPer million4th

Czechia accounts for 1.5% of the NHL's players and 1.8% of its points.

The full nations league

Every Czech player in the NHL, team by team

11 players across 10 teams.
EDMEdmonton Oilers2 players
Petr KlimaINACTIVE
RW · 76 GP · 30G 33A63P
Vladimir RuzickaINACTIVE
C · 25 GP · 11G 6A17P
CGYCalgary Flames1 player
Jiri HrdinaINACTIVE
C · 64 GP · 12G 18A30P
LAKLos Angeles Kings1 player
Petr PrajzlerINACTIVE
D · 34 GP · 3G 7A10P
MNSMinnesota North Stars1 player
Frantisek MusilINACTIVE
D · 56 GP · 2G 8A10P
MTLMontréal Canadiens1 player
Petr SvobodaINACTIVE
D · 60 GP · 5G 31A36P
NYINew York Islanders1 player
David VolekINACTIVE
LW · 80 GP · 17G 22A39P
NYRNew York Rangers1 player
Miloslav HoravaINACTIVE
D · 45 GP · 4G 10A14P
PHIPhiladelphia Flyers1 player
Jiri LatalINACTIVE
D · 32 GP · 6G 13A19P
Show all 10 teams
QUEQuebec Nordiques1 player
Jaroslav SevcikINACTIVE
LW · 13 GP · 0G 2A2P
WSHWashington Capitals1 player
Michal PivonkaINACTIVE
C · 77 GP · 25G 39A64P

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 Russia

The nations league's five categories plus raw points and player count. The higher value takes the round.
Czechia
Czechia
6th in the league
3–4
Russia
Russia
4th in the league

Russia wins 4–3 against Czechia.

0.54Points per game0.60
166Best trio173
0.39Defencemen's points per game0.42
–Goalies' save percentage.877
1.0NHL players per million inhabitants0.1
304Total points275
11Players in the NHL9
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Top scorer
Michal Pivonka
Czechia's top scorer in 1989–90.
The team
Washington Capitals
Where Michal Pivonka plays.
Nations in the NHL
Every nation in the NHL
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Nations league
NHL battle of the nations 1989–90
The countries compared per player rather than in raw totals.
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Sweden vs Czechia
Seven rounds, season by season.
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Every Swede in the NHL
Team by team, with position and stats.