Tomáš Plíhal
Plíhal with the Cleveland Barons in 2004
Born (1983-03-28) 28 March 1983
Frýdlant, Czechoslovakia
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Left wing
Shoots Left
Czech 2. liga team
Former teams
HC Vlci Jablonec nad Nisou
San Jose Sharks
TPS
Oulun Kärpät
Tappara
HC Oceláři Třinec
Orli Znojmo
NHL Draft 140th overall, 2001
San Jose Sharks
Playing career 2007present

Tomáš Plíhal (born 28 March 1983) is a Czech professional ice hockey player currently playing for HC Vlci Jablonec nad Nisou of the Czech 2. liga. Plíhal played several seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the San Jose Sharks, who drafted him in the fifth round, 140th overall, in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

After being selected by the San Jose Sharks in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, Plíhal moved to Canada to play junior hockey with the Kootenay Ice of the Western Hockey League (WHL). Plíhal played two seasons for the Ice from 2001 through 2003. He then turned professional with the Cleveland Barons of the American Hockey League (AHL), where he played three seasons. Plíhal moved with the team to Worcester (becoming the Worcester Sharks) in 2006–07.

Plíhal was called-up to San Jose on 25 January 2007 and made his NHL debut on 26 January against the Edmonton Oilers. He was returned to Worcester after three games. Plíhal again rotated between Worcester and San Jose for the 2007–08 season. On 3 March 2008 Plíhal scored his first career assist against the Montreal Canadiens. On 9 March he scored on his first career penalty shot on Niklas Bäckström of the Minnesota Wild. In 2008–09, Plíhal played his final season in the San Jose organization, spending it entirely in the NHL.

In 2009, Plíhal signed as a free agent with TPS of the Finnish SM-liiga. Plíhal played three seasons with Turku. In 2012, he signed with Oulun Kärpät. After playing in Finland for five years, Plíhal returned to his home country, signing with HC Oceláři Třinec in 2014.[1]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1998–99 HC Liberec CZE U18 27231538
1999–00 HC Liberec CZE U18 181462022
1999–00 HC Liberec CZE U20 100224
2000–01 Bílí Tygři Liberec CZE U20 4325204552
2001–02 Kootenay Ice WHL 7232548628 224101414
2002–03 Kootenay Ice WHL 67354277113 1124618
2003–04 Cleveland Barons AHL 514121616 60332
2004–05 Cleveland Barons AHL 6217112826
2004–05 HC VČE Hradec Králové, a.s. CZE-2 20002
2005–06 Cleveland Barons AHL 7411193053
2006–07 Worcester Sharks AHL 47691528
2006–07 San Jose Sharks NHL 30000
2007–08 San Jose Sharks NHL 222134 40000
2007–08 Worcester Sharks AHL 22571212
2008–09 San Jose Sharks NHL 64581322
2009–10 TPS SM-liiga 5219183773 1544828
2010–11 TPS SM-liiga 4211112253
2011–12 TPS SM-liiga 5916203666 20220
2012–13 Kärpät SM-liiga 41651118
2013–14 Tappara Liiga 5644842 1113426
2014–15 HC Oceláři Třinec ELH 281192028 1744816
2015–16 HC Oceláři Třinec ELH 485111618 40004
2016–17 Orli Znojmo AUT 3079166 41124
2017–18 Orli Znojmo AUT 453121528
2017–18 Heilbronner Falken GER-2 21012 72132
2018–19 HC Vlci Jablonec nad Nisou CZE-3 2514274114
2018–19 EV Landshut GER-3 18621274 158132128
2019–20 HC Kobra Praha CZE-3 129172610
2019–20 HC Vlci Jablonec nad Nisou CZE-3 168182618
2019–20 EV Landshut GER-3 84592
2020–21 HC Vlci Jablonec nad Nisou CZE-3 31346
2021–22 HC Vlci Jablonec nad Nisou CZE-3 2214152922
2021–22 Eisbären Regensburg GER-3 867134 17107172
AHL totals 2564358101135 60332
NHL totals 89791626 40000
Liiga totals 2505658114252 28591454

International

Year Team Event GPGAPtsPIM
2000 Czech Republic U17 5112
2001 Czech Republic WJC18 71122
Junior totals 12224

References

  1. "Plíhal se postaví proti svému bývalému trenérovi, který vede Kuopio". idnes.cz (in Czech). 20 August 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
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