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Playing career

Beginnings

HC Pardubice

Hemsky entered pro hockey as a 16 year old, playing for Hockey Club Moeller of the Czech Extraliga, in his hometown of Pardubice. He split the 1999-2000 season between Moeller and their junior club, HC Moeller Pardubice Jr. Hemsky decided he had a better chance to be scouted if he played Canadian Junior hockey than if he tried to make the jump to the Czech Extraleague, and he subsequently became the first selection of the Hull Olympiques in the 2000 CHL Import Draft.^[1] HC Pardubice is a professional ice hockey franchise that plays in the Czech Republic Elite League. ... Czech Extraliga is the name of the highest-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic. ... Hull Olympiques logo The Gatineau Olympiques are a junior ice hockey team playing in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League out of Gatineau, Quebec. ... The Canadian Hockey League is an umbrella organization for three North American Major Junior A Tier I hockey leagues for players of 15 to 20 years of age. ...

Hull Olympiques

In 2000, Hemsky moved to North American to play for the Hull Olympiques of the QMJHL. The following season (2000-2001), Hemsky led all rookies in scoring with 36 goals and 100 points. He was named to the All-Rookie team, was selected to play in the 2001 CHL Top Prospects Game, and was awarded the Mike Bossy Trophy as the QMJHL’s top pro prospect.^[2] The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (French: la Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec, abbreviated QMJHL in English, LHJMQ in French) is one of the three Major Junior A Tier I hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. ... The CHL Top Prospects Game is an annual event in which forty of the top draft eligible prospects in the Canadian Hockey League play against each other, each hoping to boost their draft ranking with the NHL scouts and general managers who attend. ... The Mike Bossy Trophy (Trophée Michael Bossy) is awarded annually to the player in the QMJHL judged to be the best professional prospect. ...

Hemsky continued his success in Hull during the 2001-2002 season, with 27 goals and 97 points in 53 games, and finished 19th in the QMJHL scoring race.

2001 NHL Entry Draft

The Edmonton Oilers used the 13th overall pick in the 2001 on Hemsky. Oilers scout Chris McCarthy said, "We knew that he was the guy that we wanted and when he fell to us, well, we knew who we were going to take."^[3] Image File history File links Hemskydraft. ...

The Oilers were able to draft Hemsky in part due to a stipulation made in a trade involving star right-winger Bill Guerin to the Boston Bruins. The Oilers were to receive Anson Carter, a 2001 second-round pick, and the option of switching first-round picks in the 2001 or 2002 draft. In 2001 the Oilers chose to exchange their original first-round selection (19th overall) for the Bruins' (13th overall). William Robert Guerin (born November 9, 1970, in Wilbraham, Massachusetts) is a professional ice hockey right wing in the NHL, playing for the St. ... The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Anson Carter (born June 6, 1974 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger in the National Hockey League who has played for the Washington Capitals, Boston Bruins, Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings and Vancouver Canucks. ...

Edmonton

During Hemsky's rookie NHL season, he scored 6 goals and 30 points in 59 games, and was a healthy scratch for 24. He also went pointless in all 6 of Edmonton's playoff games.

The 2003-2004 season saw Hemsky take more initiative.^{[citation needed]} Hemsky received more minutes on the top two lines.^{[citation needed]} He worked to improve his backchecking, and found his scoring touch on a more regular basis than in his rookie year.^{[citation needed]}

NHL Lockout

Hemsky returned to the Czech Republic to play 47 games for HC Moeller, Pardubice during the 2004 NHL Lockout. During that time, he scored 13 goals and 31 points, fifth on the club. Pardubice won the Extraleague championship for the first time in 16 years, and Hemsky was named playoff MVP for his efforts. The current National Hockey League labor dispute has been predicted by many hockey analysts for the past few years. ...

While in the Czech Republic, Hemsky was slashed on the left side of his neck with a broken bottle by an unidentified assailant.^{[citation needed]}

2005-2006 Regular Season

During the post-lockout 2005-2006 season, Hemsky had a career year, setting personal bests in every major statistical category. He scored 19 goals and 77 points, while playing in all but one game for the Oilers during the regular season. The Oilers captured the 8th and final playoff seed in the Western Conference. The Western Conference is one of two conferences in the National Hockey League used to divide teams. ...

2006 Winter Olympics

Hemsky was selected to represent the Czech Republic in the 2006 Winter Olympic Ice Hockey tournament mid-season. Czech hockey icon Jaromir Jagr had a large influence on Hemsky's selection, to the point where he insisted that Hemsky skate on his line.^[4] The two had previously played together on the Czech team that won the 2005 IIHF World Ice Hockey Championships during the NHL's 05-06 lockout season. Hemsky scored twice in the Olympic tournament, and the Czech Republic defeated Russia in the bronze-medal game. Ice hockey tournaments have been competed at the Olympic Games since the 1920 Summer Olympics. ... Rome Rider John Oehler,Illinois, qualified 2nd runner up to compete in the games, He ran 2nd to Never summer rider Tomme Lee,California. ... Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held at the Torino Palasport Olimpico and the Torino Esposizioni in Turin, Italy. ... Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held at the Torino Palasport Olimpico and the Torino Esposizioni in Turin, Italy. ... Jaromir Jagr (Cz: Jaromír Jágr, born February 15, 1972 in Kladno, Czechoslovakia) is an NHL player. ... The 2005 Mens Ice Hockey Championships were held April 30-May 15, 2005 in Vienna and Innsbruck, Austria. ... The 2004-05 NHL season would have been the 88th regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL). ...

2006 Playoffs

Hemsky scores the series-winning goal in game 6 of the first round of the playoffs

During the 2006 NHL playoffs, Hemksy was an important part to the Oilers run to the Stanley Cup Finals. Among his opportune goals were two he scored in the third period of game six versus the Detroit Red Wings, including the series-winner.^[5] Hemsky underwent a biopsy on an inflamed lymph node on the right side of his neck during the playoffs.^[6] Results have not been made public. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1562x1562, 1701 KB) Summary i took this picture at Rexall Place of a poster in the concourse. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1562x1562, 1701 KB) Summary i took this picture at Rexall Place of a poster in the concourse. ... The NHL unveiled a new logo for the 2006 Stanley Cup Playoffs. ... Image:Stanleycuptrophy. ... The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan, USA. They play in the National Hockey League (NHL). ... A biopsy (in Greek: bios = life and opsy = look/appearance) is a medical test involving the removal of cells or tissues for examination. ... Inflammation is the first response of the immune system to infection or irritation and may be referred to as the innate cascade. ... Structure of the lymph node. ...

Edmonton signed Hemsky in the summer of 2006 to a six-year contract that will see him earn US $24.6 million.^[7] ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 3. ...

Honours and Awards

Individual:

• 2001 QMJHL All-Rookie Team
• 2001 QMJHL Mike Bossy Trophy
• 2001 CHL All-Rookie Team

Hemsky was to also represent the QMJHL in the 2001 CHL Top Prospects Game,
but an injury forced him to withdraw.^[8]

• 2001 QMJHL Rookie of the Month (January)
• 2002 QMJHL 2nd All-Star Team
• 2002 CHL 3rd All-Star Team
• 2005 Czech Extraliga Playoff MVP

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Team:

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Statistics

References

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External links

• Hemsky at the Internet Hockey Database