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After spending most of his professional career with his hometown team, HC Paradubice, Pisa made his North American debut with the Hamilton Bulldogs of the AHL. He saw spot duty with the Oilers his first year, playing in only two games, but the following season he remained with the Oilers until the trade deadline. At the deadline, Pisa was shipped to the New York Rangers as part of a package that brought back Radek Dvorak. World map showing location of North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere, bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west... The Hamilton Bulldogs were an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. ... AHL might be an acronym or abbreviation for: American Hockey League acylated homoserine lactones This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The New York Rangers (NYR) are a National Hockey League team based in New York City. ... Radek Dvorak (born 9 March 1977, Tábor, Czech Republic) is a winger for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League. ...

Pisa played just three games for the Rangers to finish the year, and signed with Severstal Cherepovets of the Russian Super League in 2003-04, a team he remained with throughout the NHL lockout.

Transactions

• 24 June 2001 - Edmonton drafts Pisa
• 11 March 2003 - Edmonton trades Pisa and Anson Carter to the Rangers in exchange for Radek Dvorak and Cory Cross.

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External links

• Bio at TSN.ca