Miloš Holaň
Czech ice hockey player
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Miloš Holaň (born April 22, 1971) is a retired Czech professional ice hockey player and currently the head coach of HC Nové Zámky in the Tipos Extraliga, the first tier in Slovakia. He played 49 games in the National Hockey League between 1993 and 1996 with the Philadelphia Flyers and Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, as well as several seasons in the Czechoslovak and Czech Extraliga. Internationally Holaň played for the Czechoslovak national junior team at two World Junior Championships, and with the Czech Republic at two World Championships. After retiring in 2000 he turned to coaching, and has worked for multiple teams across Europe.
| Miloš Holaň | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
April 22, 1971 | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 191 lb (87 kg; 13 st 9 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Philadelphia Flyers Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | ||
| National team |
 Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic | ||
| NHL draft |
77th overall, 1993 Philadelphia Flyers | ||
| Playing career |
1989–1995 1998–2000 | ||
Playing career
Holaň began his career with TJ Vítkovice in the then-Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League. Following two seasons with Dukla Trenčín as part of mandatory army service, Holaň returned to Vítkovice. In the final Czechoslovak Extraliga season before the dissolution of the country, Holaň broke through with an unprecedented season for a defenceman - in 53 games that season (counting both the regular season and the play-offs), he scored 35 goals and tallied 68 points, winning him the Golden Hockey Stick as the league's best player.
Holaň was drafted 77th overall by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. Along with the Flyers he played in the National Hockey League for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and in total played 49 regular season games, scoring 5 goals and 11 assists for 16 points and collecting 42 penalty minutes. The end of Holaň's NHL career came prematurely in 1995 following diagnosis of chronic myelogenous leukemia, prompting his retirement, but he returned three years later to play in parts of two Czech Extraliga seasons with Vítkovice and HC Oceláři Třinec, as well as five games for EHC Freiburg in Germany's second tier, before retiring again at the age of 29.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1985–86 | TJ Vítkovice | TCH U18 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | HC Vítkovice U18 | TCH U18 | 34 | 36 | 11 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | TJ Vítkovice | TCH | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | TJ Vítkovice | TCH | 50 | 8 | 8 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | ASVŠ Dukla Trenčín | TCH | 24 | 2 | 12 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | ASVŠ Dukla Trenčín | TCH | 51 | 13 | 22 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | TJ Vítkovice | TCH | 53 | 35 | 33 | 68 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 27 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | HC Vítkovice | CZE | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 1994–95 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 25 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 55 | 22 | 27 | 49 | 75 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | HC Vítkovice | CZE | 30 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||
| 1999–00 | HC Oceláři Třinec | CZE | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | EHC Freiburg | GER-2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| TCH/CZE totals | 207 | 65 | 85 | 150 | 92 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| NHL totals | 49 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
International
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Representing Czechoslovakia | ||
| Men's ice hockey | ||
| European Junior Championships | ||
 | 1989 Soviet Union | |
| World Junior Championships | ||
 | 1990 Finland | |
| 1991 Canada | |
| Representing Czech Republic | ||
| World Championships | ||
| 1993 Germany | |
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Czechoslovakia | EJC | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | |
| 1990 | Czechoslovakia | WJC | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1991 | Czechoslovakia | WJC | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1993 | Czech Republic | WC | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| 1994 | Czech Republic | WC | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Junior totals | 16 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 8 | |||
| Senior totals | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |||
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database