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Jakub Voráček (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjakub ˈvoraːtʃɛk]; born 15 August 1989) is a Czech professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL). Voráček was drafted seventh overall by the Blue Jackets at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. He has also played for the Philadelphia Flyers.

Jakub Voráček
Voráček with the Philadelphia Flyers in 2011
Born	(1989-08-15) 15 August 1989 (age 33) Kladno, Czechoslovakia
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	214 lb (97 kg; 15 st 4 lb)
Position	Right wing
Shoots	Left
NHL team Former teams	Columbus Blue Jackets HC Kladno Philadelphia Flyers HC Lev Praha
National team	Czech Republic
NHL Draft	7th overall, 2007 Columbus Blue Jackets
Playing career	2005–present

Playing career

Junior

Voráček was taken first overall in the 2006 Canadian Hockey League (CHL) Import Draft and played two seasons with the Halifax Mooseheads of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). He also represented the Czech Republic at the World Junior Ice Hockey Championship in 2007 and 2008. On 2 August 2007, he signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets, the NHL organization that drafted him seventh overall in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.[1]

Professional

Columbus Blue Jackets

Voráček made his NHL debut on 10 October 2008 against the Dallas Stars, also scoring his first career NHL goal in the game's first period on goaltender Marty Turco.[2] Voráček scored 9 goals and 29 assists for 38 points in 80 games during his rookie season, helping the Blue Jackets make the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in franchise history in 2009. He also had the lone assist on the first-ever playoff goal in Blue Jackets history, scored by R. J. Umberger.

Philadelphia Flyers

On 23 June 2011, Voráček was traded (along with first- and third-round picks in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft) to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Jeff Carter.[3] Days later, on 1 July, Voráček signed a one-year contract with the Flyers,[4] the same day his new team signed fellow Kladno native and long-time NHL star Jaromír Jágr to a one-year contract.[5] In his Flyers debut against the Boston Bruins, Voráček scored a goal in the game's first period against goaltender Tim Thomas. In the 2011–12 season, Voráček set a new career-high with 18 goals scored, also later scoring his first career Stanley Cup playoff goal in Game 1 of the Flyers' opening round Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series against the Pittsburgh Penguins, beating Marc-André Fleury 2:23 into the first overtime period.

In the subsequent off-season, on 26 July 2012, Voráček signed a four-year, $17 million contract with the Flyers paying $4.25 million annually.[6][7] Upon signing, Voráček was expected to fill the gap left by Jágr, who had departed weeks prior via free agency to Dallas, on the Flyers' top line, alongside Claude Giroux and Scott Hartnell.[8]

Voráček returned to the Czech Republic to play for HC Lev Praha of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) during the 2012–13 NHL lockout. On 20 February 2013, shortly after play resumed in the NHL for the 2012–13 season, in a game against Pittsburgh, he scored his first career NHL hat-trick.[9] On 25 February, he was then named the NHL's First Star of the Week after scoring four goals and seven assists in four games.[10]

During the 2014–15 season, Voráček scored the second-fastest overtime goal in Flyers history on 22 December 2014 in a game against the Winnipeg Jets. The goal, unassisted, was scored just ten seconds into overtime against Jets goaltender Ondřej Pavelec at the MTS Center in Winnipeg. It was scored just three seconds slower than former Flyer Simon Gagné's overtime-winning goal seven seconds into the 5 January 2006 game against the New York Rangers.[11] Later in the season, Voráček was named to the 2015 NHL All-Star Game in Columbus, Ohio.[12] In the game, he tied the single NHL All-Star Game record for most points scored with six, tying Mario Lemieux's record previously set in the 1988 edition.[13] Playing in all 82 regular season Philadelphia games, Voráček finished the year with 22 goals and 59 assists for a career-high 81 points, tying him for fourth in the NHL lead alongside the Washington Capitals' Alexander Ovechkin.[14]

In July 2015, Voráček signed a new eight-year, $66 million contract with the Flyers.[15] During the 2015–16 season, Voráček experienced a slump in number production while also recording his 400th NHL point and playing in his 600th career NHL game. During the season, Voráček only recorded 11 goals, the lowest in his NHL career since his rookie year. He played in his 600th NHL game against the Florida Panthers on 4 April 2016.[16] Voráček concluded the regular season with 55 points overall. The Flyers qualified for the 2016 playoffs where they lost to the Washington Capitals in six games.[17] Voráček recorded one goal over the six games.

At the beginning of the 2017–18 season, Voráček was on the Flyers' top line alongside Claude Giroux and Sean Couturier.[18][19] Despite occasionally being moved to a different line,[20] he ended the regular season with a career-high 85 points in 82 games. During his career year, Voráček became only the second Flyers player in franchise history (the first being Joni Pitkänen) to score the tying goal in a game with less than two minutes left and score in overtime.[21] Voráček was also one of five Flyers players to end the regular season with 20 or more goals to help push the Flyers to the 2018 playoffs.[22]

Return to Columbus

On 24 July 2021, Voráček was traded by the Flyers back to the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for Cam Atkinson.[23]

On 6 January 2022, Voráček played his 1,000th NHL game against the New Jersey Devils.

Personal life

As a child, Voráček wanted to be a garbage man. In 2017, his sister gave him a Christmas gift of the opportunity to ride a trash truck while the garbage men worked their route.[24] Voráček has two children: son Jakub Jr. born in 2016 to former girlfriend Nicole Warnecke[25] and son Matěj born in 2019 with current girlfriend Markéta Burešová.[26] He is a big fan of Bruce Springsteen.[27]

Records

• Shares record with Mario Lemieux for most points in an NHL All-Star Game – 6

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2003–04	HC Rabat Kladno	CZE U18		52	30	24	54	28		2	0	0	0	2
2004–05	HC Rabat Kladno	CZE U18		30	23	39	62	44		7	5	4	9	14
2004–05	HC Rabat Kladno	CZE U20		16	5	7	12	6		1	1	0	1	2
2005–06	HC Rabat Kladno	CZE U20		46	21	38	59	54		6	7	4	11	2
2005–06	HC Rabat Kladno	ELH		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	HC Rabat Kladno	CZE U18		—	—	—	—	—		2	1	3	4	31
2006–07	Halifax Mooseheads	QMJHL		59	23	63	86	26		12	7	17	24	6
2007–08	Halifax Mooseheads	QMJHL		53	33	68	101	42		15	5	13	18	14
2008–09	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		80	9	29	38	44		4	0	1	1	8
2009–10	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		81	16	34	50	26		—	—	—	—	—
2010–11	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		80	14	32	46	26		—	—	—	—	—
2011–12	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		78	18	31	49	32		11	2	8	10	8
2012–13	HC Lev Praha	KHL		23	7	13	20	22		—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		48	22	24	46	35		—	—	—	—	—
2013–14	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		82	23	39	62	22		7	2	2	4	4
2014–15	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		82	22	59	81	78		—	—	—	—	—
2015–16	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		73	11	44	55	38		6	1	0	1	4
2016–17	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		82	20	41	61	56		—	—	—	—	—
2017–18	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		82	20	65	85	50		6	0	3	3	6
2018–19	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		78	20	46	66	25		—	—	—	—	—
2019–20	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		69	12	44	56	31		15	4	5	9	24
2020–21	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		53	9	34	43	18		—	—	—	—	—
2021–22	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		79	6	56	62	44		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				1,047	222	578	800	525		49	9	19	28	54

Medal record
Ice hockey
Representing  Czech Republic
World Championships
	2010 Cologne
	2011 Bratislava
IIHF U18 Championships
	2006 Halmstad

International

Year	Team	Event	Result		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2005	Czech Republic	U18			5	1
2006	Czech Republic	WJC18			7	3	3	6	6
2006	Czech Republic	U18	5th		4	4
2007	Czech Republic	WJC	5th		6	1	2	3	4
2007	Czech Republic	WJC18	9th		4	1	2	3	2
2008	Czech Republic	WJC	5th		6	0	6	6	4
2010	Czech Republic	WC			9	0	2	2	6
2011	Czech Republic	WC			9	1	2	3	2
2013	Czech Republic	WC	7th		8	1	6	7	2
2014	Czech Republic	OG	6th		5	1	1	2	2
2016	Czech Republic	WCH	6th		3	1	1	2	4
2017	Czech Republic	WC	7th		8	1	5	6	6
2019	Czech Republic	WC	4th		10	4	12	16	2
Junior totals					23	5	13	18	16
Senior totals					62	12	36	48	30

Awards and honours

Award	Year
ELH
Golden Hockey Stick	2015
QMJHL
All-Rookie Team	2007
RDS Cup	2007
Michel Bergeron Trophy	2007
Second All-Star team	2008
NHL
NHL All-Star Game	2015
NHL first All-Star team	2015
Philadelphia Flyers
Bobby Clarke Trophy	2013, 2015
Gene Hart Memorial Award	2015
Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy	2013
Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award	2014

References

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

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Derick Brassard	Columbus Blue Jackets first round draft pick 2007	Succeeded by Nikita Filatov
Preceded by Claude Giroux Claude Giroux	Winner of the Bobby Clarke Trophy 2013 2015	Succeeded by Claude Giroux Claude Giroux

На других языках

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[ru] Ворачек, Якуб

Я́куб Во́рачек (чеш. Jakub Voraček; 15 августа 1989, Кладно) — чешский хоккеист, нападающий. Чемпион мира 2010 года в составе сборной Чехии. В настоящее время выступает за команду НХЛ «Коламбус Блю Джекетс». Занимает четвёртое место среди чешских хоккеистов в истории НХЛ по набранным очкам (после Яромира Ягра, Патрика Элиаша и Милана Гейдука).

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