# Jiří Kučera

Jiří Kučera (born March 28, 1966) is a Czech professional ice hockey coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of HC Litvinov. During his playing career he played for HC Plzen and Dukla Jihlava in his home country and for Tappara in Finland, Luleå HF in Sweden, and EHC Kloten in Switzerland. He also represented the national team of either Czechoslovakia or Czech Republic eight times in the Ice Hockey World Championships and once in the Olympic Games.

## Honors

* Ice Hockey World Championships: Gold (1996)
* Ice Hockey World Championships: Bronze (1987, 1989, 1990, 1993)
* Swedish national championship: gold (1996)

## Career statistics
### Regular season and playoffs

| | | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1983–84 | TJ Škoda Plzeň | TCH U20 | 30 | 28 | 39 | 67 | | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1983–84 | TJ Škoda Plzeň | TCH | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1984–85 | TJ Škoda Plzeň | TCH | 40 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1985–86 | ASD Dukla Jihlava | TCH | 30 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1985–86 | ASD Dukla Jihlava B | CZE.2 | | 3 | | | | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1986–87 | ASD Dukla Jihlava | TCH | 34 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1987–88 | TJ Škoda Plzeň | TCH | 32 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1988–89 | TJ Škoda Plzeň | TCH | 32 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1989–90 | TJ Škoda Plzeň | TCH | 47 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1990–91 | Tappara | SM-l | 44 | 23 | 34 | 57 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1991–92 | Tappara | SM-l | 44 | 22 | 20 | 42 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1992–93 | Tappara | SM-l | 48 | 22 | 32 | 54 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1993–94 | Tappara | SM-l | 47 | 16 | 26 | 42 | 37 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 |
| 1994–95 | Luleå HF | SEL | 40 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
| 1995–96 | Luleå HF | SEL | 39 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 |
| 1996–97 | HC ZKZ Plzeň | ELH | 43 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1997–98 | EHC Kloten | NDA | 38 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 1998–99 | Luleå HF | SEL | 45 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 52 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1999–2000 | Luleå HF | SEL | 47 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2000–01 | Luleå HF | SEL | 34 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| TCH totals | TCH totals | TCH totals | 227 | 66 | 72 | 138 | 92 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 11 | — |
| SM-l totals | SM-l totals | SM-l totals | 183 | 83 | 112 | 195 | 91 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 8 |
| SEL totals | SEL totals | SEL totals | 205 | 60 | 81 | 141 | 136 | 35 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 24 |

### International

| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1984 | Czechoslovakia | EJC | | | | | |
| 1985 | Czechoslovakia | WJC | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | Czechoslovakia | WJC | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 |
| 1987 | Czechoslovakia | WC | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 1987 | Czechoslovakia | CC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1989 | Czechoslovakia | WC | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 1990 | Czechoslovakia | WC | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 1991 | Czechoslovakia | WC | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1993 | Czech Republic | WC | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| 1994 | Czech Republic | OG | 8 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 |
| 1994 | Czech Republic | WC | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | Czech Republic | WC | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1996 | Czech Republic | WC | 8 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| 1996 | Czech Republic | WCH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Senior totals | Senior totals | Senior totals | 83 | 22 | 15 | 37 | 43 |