# Tomáš Jelínek

Tomáš Jelínek (born April 29, 1962) is a Czech former professional ice hockey winger. He played on the 1992 bronze medal-winning Olympic Hockey team for Czechoslovakia.
At club level Jelínek played briefly in the National Hockey League, appearing in 49 games with the Ottawa Senators during the 1992-93 season. In his homeland, he featured mainly for HC Sparta Praha, HK Dukla Trenčín, TJ Motor České Budějovice and HC Plzeň and had short spells in Finland, Switzerland and Germany.
His elder son Tomáš Jr played hockey mainly in the domestic lower leagues and in France, and younger son Petr captained HC Bílí Tygři Liberec and was also a Czech international.

## 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 |
| 1979–80 | TJ Sparta ČKD Praha | CSSR | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1980–81 | ASVŠ Dukla Trenčín | CSSR | 34 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1981–82 | ASVŠ Dukla Trenčín | CSSR | 36 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1982–83 | TJ Sparta ČKD Praha | CSSR | 40 | 20 | 25 | 45 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1983–84 | TJ Sparta ČKD Praha | CSSR | 43 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1984–85 | TJ Sparta ČKD Praha | CSSR | 44 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 70 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1985–86 | TJ Sparta ČKD Praha | CSSR | 40 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 72 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1986–87 | TJ Sparta ČKD Praha | CSSR | 36 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1987–88 | TJ Sparta ČKD Praha | CSSR | 45 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1988–89 | TJ Sparta ČKD Praha | CSSR | 45 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 87 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1989–90 | TJ Motor České Budějovice | CSSR | 48 | 23 | 20 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1990–91 | TJ Motor České Budějovice | CSSR | 51 | 24 | 23 | 47 | 102 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1991–92 | HPK | SM-l | 41 | 24 | 23 | 47 | 98 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1991–92 | HC Sierre | SUI.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 8 |
| 1992–93 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 49 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1993–94 | Zürcher SC | NDA | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 1993–94 | HC Sparta Praha | ELH | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 1993–94 | PEI Senators | AHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1994–95 | HC Slavia Praha | ELH | 42 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 163 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1995–96 | HC Slavia Praha | ELH | 13 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1995–96 | HC ZKZ Plzeň | ELH | 23 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 1996–97 | HC ZKZ Plzeň | ELH | 51 | 22 | 26 | 48 | 66 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1997–98 | HC Keramika Plzeň | ELH | 18 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997–98 | HC Sparta Praha | ELH | 35 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 80 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 38 |
| 1998–99 | HC Opava | ELH | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1998–99 | HC Vítkovice | ELH | 19 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1998–99 | 1. EV Weiden | DEU.3 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1999–00 | HC Příbram | CZE.3 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — |
| CSSR totals | CSSR totals | CSSR totals | 469 | 152 | 122 | 274 | 604 | — | — | — | — | — |
| ELH totals | ELH totals | ELH totals | 190 | 59 | 89 | 148 | 460 | 21 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 62 |
| NHL totals | NHL totals | NHL totals | 49 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — |

### International

| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1980 | Czechoslovakia | EJC | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 1981 | Czechoslovakia | WJC | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 1982 | Czechoslovakia | WJC | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 1989 | Czechoslovakia | WC | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 1990 | Czechoslovakia | WC | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 1991 | Czechoslovakia | CC | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 1992 | Czechoslovakia | OLY | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 1992 | Czechoslovakia | WC | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 |
| Junior totals | Junior totals | Junior totals | 17 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 |
| Senior totals | Senior totals | Senior totals | 36 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 48 |