Jiří Dopita

Jiří Dopita (born December 2, 1968 in Šumperk, Czechoslovakia) is retired Czech professional ice hockey player who has played in the Czech Elite League most of his career. He briefly played in the National Hockey League. Dopita has primarily played centre throughout his career.
==Playing career==
Early in his career, Dopita attracted little notice as a professional prospect. At age 23, Dopita was selected in the sixth round of the 1992 NHL Entry Draft by the Boston Bruins, but never came to North America while the Bruins owned his rights. However, starting in 1993, Dopita joined the German Bundesliga with the Berlin Polar Bears, averaging over a point per game in the Bundeliga and with Berlin's later entry in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.
Starting in the 1995–96 season, Dopita returned to his native Czech Republic and played with Vsetín HC of the Czech Extraliga. Dopita continued his scoring pace in the Czech Republic, averaging over a point per game every year in six seasons with Vsetín, compiling 315 career points, and being selected again in the NHL draft, this time in 1998 by the New York Islanders. However, once again, Dopita would not play with the Islanders.
By the late 1990s, some considered Dopita the best player outside the NHL. He was a member of the gold medal-winning Czech team at the 1998 Winter Olympics, and was named Czech player of the year in 2001, the first non-NHLer to win the award since Roman Turek in 1994. When his NHL rights were moved to the Philadelphia Flyers, the Flyers made a concerted effort to bring Dopita to the NHL. The Flyers had convinced Dopita's former Vsetin HC teammate Roman Cechmanek to come to North America prior to the previous season and the 32-year old Dopita agreed to join him in Philadelphia for the 2001–02 NHL season.
However, Dopita's time in the NHL was to be disappointing. He recorded respectable totals getting limited ice time with Philadelphia, but a knee injury limited him to 52 games. After the season, his rights were traded to the Edmonton Oilers, where he was expected to be a top-two centre. However, Dopita had a terrible season, recording only six points in 21 games.
After only two years in the NHL, Dopita returned to the Czech Republic, this time with Pardubice HC. In his second year with Pardubice, at age 36, Dopita recorded less than a point per game in European competition for the first time since his time with Olomouc HC. For 2005–06, Dopita joined HC JME Znojemští Orli and has remained with the team for 2006–07 season too.
On 5 May 2006 Dopita became the majority shareholder of Olomouc HC.
==Awards & Achievements==
* Olympic gold medal winner for the Czech Republic in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano
* IIHF World Champion: 1996, 2000, 2001
*Golden Hockey Stick: 2001 (the highest trophy an ice hockey player can get in the Czech Republic)
* Czech Extraliga - Champion: 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005
* Czech Extraliga - Regular Season MVP: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
* Czech Extraliga - Play-Off MVP: 1994, 1996, 2001
* Czech Extraliga - Leading Goal Scorer: 1997, 2000
* German DEL - Leading Point Scorer: 1995
==Records==
==Career statistics==
  	  	  	 	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
1989–90 	Dukla Jihlava HC 	CSSR Extraliga 	 	5 	1 	2 	3 	0 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
1990–91 	Olomouc HC 	CSSR Extraliga 	 	42 	11 	13 	24 	26 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
1991–92 	Olomouc HC 	CSSR Extraliga 	 	38 	22 	19 	41 	28 	 	3 	1 	4 	5 	0
1992–93 	Olomouc HC 	CSSR Extraliga 	 	28 	12 	17 	29 	0 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
1992–93 	Berlin Polar Bears 	Bundesliga 	 	11 	7 	8 	15 	49 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
1993–94 	Berlin Polar Bears 	Bundesliga 	 	42 	23 	21 	44 	52 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
1993–94 	Olomouc HC 	Czech Extraliga	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	 	12 	4 	7 	11 	0
1994–95 	Berlin Polar Bears 	DEL 	 	42 	28 	40 	68 	55 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
1995–96 	Vsetín HC 	Czech Extraliga	 	38 	19 	20 	39 	20 	 	13 	9 	11 	20 	10
1996–97 	Vsetín HC 	Czech Extraliga	 	52 	30 	31 	61 	55 	 	10 	7 	4 	11 	22
1997–98 	Vsetín HC 	Czech Extraliga	 	50 	21 	34 	55 	64 	 	10 	12 	6 	18 	4
1998–99 	Vsetín HC 	Czech Extraliga	 	50 	19 	32 	51 	43 	 	12 	1 	6 	7 	0
1999–00 	Vsetín HC 	Czech Extraliga	 	49 	30 	29 	59 	83 	 	9 	0 	4 	4 	6
2000–01 	Vsetín HC 	Czech Extraliga	 	46 	19 	31 	50 	53 	 	14 	8 	13 	21 	18
2001–02 	Philadelphia Flyers 	NHL 	 	52 	11 	16 	27 	8 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
2002–03 	Edmonton Oilers 	NHL 	 	21 	1 	5 	6 	11 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
2003–04 	Pardubice HC 	Czech Extraliga	 	47 	20 	28 	48 	44 	 	7 	1 	9 	10 	4
2004–05 	Pardubice HC 	Czech Extraliga	 	44 	4 	23 	27 	12 	 	16 	2 	3 	5 	18
2005–06 	HC JME Znojemští Orli	Czech Extraliga	 	43 	9 	14 	23 	26 	 	11 	4 	4 	8 	4
2006–07 	HC JME Znojemští Orli	Czech Extraliga	 	48 	14 	14 	28 	62 	 	10 	2 	2 	4 	26
2007–08 	HC Znojemští Orli 	Czech Extraliga	 	42 	14 	16 	30 	18 	 	3 	0 	1 	1 	2
NHL Totals 	NHL Totals 	NHL Totals 	 	73 	12 	21 	33 	19 	 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
CZE Totals 	CZE Totals 	CZE Totals 	 	622 	245 	323 	568 	534 	 	130 	51 	74 	125 	114
Career Totals	Career Totals 	Career Totals 	 	790 	315 	413 	728 	709 	 	130 	51 	74 	125 	114
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==International play==
==External links==
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*Jiří Dopita's profile at HC Znojemští Orli webpage
Category:Born in 1968
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Category:1998 Olympian
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