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- Born: July 2, 1976
- Birthplace: Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
- Nickname: T-Vo
- Height: 6' 0"
- Weight: 195 lbs.
- Position: Goaltender
- Saves: Right
- Draft year: 1994
- Helped the Nashville Predators make their first playoff appearance in franchise history in 2004Legends of Hockey: Tomas Vokoun
- Two-time NHL All-Star
- Olympic bronze medalist in 2006
- Recorded the first regular season and playoff shutouts in the history of the Nashville PredatorsOfficial Site of the Nashville Predators: Tomas Vokoun
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Czech professional hockey player Tomas Vokoun plays for the Florida Panthers in the National Hockey League.
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NHL Career
Vokoun was drafted 226th overall in the 1994 NHL Draft by the Montreal Canadiens. He played one additional season with the HC Kladno in the Czech Republic and joined the Wheeling Thunderbirds of the East Coast Hockey League in 1995. Vokoun made his NHL debut with the Canadiens in 1996 and was assigned to the Fredericton Canadiens in the American Hockey League for the next two years. In 1998, Vokoun was selected by the Nashville Predators in the NHL Expansion Draft. He split the next two seasons between the Predators and their IHL affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals. Vokoun joined the full roster of the Predators in 2001 and earned the starting goaltender job in 2002. During the 2004-05 NHL Lockout, Vokoun played for the HIFK Helsinki in Finland. He continued to play for the Predators after the lockout, until a June 22, 2007, trade sent him to the Florida Panthers.Career Highlights
- 2004: NHL All-Star Game
- 2006: Winter Olympics, bronze medal
- 2008: NHL All-Star Game
Timeline
- 1993-94: Kladno Team, Czech Extraliga
- 1994: Drafted by the Montreal Canadiens
- 1994-95: Wheeling Thunderbirds, ECHL
- 1996: Montreal Canadiens
- 1996-98: Fredericton Canadiens, AHL
- 1998-01: Milwaukee Admirals, IHL
- 1998-04: Nashville Predators
- 2004-05: HIFK Helsinki, SM-Liiga
- 2005-07: Nashville Predators
- 2007-present: Florida Panthers
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Tomas Vokoun Questions
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what are some of tomas hobbess ideas regarding the basic nature of human beings? 1 AnswerHuman beings are physical objects, according to Hobbes, sophisticated machines all of whose functions and activities can be described and explained in purely me... read more -
Toronto Maple Leafs Trade Rumors 1 AnswerYou know Burke will be shopping everybody, TSN goes as far to saying everybody BUT Schenn is available. http://www.tsn.ca/tradecentre/story/?id=268366&lid=... read more
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Tomas Vokoun Vital Stats
- Mahalo's Guide to the Florida Panthers
- Internet Hockey Database: Career Stats
- Height: 6-0
- Weight: 195
- Rookie Year: 1995-1996
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#fantasyhockey Vokoun falls to Rangers in shootout: Florida G Tomas Vokoun had a solid performanc.. http://bit.ly/6CzSrs
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Henrik Lundqvist will be the #NYRangers goalie. Tomas Vokoun, who beat the Rangers, 3-2, Saturday with 32 saves, starts for the #Panthers.
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Lundqvist for the Rangers, Tomas Vokoun in net for the Panthers. It's lousy weather down here. Lucky the NYR is in town. Building's dead.
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#Rangers Henrik Lundqvist vs. #Panthers Tomas Vokoun. #NHL #FLAPanthers #NYRangers #NYR #GoldsNHLstarters
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Tomas Vokoun back in goal!
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