Leo Gudas

Leo Gudas (born May 20, 1965) is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman.

Leo Gudas
Born (1965-05-20) May 20, 1965
Bruntál, Czechoslovakia
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for CZE
HC Sparta Praha
HC Kometa Brno
SM-liiga
JYP Jyväskylä
1.GBun
Hedos München
NLA
EHC Biel
DEL
Augsburger Panther
DEL2
Heilbronner Falken
National team  Czechoslovakia
NHL Draft 251st overall, 1990
Calgary Flames
Playing career 19882002

Playing career

Gudas began his playing career in 1981 with TJ PS Stadion Liberec in the second-tier 1st. Czech National Hockey League before joining HC Sparta Praha of the top-tier Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1983. He moved to HK Dukla Trenčín in 1986 for one season before returning to Sparta Praha.

In 1990, Gudas was drafted into the National Hockey League, selected 251st overall by the Calgary Flames in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. Gudas though never signed with the Flames, nor did he ever play in North America. Instead, he moved to Finland and signed for JYP Jyväskylä in the SM-liiga. After two seasons, he moved to Germany's Eishockey-Bundesliga and signed for Hedos München before returning to Sparta Praha for a third spell, in the newly created Czech Extraliga, founded following the peaceful separation of Czechoslovakia.

Gudas later had spells in Switzerland's National League for EHC Biel and in Norway's GET-ligaen for the Spektrum Flyers before returning to the Czech Extraliga once more in 1995, signing for HC Kometa Brno. In 1996, Gudas moved to Sweden with IF Troja-Ljungby in the Hockeyettan before returning to Germany in 1998 for the Augsburger Panther of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the successor league to the Bundesliga he played in six years prior. He followed up with spell in the 2nd Bundesliga for Heilbronner EC and in the Czech 1.liga for HC Berounští Medvědi before ending his playing career in 2003.

Coaching career

Gudas worked as an assistant coach for HC Sparta Praha and Piráti Chomutov before becoming head coach for SK Kadaň.[1] He also worked as head coach for HC Most, ŠHK 37 Piešťany and SC Csíkszereda.

Personal life

Gudas is the father of Washington Capitals defenceman Radko Gudas. He is also the father-in-law of goaltender Michal Neuvirth, following Neuvirth's marriage to Gudas' sister, Karolina.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1981–82 TJ PS Stadion Liberec TCH.2
1982–83 TJ PS Stadion Liberec TCH.2
1983–84 TJ Sparta ČKD Praha TCH 35 0 2 2 18
1984–85 TJ Sparta ČKD Praha TCH 36 1 3 4 24
1985–86 ASD Dukla Jihlava B TCH.2 41 6 12 18
1986–87 ASVŠ Dukla Trenčín TCH 31 3 3 6 50
1987–88 TJ Sparta ČKD Praha TCH 46 4 11 15 95
1988–89 TJ Sparta ČKD Praha TCH 37 7 12 19 41
1989–90 TJ Sparta ČKD Praha TCH 55 11 17 28 92
1990–91 JYP SM-l 44 10 19 29 60 7 2 6 8 8
1991–92 JYP SM-l 44 5 17 22 80 8 1 1 2 6
1992–93 Hedos München 1.GBun 42 4 22 26 91
1992–93 HC Sparta Praha TCH 9 0 1 1
1993–94 HC Sparta Praha ELH 4 1 0 1 6 2 0 0 0 6
1993–94 EHC Biel-Bienne NDA 11 0 3 3 6
1994–95 Spektrum Flyers NOR
1995–96 HC Kometa Brno BVV ELH 35 3 12 15 100
1996–97 IF Troja/Ljungby SWE.2 28 5 5 10 55 10 1 3 4 16
1997–98 IF Troja/Ljungby SWE.2 31 6 8 14 34 10 2 0 2 24
1998–99 Augsburger Panther DEL 49 4 12 16 56
1999–2000 Augsburger Panther DEL 54 2 7 9 83 3 0 0 0 4
2000–01 Heilbronner EC DEU.2 41 5 4 9 58 9 2 1 3 46
2001–02 Heilbronner EC DEU.2 33 2 13 15 50 5 0 1 1 8
2002–03 HC Berounští Medvědi CZE.2 14 0 1 1 6
TCH totals 249 26 49 75 320
SM-l totals 88 15 36 51 140 15 3 7 10 14
DEL totals 103 6 19 25 139 3 0 0 0 4

International

Olympic medal record
Men's Ice hockey
1992 Albertville Ice hockey
Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
1983 Czechoslovakia EJC
1985 Czechoslovakia WJC 7 1 3 4 14
1989 Czechoslovakia WC 9 0 3 3 8
1990 Czechoslovakia WC 6 2 1 3 10
1991 Czechoslovakia WC 3 1 0 1 4
1991 Czechoslovakia CC 5 1 0 1 10
1992 Czechoslovakia WC 8 0 3 3 16
1992 Czechoslovakia OG 8 0 2 2 6
1993 Czech Republic WC 8 1 2 3 12
Senior totals 47 5 11 16 66

References

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