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Ales Kotalik

current status: Unrestricted Free Agent (Group III)

RW | 6'1", 225 lbs. |

Birth Date:December 23, 1978 (34 years old)
Place of Birth:Jindrichuv Hradec, CZE
Shoots:R

Experience:9 years
Drafted:Drafted by Buffalo in 1998 (6/164).

Career Honors & Awards

League	Honor	Description
	Olympic Bronze Medal	2006 (Czech Republic)

Movements & Injuries

2011
10/07/2011	Signed with the HC Ceske Budejovice of the Czech Extraleague.
9/26/2011	Assigned to Rochester (AHL).
9/24/2011	Placed on waivers by the Buffalo Sabres.
6/25/2011	Acquired from the Calgary Flames.
3/31/2011	Assigned to Abbotsford (AHL).
3/16/2011	Recalled from Abbotsford (AHL).
3/15/2011	Placed on re-entry waivers by the Calgary Flames.
2/23/2011	Placed on re-entry waivers by the Calgary Flames.
1/28/2011	Assigned to Abbotsford (AHL).
1/27/2011	Placed on waivers by the Calgary Flames.
2010
12/05/2010	Missed 26 games (knee injury).
10/06/2010	Knee injury, injured reserve.
6/28/2010	Placed on waivers by the Calgary Flames.
2/01/2010	Acquired from the New York Rangers.
2009
11/27/2009	Missed 1 game (undisclosed).
11/25/2009	Undisclosed, day-to-day.
7/09/2009	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the New York Rangers.
3/04/2009	Acquired from the Buffalo Sabres.
2008
12/01/2008	Missed 7 games (hamstring).
11/15/2008	Hamstring, day-to-day.
2/12/2008	Missed 1 game (flu).
2/10/2008	Flu, day-to-day.
2007
10/11/2007	Missed 2 games (knee injury).
10/05/2007	Knee injury, day-to-day.
3/28/2007	Missed 16 games (sprained knee).
2/18/2007	Sprained knee, sidelined indefinitely.
2006
7/23/2006	Re-signed as a restricted free agent by the Buffalo Sabres to a multi-year contract.
2005
8/15/2005	Re-signed as a restricted free agent by the Buffalo Sabres to a one-year contract.
7/31/2005	Buffalo Sabres tendered a qualifying offer.
2004
9/06/2004	NHL lockout: Signed with the HC Liberec of the Czech Extraleague.
4/04/2004	Missed the last 19 games of the regular season (shoulder injury).
2/27/2004	Shoulder injury, day-to-day.
2003
8/08/2003	Re-signed by the Buffalo Sabres.
6/30/2003	Buffalo Sabres tendered a qualifying offer.
4/02/2003	Missed 3 games (flu).
3/28/2003	Flu, day-to-day.
2002
10/27/2002	Recalled from Rochester (AHL).
10/14/2002	Assigned to Rochester (AHL).
4/12/2002	Recalled from Rochester (AHL).
4/10/2002	Assigned to Rochester (AHL).
3/19/2002	Recalled from Rochester (AHL).
2001
11/29/2001	Assigned to Rochester (AHL).
11/27/2001	Recalled from Rochester (AHL).
11/17/2001	Assigned to Rochester (AHL).
11/11/2001	Recalled from Rochester (AHL).
9/21/2001	Assigned to Rochester (AHL).

Career Transactions

2011
6/25/2011	Calgary Flames traded Robyn Regehr, Ales Kotalik and a 2nd round selection in 2012 to the Buffalo Sabres for Chris Butler and Paul Byron.
2010
2/01/2010	Calgary Flames traded Olli Jokinen and Brando Prust to the New York Rangers for Ales Kotalik and Christopher Higgins.
2009
7/09/2009	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the New York Rangers.
3/04/2009	Buffalo Sabres traded Ales Kotalik to the Edmonton Oilers for a 2nd round selection in 2009.
1998
6/27/1998	Drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the 6th round (164th overall) in 1998.

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Career Regular Season Statistics

Year	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	TOI	S	PtsPG
2012-13	Ceske Budejovice	Cze	51	14	22	36	-1	70	-	-	1	-	-	0.71
2011-12	Ceske Budejovice	Cze	30	8	16	24	-3	20	-	-	-	-	-	0.80
2010-11	Calgary	NHL	26	4	2	6	-7	8	1	0	2	12:22	62	0.23
	Abbotsford	AHL	25	6	16	22	6	10	2	0	-	-	96	0.88
2009-10	Calgary	NHL	26	3	2	5	1	29	1	0	1	14:36	72	0.19
	NY Rangers	NHL	45	8	14	22	-18	38	4	0	3	13:56	100	0.49
	Total NYR/Cgy	NHL	71	11	16	27	-17	67	5	0	4	14:10	172	0.38
2008-09	Edmonton	NHL	19	7	4	11	2	6	1	0	0	16:05	55	0.58
	Buffalo	NHL	56	13	19	32	-7	28	8	0	1	15:14	153	0.57
	Total Buf/Edm	NHL	75	20	23	43	-5	34	9	0	1	15:27	208	0.57
	Czech Republic	WC	7	2	1	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	0.43
2007-08	Buffalo	NHL	79	23	20	43	-5	58	12	0	1	15:20	207	0.54
	Czech Republic	WC	7	5	2	7	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	1.00
2006-07	Buffalo	NHL	66	16	22	38	-5	46	3	0	4	14:30	162	0.58
2005-06	Buffalo	NHL	82	25	37	62	-3	62	10	0	5	15:33	261	0.76
	Czech Republic	Olympic	4	0	0	0	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.00
2004-05	Liberec	Cze	25	8	8	16	10	46	-	-	-	-	-	0.64
2003-04	Buffalo	NHL	62	15	11	26	-1	41	2	0	3	15:10	142	0.42
2002-03	Buffalo	NHL	68	21	14	35	-2	30	4	0	2	15:15	138	0.51
	Rochester	AHL	8	0	2	2	-5	4	0	0	0	-	26	0.25
2001-02	Buffalo	NHL	13	1	3	4	-1	2	0	0	0	12:35	21	0.31
	Rochester	AHL	68	18	25	43	-2	55	5	0	1	-	187	0.63
2000-01	C. Budejovice	Cze	52	19	29	48	-	54	-	-	-	-	-	0.92
1999-00	C. Budejovice	Cze	43	7	12	19	-	34	-	-	-	-	-	0.44
1998-99	C. Budejovice	Cze	41	8	13	21	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	0.51
1997-98	C. Budejovice	Cze	47	9	7	16	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	0.34
1996-97	C. Budejovice	Cze Jr.	36	15	16	31	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	0.86
1995-96	C. Budejovice	Cze Jr.	28	6	7	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.46
1994-95	C. Budejovice	Cze Jr.	36	26	17	43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.19
1993-94	C. Budejovice	Cze Jr.	28	12	12	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.86
NHL	Total	NHL	542	136	148	284	-46	348	46	0	22	-	1373	0.52
AHL	Total	AHL	101	24	43	67	-1	69	7	0	-	-	309	0.66
Cze	Total	Cze	289	73	107	180	-	250	-	-	-	-	-	0.62
Cze Jr.	Total	Cze Jr.	128	59	52	111	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	0.87
Olympic	Total	Olympic	4	0	0	0	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.00
WC	Total	WC	14	7	3	10	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	0.71

Career Playoff Statistics

Year	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	TOI	S	PtsPG
2012-13	Ceske Budejovice	Cze	5	0	1	1	-7	16	0	0	0	-	-	0.20
2011-12	Ceske Budejovice	Cze	5	1	3	4	-3	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.80
2010-11	Calgary	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	Abbotsford	AHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2009-10	Calgary	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2008-09	Edmonton	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2007-08	Buffalo	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2006-07	Buffalo	NHL	16	2	2	4	-3	8	0	0	0	12:29	34	0.25
2005-06	Buffalo	NHL	18	4	7	11	4	8	0	0	3	15:15	51	0.61
2004-05	Liberec	Cze	12	2	5	7	-2	12	-	-	-	-	-	0.58
2003-04	Buffalo	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2002-03	Buffalo	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	Rochester	AHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2001-02	Buffalo	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	Rochester	AHL	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	-	3	0.00
2000-01	C. Budejovice	Cze	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1999-00	C. Budejovice	Cze	3	0	1	1	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	0.33
1998-99	C. Budejovice	Cze	3	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.00
1997-98	C. Budejovice	Cze	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1996-97	C. Budejovice	Cze Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1995-96	C. Budejovice	Cze Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1994-95	C. Budejovice	Cze Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1993-94	C. Budejovice	Cze Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
NHL	Total	NHL	34	6	9	15	1	16	0	0	3	-	85	0.44
AHL	Total	AHL	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	-	3	0.00
Cze	Total	Cze	28	3	10	13	-	34	-	-	-	-	-	0.46

Career Highs (SEASON)

	TOTAL	SEASON
Games	82	2005-06 (Buf)
Goals	25	2005-06 (Buf)
Assists	37	2005-06 (Buf)
Points	62	2005-06 (Buf)
Penalty Minutes	67	2009-10 (NYR/Cgy)
Plus/Minus	-1	2 times-last: 2003-04 (Buf)
Power Play Goals	12	2007-08 (Buf)
Shots	261	2005-06 (Buf)

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