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Jiri Novotny

C | 6'3", 204 lbs. |

Birth Date:August 12, 1983 (29 years old)
Place of Birth:Pelhrimov, CZE
Shoots:R

Experience:4 years
Drafted:Drafted by Buffalo in 2001 (1/22).

Movements & Injuries

2009
9/07/2009	Signed by HK Atlant of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
2/12/2009	Missed 15 games (upper body injury).
1/06/2009	Upper body injury, day-to-day.
2008
4/06/2008	Missed the last 3 games of the regular season (bruised thigh).
4/02/2008	Bruised thigh, day-to-day.
3/04/2008	Missed 2 games (personal reasons).
2/29/2008	Personal reasons, day-to-day.
2/21/2008	Missed 3 games (shoulder injury).
2/15/2008	Shoulder injury, day-to-day.
2007
12/12/2007	Missed 8 games (shoulder injury).
11/24/2007	Shoulder injury, day-to-day.
7/03/2007	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Columbus Blue Jackets to a two-year contract.
6/25/2007	Washington Capitals did not tender a qualifying offer.
3/01/2007	Missed 5 games (sprained ankle).
2/27/2007	Acquired from the Buffalo Sabres.
2/17/2007	Sprained ankle, day-to-day.
2/06/2007	Missed 6 games (sprained ankle).
1/20/2007	Sprained ankle, day-to-day.
1/08/2007	Lower body injury, day-to-day (didn't miss any games).
2006
12/05/2006	Missed 2 games (upper body injury).
12/01/2006	Upper body injury, day-to-day.
9/12/2006	Re-signed as a restricted free agent by the Buffalo Sabres.
4/20/2006	Recalled from Rochester (AHL).
4/04/2006	Assigned to Rochester (AHL).
3/22/2006	Recalled from Rochester (AHL).
2/13/2006	Assigned to Rochester (AHL).
2/07/2006	Recalled from Rochester (AHL).
1/20/2006	Assigned to Rochester (AHL).
1/11/2006	Recalled from Rochester (AHL).
2005
9/24/2005	Assigned to Rochester (AHL).
2004
9/15/2004	Assigned to Rochester (AHL).
2003
9/20/2003	Assigned to Rochester (AHL).
2002
9/23/2002	Assigned to Rochester (AHL).
9/18/2002	Signed by the Buffalo Sabres to a multi-year contract.

Career Transactions

2007
7/03/2007	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Columbus Blue Jackets.
2/27/2007	Washington Capitals traded Danius Zubrus and Timo Helbling to the Buffalo Sabres for Jiri Novotny and a 1st round selection in 2007.
2001
6/23/2001	Drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1st round (22nd overall) in 2001.

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Career Regular Season Statistics

Year	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	TOI	S	PtsPG
2012-13	Lev Prague	KHL	43	6	9	15	2	18	3	0	2	18:18	88	0.35
2011-12	Astana	KHL	42	9	13	22	-4	22	2	0	2	18:27	94	0.52
	Czech Republic	WC	10	4	1	5	4	0	0	0	0	13:36	21	0.50
2010-11	Astana	KHL	53	13	28	41	9	78	5	0	2	21:02	143	0.77
	Czech Republic	WC	9	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	12:16	6	0.22
2009-10	Mytischi	KHL	45	12	21	33	21	8	3	0	1	-	80	0.73
	Czech Republic	WC	9	1	5	6	3	12	1	0	0	-	9	0.67
2008-09	Columbus	NHL	42	4	3	7	4	14	0	1	0	13:20	56	0.17
2007-08	Columbus	NHL	65	8	14	22	-10	24	1	0	0	17:43	91	0.34
	Czech Republic	WC	7	1	1	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	0.29
2006-07	Washington	NHL	18	0	6	6	-2	2	0	0	0	14:36	19	0.33
	Buffalo	NHL	50	6	7	13	-2	26	0	0	0	12:19	60	0.26
	Total Buf/Wsh	NHL	68	6	13	19	-4	28	0	0	0	12:55	79	0.28
	Czech Republic	WC	6	0	0	0	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	0.00
2005-06	Buffalo	NHL	14	2	1	3	-5	0	0	1	0	12:14	15	0.21
	Rochester	AHL	66	17	37	54	3	40	10	0	2	-	-	0.82
2004-05	Rochester	AHL	61	5	20	25	8	36	1	0	1	-	62	0.41
2003-04	Rochester	AHL	48	1	14	15	-14	16	0	0	0	-	50	0.31
2002-03	Rochester	AHL	43	2	9	11	-12	14	0	0	0	-	38	0.26
	Czech Republic	WJC	6	0	1	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	0.17
2001-02	C. Budejovice	Cze	41	8	6	14	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	0.34
	Hradec	Cze3	3	1	3	4	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	1.33
	C. Budejovice	Cze Jr.	7	4	4	8	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	1.14
	Czech Republic	WJC	7	0	2	2	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	0.29
2000-01	Havlickuv	Cze3	1	0	0	0	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.00
	C. Budejovice	Cze Jr.	33	10	10	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.61
	Czech Republic	WJ18	6	4	3	7	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1.17
1999-00	C. Budejovice	Cze Jr.	36	11	10	21	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	0.58
	C. Budejovice	Cze U17	11	5	7	12	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	1.09
	Opava	Cze2	17	2	2	4	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	0.24
	Czech Republic	WJ18	6	0	2	2	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.33
NHL	Total	NHL	189	20	31	51	-15	66	1	2	0	-	241	0.27
AHL	Total	AHL	218	25	80	105	-15	106	11	0	3	-	-	0.48
Cze	Total	Cze	41	8	6	14	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	0.34
Cze2	Total	Cze2	17	2	2	4	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	0.24
Cze Jr.	Total	Cze Jr.	76	25	24	49	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	0.64
Cze U17	Total	Cze U17	11	5	7	12	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	1.09
Cze3	Total	Cze3	4	1	3	4	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	1.00
KHL	Total	KHL	183	40	71	111	28	126	13	0	7	-	405	0.61
WC	Total	WC	41	6	9	15	-	22	-	-	-	-	-	0.37
WJ18	Total	WJ18	12	4	5	9	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	0.75
WJC	Total	WJC	13	0	3	3	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	0.23

Career Playoff Statistics

Year	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	TOI	S	PtsPG
2012-13	Lev Prague	KHL	4	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	23:47	5	0.25
2011-12	Astana	KHL	7	0	3	3	0	25	0	0	0	18:37	10	0.43
2010-11	Astana	KHL	4	0	0	0	-4	2	0	0	0	20:59	-	0.00
2009-10	Mytischi	KHL	4	0	1	1	-4	0	0	0	0	-	4	0.25
2008-09	Columbus	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2007-08	Columbus	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2006-07	Washington	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2005-06	Buffalo	NHL	4	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	10:27	3	0.00
	Rochester	AHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2004-05	Rochester	AHL	9	2	2	4	-3	4	0	0	1	-	7	0.44
2003-04	Rochester	AHL	13	0	1	1	-2	10	0	0	0	-	5	0.08
2002-03	Rochester	AHL	3	0	1	1	-1	10	0	0	0	-	2	0.33
2001-02	C. Budejovice	Cze	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	Hradec	Cze3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	C. Budejovice	Cze Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2000-01	Havlickuv	Cze3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	C. Budejovice	Cze Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1999-00	C. Budejovice	Cze Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	C. Budejovice	Cze U17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	Opava	Cze2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
NHL	Total	NHL	4	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	-	3	0.00
AHL	Total	AHL	25	2	4	6	-6	24	0	0	1	-	14	0.24
KHL	Total	KHL	19	1	4	5	-8	31	0	0	0	-	-	0.26

Career Highs (SEASON)

	TOTAL	SEASON
Games	68	2006-07 (Buf/Wsh)
Goals	8	2007-08 (CBJ)
Assists	14	2007-08 (CBJ)
Points	22	2007-08 (CBJ)
Penalty Minutes	28	2006-07 (Buf/Wsh)
Plus/Minus	+4	2008-09 (CBJ)
Power Play Goals	1	2007-08 (CBJ)
Shorthanded Goals	1	2 times-last: 2008-09 (CBJ)
Shots	91	2007-08 (CBJ)

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