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Revision as of 11:31, 13 April 2006 by RasputinAXP (talk | contribs) (removed newlines)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) For other people named Petr Sykora, see Petr Sykora (disambiguation).Petr Sýkora (born November 19, 1976 in Plzeň, Czechoslovakia) is an ice hockey player, currently with the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League.
Sýkora began his NHL career in 1995 with the New Jersey Devils. He won a Stanley Cup with the Devils (2000), and was a game away from winning a second Cup in 2001. Sýkora, along with linemate Patrik Eliáš, developed into one of the game's premier forwards.
Traded to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in 2002 for Jeff Friesen and Oleg Tverdovsky, Sýkora was instrumental in carrying the Mighty Ducks to the Stanley Cup Finals the following year, when they lost to the Devils and his former teammates. He scored the game-winning overtime goal in the fourth-longest playoff game in NHL history in 2003.
During the 2005-2006 NHL season, he and the management of the Mighty Ducks no longer saw eye-to-eye and Sýkora called Rangers general manager Glen Sather and asked him to trade for him. The trade was eventually agreed to and executed on January 9, 2006 with the Rangers getting Sýkora in exchange for young defenseman Maxim Kondratiev and the return of a 4th round draft pick the Rangers had previously traded to Anaheim.
Career highlights
- Scored 20 goals or more in six straight seasons (1998-99 through 2003-04)