Thomas Hajek (born February 6, 1978, in Bratislava, Slovakia) is a Slovak-Canadian lacrosse player from St. Catharines, Ontario, who plays for the Philadelphia Wings in the National Lacrosse League. He played Junior lacrosse for the St. Catharines Athletics and Junior hockey for the St. Catharines Falcons.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
Nickname | Header or The Captain |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Born | February 6, 1978 |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) |
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Position | Defense |
| Shoots | Right |
| NLL draft | 9th overall, 2003 Philadelphia Wings |
| NLL team | Philadelphia Wings |
| Former WLA team | Victoria Shamrocks |
| Pro career | 2004– |
College career
editHajek attended the University of Vermont and was captain on the men's hockey and a three-year letterwinner in men's lacrosse.
NLL career
editHajek was selected 9th overall in the 2003 NLL Entry Draft by the Philadelphia Wings. In 2005, he was named the captain of the Philadelphia Wings and was selected to his first NLL East Division All-Star team. In 2006 and 2007, he was named a starter to the All-Star team.
Statistics
editNLL
edit| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM | |||||||||||||
| 2004 | Philadelphia | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 74 | 55 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||||||
| 2005 | Philadelphia | 16 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 83 | 50 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||||||
| 2006 | Philadelphia | 15 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 105 | 68 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||||||
| 2007 | Philadelphia | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 94 | 53 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||||||
| 2008 | Philadelphia | 14 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 90 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2009 | Philadelphia | 16 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 94 | 32 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||||||
| 2010 | Philadelphia | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 60 | 44 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||||||
| 2011 | Boston | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2012 | Philadelphia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NLL totals | 116 | 7 | 45 | 52 | 618 | 381 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | |
External links
edit- Thomas Hajek career statistics at HockeyDB
- Thomas Hajek at the Victoria Shamrocks Official Website
- Thomas Hajek Selected in 1st Round of National Lacrosse League Draft at the Vermont Cynic Website
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