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Vítek Vaněček

#41 San Jose Sharks / NHL - 24/25

Date of Birth

Jan 09, 1996

Position

Age

Height

6'2" / 188 cm

Place of Birth

Havlickuv Brod, CZE

Weight

183 lbs / 83 kg

Nation

Czechia

Catches

Youth Team

HC Havlickuv Brod

Contract

24/25

Cap Hit

NHL Rights

San Jose Sharks / Signed

Drafted

2014 round 2 #39 overall by Washington Capitals

Agency

PREMIUM

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Vítek Vaněček Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	GD	GAA	SV%	GA	SV	SO	WLT	TOI		POST	GP	GD	GAA	SV%	GA	SV	SO	WLT	TOI
2009-10	HC Havlickuv Brod U16	Czechia U16	7*	-*	4.35*	.874*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2010-11	HC Havlickuv Brod U16	Czechia U16	12*	-*	5.15*	.874*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
	HC Havlickuv Brod U18	Czechia U18	1*	-*	6.00*	.800*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
	HC Pelhrimov U18	Czechia U18 2	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2011-12	HC Havlickuv Brod U16	Czechia U16	27*	-*	3.49*	.899*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
	HC Havlickuv Brod U18	Czechia U18	7*	-*	4.09*	.915*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2012-13	HC Havlickuv Brod U18	Czechia U18	31*	-*	3.33*	.924*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
	HC Havlíčkův Brod U20	Czechia U20 2	2*	-*	2.00*	-*	4*	-*	0*	1-1-0 *	120*	\|
	HC Havlickuv Brod U18	Czechia U18 Q	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|	Qualification	5	-	2.53	.938	11	166	0	2-3-0	261
	Czechia U17 (all)	International-Jr	8*	-*	4.32*	.864*	27*	171*	0*	2-6-0 *	375*	\|
2013-14	Bílí Tygři Liberec U20	Czechia U20	38*	-*	2.64*	.921*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|	Playoffs	4	-	4.23	.899	15	133	0	1-3-0	213
	Bílí Tygři Liberec	Czechia	0*	2*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
	HC Benátky nad Jizerou	Czechia2	1*	-*	3.05*	.906*	3*	32*	0*	0-1-0 *	59*	\|
	Czechia U18	WJC-18	7*	7*	2.74*	.897*	20*	174*	0*	4-2-0 *	438*	\|
	Czechia U18 (all)	International-Jr	10*	-*	2.37*	.917*	23*	254*	0*	6-4-0 *	582*	\|
2014-15	Bílí Tygři Liberec U20	Czechia U20	4*	-*	3.60*	.919*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
	Bílí Tygři Liberec	Czechia	2*	18*	1.50*	.943*	3*	50*	0*	0-2-0 *	120*	\|	Relegation	4	6	3.26	.870	13	87	0	1-3-0	239
	HC Benátky nad Jizerou	Czechia2	20*	-*	2.24*	.925*	44*	544*	0*	10-10-0 *	1 178*	\|	Playoffs	5	-	2.77	.902	13	120	0	2-3-0	282
	Czechia U19 (all)	International-Jr	8*	-*	1.47*	.945*	10*	173*	2*	5-3-0 *	408*	\|
	Czechia U20	WJC-20	3*	5*	4.31*	.829*	13*	63*	0*	1-2-0 *	182*	\|
	Czechia U20 (all)	International-Jr	7*	-*	3.50*	.871*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2015-16	Hershey Bears	AHL	1*	-*	0.92*	.962*	1*	25*	0*	1-0-0 *	65*	\|
	South Carolina Stingrays	ECHL	32*	-*	2.03*	.917*	63*	697*	4*	18-7-6 *	1 867*	\|	Playoffs	11	-	2.31	.914	-	-	-	-	-
	Czechia U20	WJC-20	5*	5*	2.73*	.881*	12*	89*	1*	2-3-0 *	264*	\|
	Czechia U20 (all)	International-Jr	8*	-*	3.38*	.873*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2016-17	Hershey Bears	AHL	39*	-*	2.54*	.909*	91*	906*	5*	18-10-9 *	2 148*	\|	Playoffs	4	-	2.75	.910	9	91	0	1-2-0	197
2017-18	Hershey Bears	AHL	32*	-*	3.04*	.888*	86*	679*	2*	12-13-2 *	1 695*	\|
	South Carolina Stingrays	ECHL	2*	-*	2.01*	.935*	4*	58*	0*	1-1-0 *	119*	\|
2018-19	Hershey Bears	AHL	38*	-*	2.62*	.907*	97*	945*	2*	21-10-9 *	2 220*	\|	Playoffs	4	-	2.25	.935	9	130	1	1-3-0	241
2019-20	Washington Capitals	NHL	0*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
	Hershey Bears	AHL	31*	-*	2.26*	.917*	69*	758*	2*	19-10-2 *	1 833*	\|
2020-21	Washington Capitals	NHL	37*	-*	2.69*	.908*	95*	936*	2*	21-10-4 *	2 115*	\|	Playoffs	1	-	4.62	.750	1	3	0	0-0-0	13
2021-22	Washington Capitals	NHL	42*	-*	2.67*	.908*	103*	1 014*	4*	20-12-6 *	2 317*	\|	Playoffs	2	-	4.20	.863	7	44	0	1-1-0	100
	Hershey Bears	AHL	1*	-*	2.03*	.913*	2*	21*	0*	0-1-0 *	59*	\|
2022-23	New Jersey Devils	NHL	52*	-*	2.45*	.911*	119*	1 214*	3*	33-11-4 *	2 916*	\|	Playoffs	7	-	4.64	.825	21	99	0	1-3-0	272
2023-24	New Jersey Devils	NHL	32*	-*	3.18*	.890*	95*	767*	0*	17-9-3 *	1 792*	\|
	San Jose Sharks	NHL	0*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2024-25	San Jose Sharks	NHL	11*	-*	3.52*	.894*	35*	294*	0*	3-5-1 *	597*	\|

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Vítek Vaněček Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	GD	GAA	SV%	GA	SV	SO	WLT	TOI
2013-14	Czechia U18	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	4*	-*	2.89*	.921*	-*	-*	0*	- *	-*	\|
	Czechia U18/19	WJAC-19	2*	-*	4.50*	.862*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2014-15	Bílí Tygři Liberec	Champions HL	0*	1*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|

Vítek Vaněček Career Totals

League	Years	GP	GD	GAA	SV%	GA	SV	SO	WLT	TOI	\|	Years	GP	GD	GAA	SV%	GA	SV	SO	WLT	TOI
AHL	6	142*	-*	2.59*	.906*	346*	3 334*	11*	71-44-22*	8 018	\|	2	8	-	2.47*	.925*	18*	221*	1*	2-5-0*	437*
Champions HL	1	0*	1*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Czechia	2	2*	20*	1.50*	.943*	3*	50*	0*	0-2-0*	120	\|	1	4	6	3.26*	.870*	13*	87*	0*	1-3-0*	239*
Czechia U16	3	46*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Czechia U18	3	39*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Czechia U18 2	1	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Czechia U18 Q	1	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-	\|	1	5	-	2.53*	.938*	11*	166*	0*	2-3-0*	261*
Czechia U20	2	42*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-	\|	1	4	-	4.23*	.899*	15*	133*	0*	1-3-0*	213*
Czechia U20 2	1	2*	-*	2.00*	-*	4*	-*	0*	1-1-0*	120	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Czechia2	2	21*	-*	2.28*	.925*	47*	576*	0*	10-11-0*	1 237	\|	1	5	-	2.77*	.902*	13*	120*	0*	2-3-0*	282*
ECHL	2	34*	-*	2.02*	.918*	67*	755*	4*	19-8-6*	1 986	\|	1	11	-	2.31*	.914*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*
Ivan Hlinka Memorial (Hlinka Gretzky Cup)	1	4*	-*	2.89*	.921*	-*	-*	0*	-*	-	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
International-Jr	4	41*	-*	2.64*	.909*	60*	598*	2*	13-13-0*	1 365	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
NHL	6	174*	-*	2.75*	.904*	447*	4 225*	9*	94-47-18*	9 736	\|	3	10	-	4.53*	.834*	29*	146*	0*	2-4-0*	385*
WJAC-19	1	2*	-*	4.50*	.862*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
WJC-18	1	7*	7*	2.74*	.897*	20*	174*	0*	4-2-0*	438	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
WJC-20	2	8*	10*	3.37*	.859*	25*	152*	1*	3-5-0*	445	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*

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Vítek Vaněček Career Highlights

Season

Awards by season

2013-2014
- U18 WJC Silver Medal
- U18 WJC Top 3 Player on Team
2015-2016
- ECHL All-Rookie Team
- ECHL Goaltender of the Month (March)
- ECHL Goaltender of the Week (11/09-11/15)
- ECHL Goaltender of the Week (03/07-03/13)
- ECHL Rookie of the Month (November)
2016-2017
- AHL Player of the Week (Dec. 18)
2018-2019
- AHL All-Star Game
2020-2021
- NHL Rookie of the Month (January)
2022-2023
- ECHL Alumnus of the Month (November)

Transactions

DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO
03/08/2024
03/08/2024	Confirmed	New Jersey Devils	San Jose Sharks
07/19/2022
07/19/2022	Extension	New Jersey Devils	New Jersey Devils
07/08/2022
07/08/2022	Confirmed	Washington Capitals	New Jersey Devils
07/29/2021
07/29/2021	Confirmed	Seattle Kraken	Washington Capitals
07/22/2021
07/22/2021	Confirmed	Washington Capitals	Seattle Kraken
07/01/2019
07/01/2019	Extension	Washington Capitals	Washington Capitals
07/15/2014
07/15/2014	Confirmed	Bílí Tygři Liberec U20	Washington Capitals

Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2021, 1 #16 overall by Seattle Kraken in the NHL Expansion Draft

2014 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #175 by FCHockey