Jan Hejda
Jersey Number: 8, 35
Player information for Jan Hejda
Position
Defense
Height
6'4" (193cm)
Born
June 18, 1978
Number
8, 35
Shoots
Left
Weight
230 lbs (104kg)
Birthplace
Prague, CZE
Years in Columbus
4
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Player Career Notes
- Registered 11-56-67 with a plus-23 rating and 163 penalty minutes in 302 games with the Blue Jackets from 2007-11.
- Set the CBJ franchise record for plus/minus in back-to-back seasons, finishing +20 in 2007-08 and +23 in 2008-09.
- His best season as a Blue Jacket was in 2008-09 when he set career highs with 3-18-21 and was +23 while playing in all 82 games for the only time in his NHL career.
- Tallied his first goal as a Blue Jacket on Oct. 30, 2008 at Colorado (Andrew Raycroft).
- Was a part of the starting lineup in the Blue Jackets’ first ever Stanley Cup Playoff game on Apr. 16, 2009 at Detroit.
- Finished his nine-year NHL career with 25-110-135 and 317 penalty minutes in 627 appearances with the Colorado Avalanche, Blue Jackets and Edmonton Oilers from 2006-15.
- Made his NHL debut at the age of 28 with the Oilers on Nov. 3, 2006 vs. Dallas.
- Scored his first career NHL goal, the game winner, with Edmonton on Jan. 8, 2007 at Los Angeles (Mathieu Garon).
- Retired after playing in 11 games with the American Hockey League’s Lake Erie Monsters in 2015-16.
- Prior to coming to the NHL, played six seasons professionally in the Czech Republic (Czech Extraliga) from 1997-2003 and three seasons in Russia from 2003-06.
- Won a Czech Extraliga title in 2002-03 with Slavia Praha, leading league blueliners in postseason scoring with 5-8-13 in 17 games.
- Represented the Czech Republic on numerous occasions, appearing in the 2010 Olympic Games, seven times in the IIHF World Championships (2003-06, 2008, 2013, 2015) and the IIHF World Junior Championships in 1998.
- Won gold medals at the 2005 IIHF World Championships and silver at the 2006 tournament.
CBJ Career Regular Season Stats
| Season | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-2008 | 81 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 61 | 71 |
| 2008-2009 | 82 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 38 | 66 |
| 2009-2010 | 62 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -14 | 36 | 63 |
| 2010-2011 | 77 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -6 | 28 | 79 |
| Totals | 302 | 11 | 56 | 67 | 23 | 163 | 279 |
CBJ Playoff Statistics
| Season | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-2009 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 2 | 1 |
| Playoff Totals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 2 | 1 |
Transaction History
- Drafted by Buffalo in the fourth-round, 106th overall, in the 2003 NHL Draft.
- Signed by Columbus as a free agent on July 5, 2007.