Jaroslav Svoboda
Jaroslav Svoboda is a Czech former professional ice hockey right winger.Biography
Svoboda was born in Červenka, Czechoslovakia. As a youth, he played in the 1994 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team from Olomouc.
Svoboda was drafted in the 8th round, 208th overall by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft and spent three seasons with the team, sharing his time in the American Hockey League with the Lowell Lock Monsters. After spending a season in the Czech Republic during the NHL lockout, Svoboda signed with the Dallas Stars in 2005 and managed to play 43 regular season games for them. In total, Svoboda has played 134 regular season games and has scored 12 goals and 17 assists for 29 points. He has also played in 25 playoff games.
He returned to Europe in 2006, and later played for HC Znojemští Orli in the Czech Extraliga.
