Quick Facts
Biography
Pavel Rosa (born June 7, 1977) is a Czech former professional ice hockey forward who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Los Angeles Kings.
Playing career
Rosa was selected by Kings in the second round (#50 overall) 1995 NHL Entry Draft, As a highly skilled forward, Rosa played in 36 games for the Kings since the 1998–99 season. Rosa most notably burst onto the North American stage in scoring two goals in his first NHL game.
During his junior career, he played with the Hull Olympiques and was one of the offensive leaders of a team that won the Memorial Cup in 1997. As a professional, he has played for the Manchester Monarchs and Fredericton Canadiens of the American Hockey League, Long Beach Ice Dogs of the International Hockey League, HPK and Jokerit of the Finnish Hockey League, HC Dynamo Moscow of the Russian hockey league, the Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League, and most recently Timrå IK, Rögle BK of the Swedish Elitserien league.
On July 7, 2014, Rosa signed as a free agent from Pelicans of the Liiga, to join on a one-year contract Czech based club, Orli Znojmo, who compete in the Austrian EBEL.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1994–95 | Litvínov CPC HC | Czech | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Hull Olympiques | QMJHL | 61 | 46 | 70 | 116 | 39 | 18 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 25 | ||
| 1996–97 | Hull Olympiques | QMJHL | 68 | 63 | 89 | 152 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Long Beach Ice Dogs | IHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1997–98 | Fredericton Canadiens | AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 29 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Long Beach Ice Dogs | IHL | 31 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1999–00 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Long Beach Ice Dogs | IHL | 74 | 22 | 31 | 53 | 76 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2000–01 | HPK | SM-l | 54 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Jokerit | SM-l | 46 | 21 | 22 | 43 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | ||
| 2002–03 | Manchester Monarchs | AHL | 61 | 28 | 35 | 63 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2002–03 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Manchester Monarchs | AHL | 77 | 39 | 49 | 88 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | ||
| 2003–04 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | HC Dynamo Moscow | RSL | 54 | 21 | 23 | 44 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 2005–06 | HC Dynamo Moscow | RSL | 35 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Timrå IK | SEL | 10 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Avangard Omsk | RSL | 32 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Avangard Omsk | RSL | 52 | 18 | 18 | 36 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2008–09 | Avangard Omsk | KHL | 35 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Rögle BK | SEL | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Kärpät | SM-l | 45 | 19 | 32 | 51 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | ||
| 2010–11 | Kärpät | SM-l | 37 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 25 | ||
| 2010–11 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | NLA | 11 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | NLA | 35 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 2012–13 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | NLA | 13 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | HC Lugano | NLA | 9 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2013–14 | HC Litvínov | Czech | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Pelicans | Liiga | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2014–15 | Orli Znojmo | EBEL | 16 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 36 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Czech Republic | EJC | 5th | 5 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0 | |
| 1996 | Czech Republic | WJC | 4th | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Junior totals | 11 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 2 | ||||
Awards
2003-04: AHL John B. Sollenberger Trophy