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1993 – The year, in which Hejduk first played professionally (for Pardubice)

87 – Hejduk was chosen from this spot in the fourth round of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft by the Quebec Nordiques

3+1 – He played three games at the Olympics in Nagano and one at the World Cup, all without recording a point, but he won Olympic gold nonetheless

24 – The number Hejduk wore in Nagano; 23 was worn by Petr Svoboda, the scorer of the golden goal of the Olympics (many speculate that Hejduk slightly deflected his shot)

10.10.1998 – Hejduk makes his Avalanche debut alongside Sakic and finishes the game with a goal and an assist

13.10.1999 – Hejduk becomes the first player to score a goal in the team’s new home in the Pepsi Center

2001 – Hejduk wins his only Stanley Cup

3 – The number of points Hejduk recorded in the Finals, with all being assists

16 – The number of assists he had in the playoffs, the most assists recorded during the playoffs that year

50 – the number of goals he scored during the 2002-03 season, which earned him the Rocket Richards Trophy for the league’s top scorer, the award for league’s leader in +/- and the award for the best Czech hockey player

300 – The number of career NHL goals he reached in January 2009; this was also the last season he played a full 82 games

2012-13 – In his last season in the NHL, he became the last active player drafted by Quebec and was the last player from the 2001 Cup-winning team finish his tenure in Colorado

1000 – He reached four digits in games played in February 2013 and became the 30^th player in the history of the NHL to play 1000 games for a single team

800 – On the day of his 37^th birthday in February 2013, he scored a goal to reach 800 NHL career points as the third Czech player in history

3 – Hejduk has three bronze medals from the Olympics (as well as a gold medal), the World Championship and the World Cup

7 – The number of seasons he wore a letter on the front of his jersey (he served 6 seasons as alternative captain and one as captain)

1020 – His total of games played for Colorado, the most in franchise history

375 – His total of scored goals, which ranks him second behind Sakic (391)

430 – The number of his career assists, which ranks him third behind Sakic and Forsberg

805 – The number of his career points, ranking him second behind Sakic (1015)

140 – His career power-play goals, the most in franchise history 

59 – The number of game-winning goals he scored, the most in franchise history

2667 – His career total of shots on goal, ranking him second behind Sakic

34 – His career playoff goal total, ranking him third behind Sakic and Forsberg v play-off

76 – His career playoff points, ranking him third behind Sakic and Forsberg

14 – His career playoff power-play goals total, second behind Sakic

281 – His career playoff shots on goal, ranking him second behind Sakic and Forsberg

Translation by Michal Hezely