Filip Kuba

Quick Facts

Full Name	Filip Kuba
Occupation	Ice Hockey Player
Date Of Birth	Dec 29, 1976(1976-12-29)
Age	48
Birthplace	Ostrava
Country	Czech Republic
Birth City	Moravian-Silesian Region
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Filip Kuba Biography

Filip Kuba is one of the most popular and richest Ice Hockey Player who was born on December 29, 1976 in Ostrava, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. Filip Kuba (born December 29 in 1976) is an Czech former professional defenseman in ice hockey. Kuba has most recently played in the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Kuba has also had stints with the Minnesota Wild, Tampa Bay Lightning as well as his own team, the Ottawa Senators of the NHL.

In Ottawa, Kuba broke an NHL record for defensemen by recording an assist on the 25th of October of 2008 against Toronto. Toronto Maple Leafs, giving him at minimum one point in each of the team’s opening eight matches of the year. The previous record had been set by 1981-82’s Brad Park, who recorded points in all game of seven of the Boston Bruins’ first seven games.

Kuba played his first game for the national team in 2001, and has played 30 times for the Czech national team (as of Jan 3 2009)

On July 1, 2012, Kuba returned to his original draft team, the Florida Panthers, signing a two-year contract worth $8 million. In the lockout- shortened 2012–13 season, Kuba was unable to live up to his contract registering 10 points in 44 games for the cellar-dwelling Panthers. On July 3, 2013, Kuba was bought out from the remaining year of his deal with the Panthers.

The player played his first NHL year with the Wild during the following season, and scored nine goals and 30 points. In 2003 the Wild made it to the semifinals of the playoffs after defeating the division’s adversaries Colorado Avalanche and Vancouver Canucks before losing against the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in four games. Kuba achieved his career-highs in playoffs with his appearance for 18 times and scoring eight points in Minnesota’s winning streak. After five seasons playing for the Wild Kuba was made an unrestricted free-agent and on the 1st of July 2006, he joined Tampa Bay Lightning. Tampa Bay Lightning. He quit his home with the Wild as the team’s all-time leading scoring among defensemen, with 33 goals , 132 points over 357 games. While playing for Minnesota, he was appointed captain of the team twice in November 2001 and November 2005 as part of the Wild’s rotating monthly captaincy system. Kuba played for the Wild alongside his teammate Dwayne Roloson at 2004, in the All-Star game.

Filip Kuba Net Worth

Filip Kuba is one of the richest Ice Hockey Player from Czech Republic. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Filip Kuba 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Kuba was selected during the 1995 NHL Entry Draft by the Florida Panthers in the 8th round, 192nd overall after having played for the HC Vitkovice junior team in his home country of Czech Republic. When he was drafted by the Florida Panthers, he was within his home country of Czech Republic for one more season, and was a part of the senior team of HC Vitkovice from the Czech Extraliga.

Then, after moving from North America, he played for the majority in his 4 seasons for the Panthers playing in minor leagues, before getting traded to Calgary Flames for Rocky Thompson on March 16th the 16th of March, 2000. Prior to the start of the 2000-01 season, Kuba was left unprotected by the Flames to participate in an NHL Expansion Draft and was accepted as a player by Minnesota Wild. Minnesota Wild.

In 2006–07, his first season with Tampa Bay, he recorded a career-high 15 goals, 22 assists and 37 points. On August 29, 2008, Kuba was traded to the Ottawa Senators, along with Alexandre Picard and San Jose’s first-round draft pick for defenseman Andrej Meszaros.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Filip Kuba height 6 ft 4 in Filip weight 102 kg & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Filip Kuba Dating?

According to our records, Filip Kuba married to Iveta Kubova. As of December 1, 2023, Filip Kuba’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Filip Ranked on the list of most popular Ice Hockey Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Czech Republic. Filip Kuba celebrates birthday on December 29 of every year.

Top Facts about Filip Kuba

1. Filip Kuba is a retired Czech ice hockey player.
2. He played in the NHL for 14 seasons.
3. Kuba was drafted by the Minnesota Wild in 1995.
4. He played for four different NHL teams throughout his career.
5. Kuba scored a total of 333 points in his NHL career.
6. His best season was with the Ottawa Senators in 2008-09, where he recorded 40 points.
7. Kuba represented the Czech Republic at several international tournaments, including the Olympics and World Championships.
8. He won a bronze medal with the Czech team at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
9. Kuba also won two gold medals at the World Championships (2000, 2001).
10. In his final season, he played for HC Plzen of the Czech Extraliga league.