Josef Beránek (; born 25 October 1969) is a Czech former professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice h ...

player and coach. He was selected in the fourth round of the 1989 NHL Entry Draft, 78th overall, by the

Edmonton Oilers The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton. The Oilers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. They play their home games at Rogers Place, which ...

. He has extensive professional playing experience, in the Czech Republic, the AHL, and the NHL. At the NHL level, he has played for the Oilers,

Philadelphia Flyers The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia. The Flyers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games in Well ...

Vancouver Canucks The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division (NHL), Pacific Division of the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference, and ...

, and

Pittsburgh Penguins The Pittsburgh Penguins (colloquially known as the Pens) are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference, and have playe ...

. He ended his playing career with

HC Slavia Praha HC Slavia Praha (eng: HC Slavia Prague) is a Czech ice hockey team located in Prague playing the Czech 1st National Hockey League, the second-highest league in the country. Slavia played in the Extraliga from 1994 until 2015, winning the nati ...

in the Czech Republic. In 1998, Beránek was part of the Czech Republic's gold-medal winning Olympic ice hockey team.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Transactions

*January 16, 1993 - Edmonton trades Beranek and Greg Hawgood to Philadelphia in exchange for

Brian Benning Brian Anthony Benning (born June 10, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played ten seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the St. Louis Blues, Los Angeles Kings, Philadelphia Flyers, Edmonton Oilers, and ...

*February 15, 1995 - Philadelphia trades Beranek to Vancouver in exchange for

Shawn Antoski Shawn Antoski (born March 25, 1970) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played eight seasons in the National Hockey League in the 1990s. Shawn Antoski has two sons. Playing career Antoski played minor hockey for the Do ...

*March 18, 1997 - Vancouver trades Beranek to Pittsburgh in exchange for future considerations. *June 16, 1998 - Pittsburgh trades Beranek to Edmonton in exchange for

Tony Hrkac Anthony John Hrkac (; born July 7, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player of Croatian and Ukrainian ancestry who played eighteen seasons of professional hockey. Playing career Collegiate Hrkac was drafted in the second round, ...

and Bobby Dollas *March 14, 2000 - Edmonton trades Beranek to Pittsburgh in exchange for German Titov

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Beranek, Josef 1969 births Living people Cape Breton Oilers players Czech ice hockey centres Czechoslovak ice hockey centres Edmonton Oilers draft picks Edmonton Oilers players HC Litvínov players HK Dukla Trenčín players HC Slavia Praha players Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Czech Republic Olympic ice hockey players of the Czech Republic Olympic medalists in ice hockey People from Litvínov Philadelphia Flyers players Pittsburgh Penguins players Vancouver Canucks players VHK Vsetín players Sportspeople from the Ústí nad Labem Region