Jan Čaloun
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Jan Čaloun (born 20 December 1972) is a
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former professional hockey player. He is tall, in weight. He shoots right and plays right wing. He was drafted by the
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in the fourth round, 75th overall in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft. Čaloun experienced success at the minor pro level, playing for the
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and
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, but was unable to make the big jump to the NHL. However, he did manage to score goals on his first four shots while playing for the Sharks. In 1998 he was a member of the Czech Olympic Team, which won the gold medal in Nagano.


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* 1972 births Columbus Blue Jackets players Czech ice hockey right wingers Espoo Blues players Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Russia Severstal Cherepovets players HC Litvínov players HC Dynamo Pardubice players HC Sibir Novosibirsk players HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi players HIFK (ice hockey) players Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics Kansas City Blades players Kentucky Thoroughblades players Living people Olympic gold medalists for the Czech Republic Olympic ice hockey players for the Czech Republic Ice hockey people from Ústí nad Labem San Jose Sharks draft picks San Jose Sharks players Olympic medalists in ice hockey Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Czechoslovak ice hockey right wingers Czech expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Finland {{winter-Olympic-medalist-stub