Petr Sýkora (ice hockey, born 1978)

Petr Sýkora
Petr Sýkora
Born (1978-12-21) December 21, 1978
Pardubice, Czechoslovakia
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 167 lb (76 kg; 11 st 13 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Right
Czech Extraliga team
Former teams
HC Dynamo Pardubice
Nashville Predators
Washington Capitals
National team  Czech Republic
NHL draft 76th overall, 1997
Detroit Red Wings
Playing career 19982020

Petr Sýkora (born December 21, 1978) is a Czech former ice hockey player. He played 12 games in the National Hockey League with the Nashville Predators and Washington Capitals between 1999 and 2005. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1998 to 2020, was mainly spent in the Czech Extraliga. Internationally he played for the Czech national team at the 2007 World Championships. He is the younger brother of former NHL defenceman Michal Sýkora.