Thomas Vanek has accomplished some impressive feats in his NHL career. He's played on two Eastern Conference Finals teams with the Sabres. He was a major contributor on the University of Minnseota Golden Gophers squad that won an NCAA Hockey Championship. This far, Vanek has twice scored 40 goals in his NHL career . In 547 NHL games, he's scored 447 points (230 goals, 217 assists). and added 20 points in 36 NHL playoff games. He's earned the right to wear an "A" on his sweater.
On Tuesday, Vanek was voted to the All-Century Team for Team Austria.
Here's the ( translated from German ) scoop from thomasvanek.at"
Next major award for Thomas Vanek. The Styrian was from ÖEHV at the anniversary gala "100 years of Austrian Ice Hockey Federation" is selected in the team of the century.
Besides Vanek, who was represented at the gala of brother David, form goalie Reinhard Divis Jr. (first Austrian in the NHL), the defender Herbert Hohenberger and Martin Ulrich, and the attacker Christoph Brandner (Austria's first scorer in the NHL) and Dieter Kalt . The team of the century. Player of the Century Josef "Sepp" Puschnig was named.
First reaction of Thomas: "This is a great honor and I am very pleased. Of course I also want to congratulate the other award winners. "
