Career
He played four seasons in the National Hockey League (National Hockey League) for the Saint Louis Blues, Los Angeles Kings, Chicago Blackhawks, and Philadelphia Flyers. He is the younger brother of former National Hockey League defenceman, January Vopat. He was drafted by the Saint Louis Blues as their seventh-round draft pick, #172 overall, in the 1994 National Hockey League Entry Draft.
Vopat started his playing career in his native Litvínov, before spending a season in the Western Hockey League with the Moose Jaw Warriors, joining the Blues" IHL affiliate the Peoria Rivermen for their playoff run during the 1994-1995 season.
He then joined the Saint Louis organization the next season but was sent back to Moose Jaw for further development, he later moved to the Prince Albert Raiders. On February 27, 1996, Vopat, along with Craig Johnson, Patrice Tardif and two draft picks were traded from the Saint Louis Blues to the Los Angeles Kings for Wayne Gretzky.
After three seasons in Los Angeles, he was traded to the Colorado Avalanche for Eric Lacroix, but never played a game for the Avalanche as he was then traded to the Chicago Blackhawks less than a month later. After three games with Chicago he was traded once more to the Philadelphia Flyers for Mike Maneluk.
At the start of the 1999–2000, Vopat was sent to the Flyers" AHL affiliate the Philadelphia Phantoms, which marked the end of his National Hockey League career.
After just 12 games, he spent the rest of the season with the Essen Mosquitoes of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany. Vopat then played five seasons in Finland"s Master of Science-liiga, for Pelicans, Ilves, and HIFK. In 2005 he returned to the Czechoslovakian Republic with The Human Context Sparta Praha but then returned to Finland, this time signing a contract with Jokerit, HIFK"s local archrival. In 2006, he moved to Sweden and signed with Leksands who play in the country second tier league.