Jiří Dudáček (born April 4, 1962) is a former professional ice hockey right wing.

[1] As Czechoslovakia was a Communist country at the time of Dudáček's drafting, bringing him to North America was a difficult proposition for the Sabres organization.

While other teams helped Czechoslovak players sneak out of their homeland to come to the NHL, Sabres general manager Scotty Bowman attempted to convince Czechoslovak officials to legally allow Dudáček to come to Buffalo.

All efforts were declined by the Czechoslovak sports authorities, though, claiming Dudáček was "too young" to leave the country.

[1][2] Dudáček played for the Czechoslovak national ice hockey team in the 1981 and 1984 Canada Cups.