Ľubomír Višňovský

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Ľubomír Višňovský
Date of birth August 11, 1976
place of birth Topoľčany , Czechoslovakia
size 180 cm
Weight 84 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2000 , 4th round, 118th position
Los Angeles Kings
Career stations
until 2000 HC Slovan Bratislava
2000-2008 Los Angeles Kings
2004-2005 HC Slovan Bratislava
2008-2010 Edmonton Oilers
2010–2012 Anaheim Ducks
2012-2015 New York Islanders
2015-2016 HC Slovan Bratislava

Ľubomír Višňovský (born August 11, 1976 in Topoľčany , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Slovak ice hockey player . The defender played over 900 games in the National Hockey League , much of it for the Los Angeles Kings . With the national team of Slovakia won gold, silver and bronze medals at world championships. He was also active as an inline hockey player and won the silver medal at the 2008 World Cup with the national team of his home country .

Career

Višňovský began his career at the Slovak club HC Slovan Bratislava , for which he was a total of six seasons in the Slovak Extraliga on the ice before he was selected in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft as 118th in the fourth round by the Los Angeles Kings .

Ľubomír Višňovský in the jersey of the Islanders (2013)

Despite these high draft number of links contactors already belonged in his first season to the permanent staff of the Kings, who scored in 81 games back seven goals and 32 assists. He returned to his home club in Bratislava in the 2004/05 lockout season . In the 2006/07 season Višňovský took part in the NHL All-Star Game .

On June 29, 2008, a day before a no trade clause came into effect in his contract, the Kings Višňovský exchanged for Jarret Stoll and Matt Greene from the Edmonton Oilers . For the Oilers he completed only 50 games in the 2008/09 season due to injury.

On March 3, 2010 Višňovský was given in exchange for Ryan Whitney and a draft pick to the Anaheim Ducks . In Anaheim, the Slovak quickly advanced to become a regular player and also impressed with his offensive qualities. On March 4, 2011, he became the first defender in franchise history to score a hat trick and scored the decisive goal for the 4-3 win over the Dallas Stars a few seconds before extra time was over . The 2010/11 regular season ended Višňovský with 18 goals and 68 points, the best value during this season in the NHL and only missed to equalize Scott Niedermayer's franchise record by one point . With 18 goals, attacking defender Fredrik Olaussons broke the record for most goals this season by a Ducks defender (16 goals in the 1998/99 season ).

On June 22, 2012, a year before his five-year contract, worth a total of $ 28 million, the Californians transferred him to the New York Islanders in exchange for a second-round vote in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft . There Višňovský played three seasons before his expiring contract was not extended and he decided to return to his hometown club HC Slovan Bratislava. There he ended the 2015/16 season and then announced the end of his active career.

International

Višňovský has played nine world championships for the Slovak national ice hockey team since 1996 and won all possible medals of this tournament with the gold medal in 2002 , the silver medal in 2000 and the bronze medal in 2003 . He also took part with Slovakia in the 1996 World Cup of Hockey and the 1998 , 2002 , 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics.

In June 2008 he won the silver medal with the Slovak national inline hockey team at the IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship 2008 in Bratislava .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1994/95 HC Slovan Bratislava Extra league 36 11 10 21st 10 9 1 3 4th 2
1995/96 HC Slovan Bratislava Extra league 48 9 11 20th 24 13 1 5 6th 2
1996/97 HC Slovan Bratislava Extra league 46 11 13 24 12 - - - - -
1997/98 HC Slovan Bratislava Extra league 47 9 13 22nd 24 11 2 4th 6th 8th
1998/99 HC Slovan Bratislava Extra league 50 14th 15th 29 31 10 5 5 10 0
1999/00 HC Slovan Bratislava Extra league 52 21st 24 45 38 8th 5 3 8th 16
2000/01 Los Angeles Kings NHL 81 7th 32 39 36 8th 0 0 0 0
2001/02 Los Angeles Kings NHL 72 4th 17th 21st 14th 4th 0 1 1 0
2002/03 Los Angeles Kings NHL 57 8th 16 24 28 - - - - -
2003/04 Los Angeles Kings NHL 58 8th 21st 29 26th - - - - -
2004/05 HC Slovan Bratislava Extra league 43 13 25th 38 40 14th 2 10 12 10
2005/06 Los Angeles Kings NHL 80 17th 50 67 42 - - - - -
2006/07 Los Angeles Kings NHL 69 18th 40 58 26th - - - - -
2007/08 Los Angeles Kings NHL 82 8th 33 41 34 - - - - -
2008/09 Edmonton Oilers NHL 50 8th 23 31 30th - - - - -
2009/10 Edmonton Oilers NHL 57 10 22nd 32 16 - - - - -
2009/10 Anaheim Ducks NHL 16 5 8th 13 4th - - - - -
2010/11 Anaheim Ducks NHL 81 18th 50 68 24 6th 0 3 3 2
2011/12 Anaheim Ducks NHL 68 6th 21st 27 47 - - - - -
2012/13 HC Slovan Bratislava KHL 32 6th 10 16 22nd - - - - -
2012/13 New York Islanders NHL 35 3 11 14th 20th 6th 0 2 2 2
2013/14 New York Islanders NHL 24 3 8th 11 10 - - - - -
2014/15 New York Islanders NHL 53 5 15th 20th 8th 4th 0 2 2 0
2015/16 HC Slovan Bratislava KHL 9 2 8th 10 2 4th 0 0 0 0
Extraliga overall 322 88 111 199 179 65 16 30th 46 38
NHL overall 883 128 367 495 373 28 0 8th 8th 4th
KHL total 41 8th 18th 26th 24 4th 0 0 0 0

International

Višňovský in the jersey of the Slovak national team

Represented Slovakia at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1994 Slovakia U20-C-WM 1st place 4th 1 1 2 0
1994 Slovakia U18-C-WM 1st place 6th 2 3 5 5
1995 Slovakia U20-B-WM 2nd place 7th 1 6th 7th 4th
1996 Slovakia U20 World Cup 7th place 6th 1 5 6th 4th
1996 Slovakia WM 10th place 5 0 1 1 4th
1996 Slovakia World cup 7th place 1 0 0 0 0
1997 Slovakia WM 9th place 8th 0 1 1 4th
1998 Slovakia Olympia 10th place 3 0 0 0 2
1999 Slovakia WM 7th place 6th 0 2 2 6th
2000 Slovakia WM 2nd place, silver 9 0 6th 6th 2
2002 Slovakia Olympia 13th place 3 1 2 3 0
2002 Slovakia WM 1st place, gold 5 2 1 3 2
2003 Slovakia WM 3rd place, bronze 9 4th 8th 12 2
2004 Slovakia World cup 7th place 4th 0 0 0 6th
2005 Slovakia WM 5th place 7th 2 6th 8th 0
2006 Slovakia Olympia 5th place 6th 1 1 2 0
2008 Slovakia WM 13th place 5 2 7th 9 0
2010 Slovakia Olympia 4th Place 7th 2 1 3 0
2011 Slovakia WM 10th place 3 0 2 2 0
Juniors overall 23 5 15th 30th 13
Men overall 78 14th 38 52 26th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Commons : Ľubomír Višňovský  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ tsn.ca, Oilers acquire Visnovsky from LA; ship Stoll and Greene
  2. ↑ tsn.ca, Oilers Send Visnovsky to Ducks for Whitney
  3. ↑ ducks.nhl.com, Visnovsky Caps off a Hat Trick in Overtime to Complete Ducks Comeback, 4-3 ( Memento from June 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ tsn.ca, Ducks trade D Visnovsky to Islanders for '13 second-rounder
  5. ↑ Ľubomír Višňovský ukončil bohatú hokejovú kariéru. tvnoviny.sk, February 27, 2016, accessed on February 28, 2016 (Slovak).
personal data
SURNAME Višňovský, Ľubomír
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Visnovsky, Lubomir
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovak ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Topoľčany , Czechoslovakia