Štefan Ružička

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Štefan Ružička
Date of birth 17th February 1985
place of birth Nitra , Czechoslovakia
size 180 cm
Weight 93 kg
position Right wing
number # 14
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2003 , 3rd round, 81st position
Philadelphia Flyers
Career stations
2001-2003 MHC Nitra
2003-2005 Owen Sound Attack
2005-2008 Philadelphia Phantoms
2008-2013 HK Spartak Moscow
2013 Salawat Yulayev Ufa
2013-2014 HK Awangard Omsk
2014-2015 Lausanne HC
HC Slovan Bratislava
since 2015 HC Oceláři Třinec

Štefan Ružička (born February 17, 1985 in Nitra , Czechoslovakia ) is a Slovak ice hockey player who has been under contract with HC Oceláři Třinec in the Czech extra league since January 2015 .

Career

Štefan Ružička began his career at the Slovak club MHK Nitra in the Slovak Extra League , before he was selected (drafted) in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft as 81st in the third round by the Philadelphia Flyers .

For the 2003/04 season he then moved to North America and initially played for two years in the Ontario Hockey League with the Owen Sound Attack . After he was used in his first year in two games with the Philadelphia Phantoms , the farm team of the Philadelphia Flyers, in the American Hockey League , he signed a contract with the Phantoms before the 2005/06 season . The 2006/07 season he spent both with the Phantoms in the AHL and with the Flyers in the NHL, where he was used in a total of 40 games after already being used in the 2005/06 season.

Štefan Ružička (far right) in the jersey of HK Spartak Moscow (2011)

For the 2008/09 season Ružička moved to HK Spartak Moscow , for whom he played in the Continental Hockey League until January 2013 , scoring 177 points in 267 KHL games. On January 23, 2013 HK Spartak Moscow gave Ružička to Salawat Julajew Ufa and received a compensation payment in return. For Ufa he scored 15 points scorer in 21 missions by the end of the season and was also part of the club's squad at the beginning of the following season before he was sent to Toros Neftekamsk in the Vysschaja Hockey League at the end of September . In mid-October 2013, the management of Salawat Julajew exchanged him for Tomáš Záborský from HK Awangard Omsk . For Omsk he scored 16 points in 28 main round games, but Omsk missed the play-offs and therefore took part in the Nadezhda Cup in 2014 . In the context of this competition Ružička flourished and was top scorer with 13 points from 10 games, top scorer and template provider of the competition, which Awangard Omsk also won. Then his contract expired.

Štefan Ružička (far left) in the Lausanne HC jersey (2014)

In September 2014 he received a one-month contract with HC Lausanne , for which he played 10 competitive games with 6 points scorer. He then returned to the KHL and was obliged by HC Slovan Bratislava , where he did not get beyond the role as supplementary games. Therefore, at the end of January 2015, he moved to HC Oceláři Třinec in the Czech extra league .

International

For Slovakia , Ružička took part in the junior division at the U18 World Junior Championships in 2002 and 2003 and at the U20 World Junior Championships in 2004 and 2005 . In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad at the 2009 and 2011 World Championships .

Achievements and Awards

statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
NHL Regular Season 3 55 4th 13 17th 47
NHL playoffs - - - - - -
KHL main round 6th 289 95 94 189 354
KHL playoffs 4th 34 13 10 23 38

(Status: end of the 2013/14 season)

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personal data
SURNAME Ružička, Štefan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ruzicka, Stefan; Růžička, Štefan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovak ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 17th February 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Nitra , Czechoslovakia