Andrej Podkonický

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SlovakiaSlovakia  Andrej Podkonický Ice hockey player
Date of birth May 9, 1978
place of birth Zvolen , Czechoslovakia
size 184 cm
Weight 95 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1996 , 8th lap, 196th position
St. Louis Blues
Career stations
1994-1996 HKm Zvolen
1996-1998 Portland Winter Hawks
1998-2000 Worcester IceCats
2000-2001 Louisville Panthers
2001-2002 HIFK Helsinki
HC Slovan Bratislava
2002-2003 Iserlohn Roosters
2003-2004 Portland Pirates
2004-2007 Bílí Tygři Liberec
2007-2008 Vityaz Chekhov
2008-2011 Bílí Tygři Liberec
since 2011 HC Kometa Brno

Andrej Podkonický (born May 9, 1978 in Zvolen , Czechoslovakia ) is a Slovak ice hockey player who has been under contract with HC Kometa Brno in the Czech extra league since 2011 .

Career

Andrej Podkonický first played in the youth department of the HKm Zvolen and came to his first appearances in the second-class first division at the age of 16 . In the 1996 NHL Entry Draft , the St. Louis Blues selected him in the eighth round in 196th place. The Slovak then moved to the Western Hockey League for the Portland Winter Hawks . In his second year he celebrated numerous successes with his team and Podkonický himself received several awards. At the side of his compatriot and later NHL All-Star Marián Hossa , he first reached first place after the regular season and was also able to successfully contest the play-offs . As President's Cup winners, the Winter Hawks qualified for the final tournament for the Memorial Cup . Here too, Podkonický's team prevailed and won the most important junior championship in North America . As the top scorer in the finals, the Slovakian received the Ed Chynoweth Trophy and was elected to the All-Star Team.

This was followed by a switch to professional senior ice hockey. First, the St. Louis Blues Podkonický sent in the American Hockey League to their farm team , the Worcester IceCats . There he brought consistent performance, but it was not enough to play in the best league in the world. After two and a half years, the Blues transferred the left-handed shooter to the Florida Panthers in exchange with Eric Boguniecki in December 2000 . After 41 games for the Louisville Panthers , he finally made his debut in the National Hockey League . Podkonický scored one goal in six games. For the 2001/02 season he moved back to Europe and signed a contract with HIFK Helsinki in the Finnish SM-liiga . After half a year he joined HC Slovan Bratislava and played there the rest of the season. In 2002 he switched to the German Ice Hockey League with the Iserlohn Roosters . With the Sauerlanders , he narrowly missed the play-offs. He then looked again for his chance in the NHL and signed as a free agent with the Washington Capitals . But also this time he spent most of the season only in the AHL with the Portland Pirates and only came to two missions with the Capitals.

Therefore, he moved to the Bílí Tygři Liberec in the Czech extra league in 2004 . Here the Slovakian and his team achieved first place after the regular season for three consecutive years. In the play-offs, however, his team always failed in the quarter- or semi-finals. The 2007/08 season he then played in the Russian Super League with Vitjas Chekhov . Shortly before the end of the season, Podkonický returned to Liberec and was active there the next year. After finishing ninth in the regular season, the left shooter failed with his team in the pre-play-offs. For the 2011/12 season he moved within the Czech extra league to HC Kometa Brno .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1994/95 HKm Zvolen 1st league (Svk) 17th 0 4th 4th 6th - - - - -
1995/96 HKm Zvolen Jun 12 7th 7th 14th 16 - - - - -
1995/96 HKm Zvolen 1st league (Svk) 32 11 9 20th 22nd - - - - -
1996/97 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 71 25th 46 71 127 6th 1 1 2 8th
1997/98 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 64 30th 44 74 81 16 4th 12 16 20th
1998/99 Worcester IceCats AHL 61 19th 24 43 52 4th 0 0 0 4th
1999/00 Worcester IceCats AHL 77 16 25th 41 68 9 2 5 7th 6th
2000/01 Worcester IceCats AHL 16 2 3 5 15th - - - - -
2000/01 Louisville Panthers AHL 41 6th 10 16 31 - - - - -
2000/01 Florida panthers NHL 6th 1 0 1 2 - - - - -
2001/02 HIFK Helsinki FNL 23 3 6th 9 41 - - - - -
2001/02 HC Slovan Bratislava EL (Svk) 16 11 2 13 2 - - - - -
2002/03 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 52 18th 15th 33 54 - - - - -
2003/04 Portland Pirates AHL 56 12 14th 26th 31 - - - - -
2003/04 Washington Capitals NHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2004/05 Bílí Tygři Liberec EL (Cz) 24 9 4th 13 16 10 3 4th 7th 4th
2005/06 Bílí Tygři Liberec EL (Cz) 39 11 26th 37 76 5 1 2 3 16
2006/07 Bílí Tygři Liberec EL (Cz) 49 11 12 23 140 12 3 2 5 32
2007/08 Vityaz Chekhov RSL 37 6th 4th 10 57 - - - - -
2007/08 Bílí Tygři Liberec EL (Cz) 5 1 0 1 2 9 2 1 3 8th
2008/09 Bílí Tygři Liberec EL (Cz) 51 14th 23 37 75 3 0 0 0 2
2008/09 HC Benátky nad Jizerou 1st league (Cz) 1 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
2009/10 Bílí Tygři Liberec EL (Cz) 43 13 19th 32 61 15th 6th 5 11 8th
2010/11 Bílí Tygři Liberec EL (Cz) 52 9 19th 28 81 7th 0 2 2 29
NHL overall 8th 1 0 1 2 - - - - -
AHL total 251 55 76 131 197 13 2 5 7th 10
Extraliga (Cz) total 267 69 104 173 451 61 15th 16 31 99

International

Represented Slovakia at:

year team event Sp T V Pt SM
1995 Slovakia B-June World Cup 5 0 1 1 0
2007 Slovakia WM 4th 0 0 0 2
2008 Slovakia WM 5 1 1 2 2
Men overall 9 1 1 2 4th

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Podkonický, Andrej
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Podkonicky, Andrei
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovak ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH May 9, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Zvolen , Czechoslovakia