Dominik Graňák

Dominik Graňák
Date of birth	June 11, 1983
place of birth	Havířov , Czechoslovakia
size	182 cm
Weight	80 kg
position	defender
number	# 15
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
until 2001	HC Dukla Trenčín
2001-2007	HC Slavia Prague
2007-2009	Färjestad BK
2009-2010	Rögle BK
2010-2014	HK Dynamo Moscow
2014	Linköpings HC
2015	Friborg-Gottéron
2015-2017	Rögle BK
since 2017	Mountfield HK

Dominik Graňák (born June 11, 1983 in Havířov , Czechoslovakia ) is a Slovak ice hockey player who has been under contract with Mountfield HK from the Czech extra league since May 2017 .

Career

Dominik Graňák began his career as a hockey player in the youth of HC Dukla Trenčín , in which he was active until 2001. He then moved to the youth department of the Czech first division club HC Sparta Prague , for whose professional team he made his debut in the Czech extra league in the 2002/03 season . In his rookie year , the defender made two assists in a total of 54 games and immediately became Czech champions with Slavia . In 2004 and 2006, the left-shot reached the final of the Extraliga with Slavia again, but had to admit defeat to opponents HC Hamé Zlín and HC Sparta Prague. In the summer of 2008, the Slovak was committed by Färjestad BK , for which he was the next two years in the Elitserien on the ice and with whom he was Swedish champion in the 2008/09 season . Then Graňák received a contract with their league rivals Rögle BK .

Between May 2010 and the end of the 2013/14 season Graňák was under contract with HK Dynamo Moscow from the Continental Hockey League and won the Gagarin Cup and the Russian championship with this in 2012 and 2013 .

From November 2014 Graňák played for Linköpings HC before he was signed by Friborg-Gottéron from the Swiss National League A in January 2015 . For Gottéron he was used in 19 games in which he collected 6 points scorer. He then returned to Sweden and was signed again by Rögle BK in June 2015.

Graňák has been playing for Mountfield HK from the Czech extra league since May 2017 .

International

For Slovakia, Graňák took part in the junior division at the U18 World Junior Championship in 2001 and the U20 World Junior Championship in 2003 . In the senior category, he was in Slovakia at the World Championships in 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2009 , 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , when he was runner- up with Slovakia in 2015 and 2016 .

Achievements and Awards

• 2003 Czech champion with HC Slavia Prague
• 2004 Czech runner-up with HC Slavia Prague
• 2006 Czech runner-up with HC Slavia Prague
• 2009 Swedish champion with Färjestad BK
• 2012 Gagarin Cup win with the OHK Dynamo
• 2013 KHL Defender of the Month March
• 2013 Gagarin Cup win with HK Dynamo Moscow
• 2013 KHL Defender of the Month for December

International

• 2012 silver medal at the world championship

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
KHL main round	4th	163	23	47	70	122
KHL playoffs	4th	53	5	17th	22nd	24
Elitserien main round	3	156	22nd	48	70	130
Elitserien Playoffs	2	25th	2	6th	8th	14th
Extraliga (Czech Republic) main round	5	237	9	37	46	180
Extraliga (Czech Republic) playoffs	5	62	2	10	12	44

(Status: end of the 2013/14 season)

Web links

• Dominik Graňák at hockeydb.com (English)
• Dominik Graňák at eliteprospects.com (English)