Filip Hronek

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Filip Hronek
Date of birth November 2, 1997
place of birth Hradec Králové , Czech Republic
size 183 cm
Weight 77 kg
position defender
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2016 , 2nd round, 53rd position
Detroit Red Wings
KHL Junior Draft 2016 , 2nd round, 41st position
Salawat Julajew Ufa
Career stations
until 2016 HC Hradec Králové
2016-2017 Saginaw Spirit
2017-2019 Grand Rapids Griffins
since 2018 Detroit Red Wings

Filip Hronek (born November 2, 1997 in Hradec Králové ) is a Czech ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League since July 2016 and has played for them since 2018 in the position of defender .

Career

Hronek spent his junior years in the youth department of his home club HC Hradec Králové , where he went through all U-teams up to the U20. With the same, the defender rose to the U20 extra league in the 2014/15 season. Hronek himself made his debut in the professional squad of Mountfield HK in the Extraliga this season as a 17-year-old . There he was a regular player in the professional team in the 2015/16 season with 40 appearances over large parts of the season. In addition, he completed games on loan for the second division club HC Stadion Litoměřice . In the following summer he was finally due to his great talent both in the NHL Entry Draft 2016 in the second round in 53rd place by the Detroit Red Wings from the National Hockey League and in the KHL Junior Draft 2016 in the second round in 41st position Salawat Yulayev Ufa selected from the Continental Hockey League .

The Czech was then signed by the Red Wings in July 2016, after which he moved to North America at Detroit's request. There he spent the 2016/17 season in the junior league Ontario Hockey League . With 61 scorer points and the election to the Third All-Star Team of the league, Hronek proved his qualities. At the end of the season he was therefore ordered to the farm team of the Detroit Red Wings, the Grand Rapids Griffins from the American Hockey League , where the defender made twelve more appearances in the professional field and celebrated winning the Calder Cup with the team . At the beginning of the 2017/18 season , the defensive player was a permanent member of the Griffins' squad and made it to the AHL All-Rookie Team at the end of the season . At the beginning of the 2018/19 season , Hronek finally made his debut with the Red Wings in the NHL. After he was back in the AHL in the meantime, he established himself in the NHL from mid-December and played 46 games in which he scored 23 times.

International

For his home country, Hronek competed in the junior division of the U18 Junior World Championships 2015 and the U20 Junior World Championships in 2016 and 2017 . In the latter, he led the team of the Czech U20 national team as team captain . The defender was unable to win a medal in any of the three tournaments in which he recorded nine scorer points in a total of 15 missions.

Hronek made his senior national team debut at the age of 21 at the 2018 World Cup in Denmark , where he scored three points in eight tournament games. The following year he was again in the squad for the 2019 World Cup in Slovakia and reached fourth place with the team. He himself was named the best defender in the world championship and was appointed to the All-Star Team.

Achievements and Awards

International

  • 2019 World Cup best defender
  • 2019 World Championship All-Star Team

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2014/15 HC Hradec Králové U20 2nd U20 league 19th 4th 13 17th 20th 5 1 0 0 0 6th
2014/15 Mountfield HK Extra league 1 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
2015/16 HC Hradec Králové U20 U20 extra league 13 4th 12 16 12 10 4th 5 9 28
2015/16 Mountfield HK Extra league 40 0 4th 4th 22nd - - - - -
2015/16 HC Litoměřice Stadium 1st League 12 2 2 4th 18th - - - - -
2016/17 Saginaw Spirit OHL 59 14th 47 61 60 - - - - -
2016/17 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 10 1 1 2 4th 2 0 0 0 6th
2017/18 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 67 11 28 39 44 5 0 1 1 14th
2018/19 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 31 7th 17th 24 45 5 0 3 3 28
2018/19 Detroit Red Wings NHL 46 5 18th 23 30th - - - - -
2019/20 Detroit Red Wings NHL 65 9 22nd 31 46 - - - - -
Extraliga overall 41 0 4th 4th 24 - - - - -
AHL total 108 19th 46 65 93 12 0 4th 4th 48
NHL overall 111 14th 40 54 76 - - - - -

International

Represented the Czech Republic at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2015 Czech Republic U18 World Cup 6th place 5 0 3 3 6th
2016 Czech Republic U20 World Cup 5th place 5 0 2 2 4th
2017 Czech Republic U20 World Cup 6th place 5 2 2 4th 10
2018 Czech Republic WM 7th place 8th 1 2 3 2
2019 Czech Republic WM 4th Place 10 3 8th 11 22nd
Juniors overall 15th 2 7th 9 20th
Men overall 18th 4th 10 14th 24

( 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 Hronek, Filip
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1997
PLACE OF BIRTH Hradec Králové , Czech Republic