Gabriel Spilar

Gabriel Spilar
Date of birth	December 15, 1980
place of birth	Košice , Czechoslovakia
size	180 cm
Weight	87 kg
position	Right wing
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
until 1998	HC Košice
1998-1999	North Bay Centennials
1999-2003	HC Košice
2003-2004	HC Sparta Prague
2004-2005	HC Slovan Bratislava HC Košice
2005-2006	HC Zlín MsHK Žilina
2006-2008	HC Košice
2008-2009	Barys Astana
2009-2010	MsHK Žilina
2010	Espoo Blues
2010-2011	HK Nitra
2011	Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
since 2011	HC Košice

Gabriel Spilar (until 2009 Gabriel Špilár ; born December 15, 1980 in Košice ) is a Slovak ice hockey player who has been under contract with HC Košice in the Slovakian extra league since November 2011 .

Career

Gabriel Spilar began his career as a hockey player in the youth of HC Košice , where he was active until 1998. He then played in the 1998/99 season for the North Bay Centennials in Canada's top junior division, the Ontario Hockey League . However, he returned after only one year to HC Košice, for which he made his debut in the Slovak Extra League in the 1999/00 season . The attacker scored a total of 17 points scorer in 44 games, including ten goals. After three seasons in the professional team of HC Košice, the right-shooter moved to HC Sparta Prague for the 2003/04 season , with whom he finished third in the Czech extra league this season .

The 2004/05 season began Spilar at HC Slovan Bratislava , who was Slovak champion at the end of the season . During the season, however, the former OHL player signed with his ex-club from Košice. In the following year, the winger managed to defend the championship title. This time he started the season with HC Zlín in the Czech Republic and finished it with MsHK Žilina in Slovakia. With 13 points scorer, including five goals, in 17 playoff games, he played a crucial role in winning the championship. Despite the success he left Žilina again and played the following two years for their league rivals Košice. In the summer of 2008, Špilár was obliged by Barys Astana from the newly founded Continental Hockey League , for which he completed a season in the KHL. He then returned to Slovakia and joined the MsHK Žilina.

In January 2010 he left the MsHK Žilina and was signed by Espoo Blues from the SM-liiga . In the summer of 2010 he returned to his homeland and was signed by HK Nitra . For the 2011/12 season, the Slovak moved to Kaszink-Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk from the Wysschaja Hockey League , the second Russian division, but returned to Slovakia in November 2012 and was signed by his home club.

Achievements and Awards

• 2005 Slovak champion with HC Slovan Bratislava
• 2006 Slovak champion with the MsHK Žilina
• 2014 Slovak champion with HC Košice
• 2015 Slovak champion with HC Košice

KHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	1	31	5	2	7th	6th
Playoffs	1	3	0	2	2	2

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

Web links

• Gabriel Spilar at eliteprospects.com (English)