Greg Kuznik

Greg Kuznik
Date of birth	June 12, 1978
place of birth	Prince George , British Columbia , Canada
size	183 cm
Weight	83 kg
position	defender
number	# 22
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1996 , 7th lap, 171st position Hartford Whalers
Career stations
1994-1995	Royal City Outlaws
1995-1998	Seattle Thunderbirds
1998-1999	Beast of New Haven Florida Everblades
1999-2001	Cincinnati Cyclones
2001-2003	Lowell Lock Monsters
2003-2005	Fife Flyers
2005-2007	SHC Fassa
2007-2010	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
2010	SG Pontebba
2010–2012	EC VSV
2012-2013	SHC Fassa

Gregory Kuznik (often also Gregory Kužnik ; born June 12, 1978 in Prince George , British Columbia ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player with Slovenian citizenship who was most recently under contract with SHC Fassa in the Italian A1 series .

Career

Kuznik first played between 1994 and 1995 for the Royal City Outlaws in the British Columbia Hockey League and then until 1998 with the Seattle Thunderbirds in the Western Hockey League . During this time he was selected in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft by the Hartford Whalers in the seventh round in 171th place. In the summer of 1997, Kuznik's transfer rights were then overwritten by the Carolina Hurricanes , as the Whalers franchise had been relocated.

Kuznik in the dress of the Slovenian national team .

In the summer of 1998 Kuznik switched to the Hurricanes franchise and played in the following five years for their farm teams , the Beast of New Haven , Florida Everblades , Cincinnati Cyclones , Dayton Bombers , Lowell Lock Monsters , in the Minor Leagues International Hockey League , American Hockey League and ECHL . He made his debut in the National Hockey League in the 2000/01 season when he played in a game for the Carolina Hurricanes.

After five years in the minor leagues, the defender moved to the British National League with the Fife Flyers for two years in July 2003 , followed by a two-year stint at SHC Fassa in the Italian SHC Fassa. In the summer of 2007, Kuznik joined the top Slovenian club HDD Olimpija Ljubljana for three years , with whom he celebrated the runner-up in the EBEL in 2008 . The Canadian remained loyal to the Slovenes until January 2010, before joining the SG Pontebba for three months . In April 2010 he finally switched to EC VSV from Austria. In summer 2012 he returned to Fassa, where he ended his career in 2013.

International

Since Kuznik also took on Slovenian citizenship during his stay at HDD Olimpija Ljubljana , he started playing for the Slovenian national team in 2010 . He represented them at the World Cup in Division I in 2010 , when the team made it back into the top division, and a year later at the 2011 World Cup . There the team descended again into Division I.

Achievements and Awards

• 2008 EBEL vice-champion with the HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
• 2010 Promotion to the top division at the World Cup of Division I.

statistics

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	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
NHL Regular Season	1	1	0	0	0	0
NHL playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-
AHL regular season	3	146	6th	11	17th	147
AHL playoffs	1	5	0	0	0	8th
IHL regular season	2	119	0	10	10	125
IHL playoffs	2	9	0	1	1	8th

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

Web links

Commons : Greg Kuznik  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Greg Kuznik at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Greg Kuznik at hockeydb.com (English)
• Greg Kuznik at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Greg Kuznik at sonice.it