István Bartalis

István Bartalis
Date of birth	September 7, 1990
place of birth	Miercurea Ciuc , Romania
size	184 cm
Weight	84 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2006-2014	IF Troy-Ljungby
2014-2016	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár
2016-2019	Schwenninger Wild Wings
since 2019	HC Vita Hästen

István Bartalis ( Hungarian Bartalis István ; born September 7, 1990 in Miercurea Ciuc , Romania ) is a Hungarian ice hockey player who has been with HC Vita Hästen in the HockeyAllsvenskan since 2019 . Bartalis is a Hungarian national player in ice hockey as well as in inline hockey .

Career

Bartalis was born as a member of the Hungarian-speaking Szekler minority in Miercurea Ciuc , Romania . He began his career as an ice hockey player in Ljungby , Sweden , where he still plays for IF Troja to this day . First in the U-18 and later in the U-20 team, he made his debut as a 19-year-old in the 2009/10 season in the men's team in HockeyAllsvenskan , in which he was able to assert himself as a regular one season later. In 2014 he moved to Alba Volán Székesfehérvár in the Austrian Ice Hockey League , where he played for two years. He then went to the German Ice Hockey League for the Schwenninger Wild Wings , for which he had played a total of 123 DEL games until 2019.

International

Bartalis was already on the ice for the U18 and U20 teams of Hungary at world championships in the junior division. He was voted the best striker of the tournament at the U18 World Cup in 2008 , when the Hungarians were promoted to Division I. The following year he played with the Hungarian U20s in Division I, but had to accept relegation. At the U20 World Cup in 2010 , he and his compatriot Patrik Popovics were the most successful assists in Division II and was voted the best striker.

His debut in the national team , he was in the World Championship Division I 2011 . At the Division I World Championships in 2012 , when he made the most assists in the tournament and had the best plus / minus balance, and in 2013 he was also in the squad. In all three tournaments, the Hungarians only missed promotion to the top division by one place. It was the closest at the 2011 home tournament, when the decisive game against Italy was only lost in extra time due to a goal from Italian Armin Helfer . Also in 2014 and 2017 , when he was captain of the Magyars, he played for Hungary in Division I. After being promoted without him in 2015, he played in the top division for the first time at the 2016 World Cup . In addition, Bartalis played for Hungary in November 2012 and February 2016 in Budapest in the qualifying tournaments for the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi in 2014 and in Pyeongchang in 2018 .

Inline hockey

In addition to ice hockey, Bartalis also plays inline hockey . At the 2013 World Cup , he took third place with the Hungarian national team in Division I.

Achievements and Awards

• 2008 Promotion to Division I at the U18 World Championship Division II, Group B
• 2008 Best striker of the U18 World Cup, Division II, Group B
• 2008 promotion to the J20 SuperElit with the IF Troja-Ljungby
• 2010 Best striker and most assists in the U20 World Cup in Division II, Group A.
• 2012 Most assists and best plus / minus results of the World Championship in Division I, Group A.

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Allsvenskan main round	5	196	27	33	60	81
Allsvenskan playdowns	2	20th	9	9	15th	10
ÖEHL main round	2	63	19th	21st	40	40
ÖEHL playoffs	1	6th	2	1	3	0
DEL main round	1	38	6th	14th	20th	8th
DEL playoffs	-	-	-	-	-

(Status: end of the 2016/17 season)

Web links

• István Bartalis at eliteprospects.com (English)