Ivan Majeský

Ivan Majeský
Date of birth	2nd September 1976
place of birth	Banska Bystrica , Czechoslovakia
size	196 cm
Weight	106 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2001 , 9th round, 267th position Florida Panthers
Career stations
until 1999	ŠaHK Iskra Banská Bystrica
1999-2000	HKm Zvolen
2000-2002	Ilves Tampere
2002-2003	Florida panthers
2003-2004	Atlanta Thrashers
2004-2005	HC Sparta Prague
2005-2006	Washington Capitals
2006-2009	Linköpings HC
2009-2011	Skellefteå AIK
2011-2014	HC Kladno
2012	Linköpings HC
2013	Jokerit Helsinki
2014-2015	HC Olomouc
2015-2016	HC 05 Banská Bystrica

Ivan Majeský (born September 2, 1976 in Banská Bystrica , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Slovak ice hockey player . In the National Hockey League , he completed a total of 202 games for the Florida Panthers , Atlanta Thrashers and Washington Capitals . In the Swedish Elitserien he was active for Linköpings HC and Skellefteå AIK , in Finland for Jokerit Helsinki and Ilves Tampere as well as for various clubs in the Slovak and Czech extra leagues .

Career

Majeský at the 2008 World Cup

Ivan Majeský began his career as a hockey player at the ŠaHK Iskra Banská Bystrica , for which he was active in the Slovak Extra League from 1995 to 1999 , before moving to their league rivals HKm Zvolen shortly before the end of the 1998/99 season. With Zvolen he was runner-up in the following season. The defender then signed a contract with Ilves Tampere , for which he was on the ice for two years in the Finnish SM-liiga . During this time he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2001 in the ninth round as a total of 267th player by the Florida Panthers , for which he completed all 82 regular season games in the National Hockey League in the 2002/03 season . After a season the Slovak left the Panthers again and also played for their league rivals Atlanta Thrashers for a season .

Due to the lockout in the 2004/05 NHL season , Majeský returned to Europe, where he played for HC Sparta Prague from the Czech extra league. After resumption of play in the NHL, the Slovak returned to North America, where he received a one-year contract with the Washington Capitals . The right-handed shooter only stayed with the Capitals for one season before returning to Europe. In the following three seasons he started the season twice at Kärpät Oulu and once for HIFK Helsinki from the SM-liiga in order to receive a tax-deductible half-year contract in Sweden. There the Slovak finished the season at the Elitserien club Linköpings HC . With the Swedes he was runner-up in 2007 and 2008. The 2009/10 season he began as a loan player in the Czech Extra League at HC Kladno and then played for Skellefteå AIK in the Elitserien. In the following season he was also Swedish runner-up with the Skellefteå AIK.

He started the following two seasons at HC Kladno from the Czech extra league and moved to Scandinavia at the turn of the year, once to Linköpings HC and in 2013 to Jokerit . For the 2014/15 season he was loaned from HC Kladno to HC Olomouc . Majeský then announced the end of his career, but returned to the ice for his home club in the 2015/16 and 2016/17 seasons.

International

For Slovakia Majesky participated in the World Championships in 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2008 , 2010 and 2011 in part. He was also part of the Slovak squad at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin .

Achievements and Awards

• 2000 Slovak runner-up with the HKm Zvolen
• 2003 bronze medal at the world championship
• 2007 Swedish runner-up with Linköpings HC
• 2008 Swedish runner-up with Linköpings HC
• 2011 Swedish runner-up with the Skellefteå AIK

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	3	202	8th	23	31	234
Playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

Web links

• Ivan Majeský at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Ivan Majeský at eurohockey.com
• Ivan Majeský at eliteprospects.com (English)