Jan Muršak

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Jan Muršak
Date of birth January 20, 1988
place of birth Maribor , SR Slovenia
size 180 cm
Weight 76 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2006 , 6th round, 182nd position
Detroit Red Wings
Career stations
2002-2005 HDK Maribor
2005-2006 HC České Budějovice
2006-2008 Saginaw Spirit
2008 Belleville Bulls
2008-2013 Grand Rapids Griffins
Detroit Red Wings
2012 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
2013 Amur Khabarovsk
2014-2017 HK CSKA Moscow
2017 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
2018 Frölunda HC
since 2018 SC Bern

Jan Muršak (born January 20, 1988 in Maribor , SR Slovenia ) is a Slovenian ice hockey striker who has been under contract with SC Bern in the National League since April 2018 .

Career

Jan Muršak began his career in 2002 with the U18 youth team at HDK Maribor , where he scored 89 points in 35 games within two years. Due to his good performance, he was promoted to the U20 juniors in the 2003/04 season and, at the age of 15, also played in the professional team of HDK Maribor in the Slovenian ice hockey league . The following year Muršak was already one of the most important players in the senior team and came in 24 league games on 16 goals and 29 assists , making him the second best scorer at HDK Maribor. In the summer of 2005 he moved to HC České Budějovice in the Czech U20 extra league and there, too, he impressed with 15 goals and 15 assists in 43 games.

The Detroit Red Wings selected Muršak in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in the sixth round at position 182. He also moved to North America shortly after the NHL Entry Draft , but first joined the Saginaw Spirit from the Canadian Junior League OHL , which had pulled him 33rd in the first round of the CHL Import Draft that same year . He had a very good start to the season and was among the top ten scorers in the league with 45 points in the first 28 games, but eased somewhat towards the end and was fourth-best scorer among the rookies with 27 goals and 53 assists . After the end of the OHL season he signed an entry contract with the Detroit Red Wings and came to his first professional appearances in North America when he played all seven playoff games in the AHL for the Grand Rapids Griffins , the Red Wings farm team , and contributed two assists . In the 2007/08 season he returned but in the OHL and initially played again for the Saginaw Spirit, but was transferred to the Belleville Bulls over the course of the season within the league , who completed the regular season as the second best team. For Muršak, the season was a step backwards compared to the previous year, as he only got 64 points in 57 games. However, he found his way back to his old form in the playoffs and with 24 points was the second best scorer for the Bulls, who lost the OHL final against the Kitchener Rangers , but were still allowed to participate in the Memorial Cup tournament of the best Canadian youth teams. There they met again in the semi-finals against the Kitchener Rangers and were clearly defeated with 0: 9.

In the fall of 2008 Muršak took part in the training camp of the Detroit Red Wings and recommended himself for a place in the squad of the farm team from Grand Rapids. There he had difficulties adjusting to the speed and physical hardness in his first professional season. His offensive game suffered and it wasn't until the 29th game of the season that he scored his first goal. Due to its weaknesses, it was only used irregularly. In the seasons 2009/10 and 2010/11 he managed to increase his points yield at the Grand Rapids Griffins and Muršak was recommended for inclusion in the NHL squad of the Detroit Red Wings, for which he was on December 27, 2010 in Game against the Colorado Avalanche debuted in the NHL.

At that time, Jan Muršak was rated as a very good skater who could handle the puck very well. He also has qualities as a playmaker. Physically, he would still have to work on himself and would have to better control his occasional lack of discipline on the ice.

During the NHL lockout 2012 Muršak played for the HDD Olimpija Ljubljana and scored 48 points in 30 EBEL games. He then returned to the Griffins before his contract expired after the 2012/13 season. He was then obliged by Amur Khabarovsk from the Continental Hockey League , but already moved to league rivals HK CSKA Moscow at the turn of the year 2013/2014 . There he was one of the team's top scorers in his first two years before his performance waned during the 2016/17 season. Therefore, he did not receive a new contract and moved within the KHL to Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod , which he left at the turn of the year 2017/18 to join the Frölunda HC from the Svenska Hockeyligan .

In April 2018, he and Adam Almqvist moved from Frölunda to SC Bern in the National League .

International

For Slovenia Muršak took part in the junior division in the U18 World Championships in Division I in 2005 and 2006 and in the U20 World Championships in Division I in 2006 , 2007 and 2008 . At the U20 World Cup in Division I, he was voted the best striker in Group B in 2008. In the senior division, he has been at the Division I World Championships in 2010 , when he was the tournament's second top scorer behind his compatriot Rok Tičar , and in 2014 in his country's squad. He rose to the top division with Slovenia. In 2014 he was voted the tournament's best striker. He played in the top division at the 2015 and 2017 World Championships . He also took part in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , where he achieved a surprising seventh place with the Slovenian team, and the Olympic qualification for the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2002/03 HDK Maribor SLO-U18 13 27 18th 45 14th - - - - -
2003/04 HDK Maribor SLO-U18 22nd 27 17th 44 14th - - - - -
2003/04 HDK Maribor SLO jr. 17th 6th 4th 10 12 2 2 4th 6th 25th
2003/04 HDK Maribor SLO 14th 3 3 6th 16 - - - - -
2004/05 HDK Maribor SLO 24 16 29 45 10 6th 2 0 2 6th
2004/05 HDK Maribor SLO jr. 17th 12 12 24 35 2 5 4th 9 4th
2005/06 HC České Budějovice CZE jr. 43 15th 15th 30th 32 5 0 2 2 2
2006/07 Saginaw Spirit OHL 62 27 53 80 50 6th 1 2 3 10
2006/07 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL - - - - - 7th 0 2 2 2
2007/08 Saginaw Spirit OHL 26th 6th 20th 26th 15th - - - - -
2007/08 Belleville Bulls OHL 31 11 27 38 8th 21st 9 15th 24 10
2008 Belleville Bulls Memorial Cup 4th 1 0 1 0
2008/09 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 51 2 7th 9 25th 6th 0 1 1 0
2009/10 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 79 24 18th 42 46 - - - - -
2010/11 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 54 13 22nd 35 35 - - - - -
2010/11 Detroit Red Wings NHL 19th 1 0 1 4th - - - - -
2011/12 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 6th 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
2011/12 Detroit Red Wings NHL 25th 1 2 3 0 - - - - -
2012/13 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana OIL 30th 19th 29 48 9 - - - - -
2012/13 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 23 4th 12 16 12 23 11 6th 17th 26th
2012/13 Detroit Red Wings NHL 2 0 0 0 4th - - - - -
2013/14 Amur Khabarovsk KHL 36 12 9 21st 28 - - - - -
2013/14 HK CSKA Moscow KHL 13 0 4th 4th 27 4th 0 1 1 7th
2014/15 HK CSKA Moscow KHL 53 17th 26th 43 20th 16 3 7th 10 2
2015/16 HK CSKA Moscow KHL 51 14th 22nd 36 30th 8th 0 0 0 4th
2016/17 HK CSKA Moscow KHL 33 7th 13 20th 57 9 1 2 3 11
2017/18 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod KHL 13 0 1 1 18th - - - - -
2017/18 Frölunda HC SHL 15th 10 10 20th 4th 6th 0 3 3 0
2018/19 SC Bern NL 32 10 11 21st 24 15th 5 5 10 10
2019/20 SC Bern NL
SLO-U18 total 35 54 35 89 28 0 0 0 0 0
SLO jr. total 34 18th 16 34 47 4th 7th 8th 15th 29
SLH total 38 19th 32 51 26th 6th 2 0 2 6th
CZE jr. total 43 15th 15th 30th 32 5 0 2 2 2
OHL total 119 44 100 144 73 27 10 17th 27 20th
AHL total 213 43 60 103 120 36 11 9 20th 28
NHL overall 46 2 2 4th 8th - - - - -
ÖEHL overall 30th 19th 29 48 9 - - - - -
KHL total 199 50 75 125 180 37 4th 10 14th 24
SHL total 15th 10 10 20th 4th 6th 0 3 3 0
NL total 32 10 11 21st 24 15th 5 5 10 10

International

Represented Slovenia at:

year team event Sp T V Pt SM
2005 Slovenia U18 World Cup, Div. I. 5 1 2 3 4th
2006 Slovenia U20 World Cup, Div. I. 5 3 2 5 2
2006 Slovenia U18 World Cup, Div. I. 5 1 1 2 8th
2007 Slovenia U20 World Cup, Div. I. 5 3 2 5 10
2008 Slovenia U20 World Cup, Div. I. 5 1 2 3 2
2010 Slovenia WM, Div. I. 5 5 2 7th 2
2014 Slovenia Olympia 5 1 2 3 4th
2014 Slovenia WM, Div. I. 5 1 2 3 2
2014 Slovenia Olympia 6th 1 0 1 2
2015 Slovenia WM 6th 1 0 1 2
2016 Slovenia Olympic qualification 3 1 2 2 0
2017 Slovenia WM 7th 3 1 4th 8th
2018 Slovenia Olympia 4th 3 3 6th 0
Overall Junior World Championships 25th 9 9 18th 26th
Men's World Cup overall 29 11 5 16 21st
Olympics overall 9 4th 5 9 4th
Olympic qualification overall 3 1 1 2 0

( 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 )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ redwingscentral.com, profile and scouting report on Jan Muršak ( Memento from February 2, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ SCB signs Adam Almquist and Jan Mursak. In: scb.ch. Retrieved June 13, 2018 .
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personal data
SURNAME Muršak, Jan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mursak, Jan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovenian ice hockey striker
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Maribor , SR Slovenia