Jan Pavlu

Jan Pavlu
Date of birth	July 16, 1994
place of birth	Bolzano , Italy
size	188 cm
Weight	82 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2009-2013	Young eagle Mannheim
2013-2015	Red Bull Hockey Juniors
2015-2018	EHC Bayreuth
since 2018	Heilbronn falcon

Jan Pavlu (born July 16, 1994 in Bolzano ) is an Italian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Heilbronner Falken in the DEL2 since 2018 . His father Martin was also an Italian international. His grandfather Jaroslav was multiple Czechoslovak and Italian champions.

Career

Jan Pavlu, whose ancestors on his father's side come from Czechoslovakia but fled to Italy after the Prague Spring , began his career in the youth department of HC Eppan . In 2009, at the age of 15, he switched to the young eagles Mannheim , with whom he won the German Junior League in 2010, 2012 and 2013 . After playing for the Red Bull Hockey Juniors in the Molodjoschnaja Chokkeinaja League from 2013 to 2015 , he returned to Germany and joined the EHC Bayreuth from the Oberliga Süd , with whom he was promoted to the DEL2 in 2016 . After two years in Bayreuth, he moved to league competitor Heilbronner Falken in 2018 .

Jan Pavlu is married and lives in the Neuschloss district of the asparagus town of Lampertheim in southern Hesse .

International

In the junior division, Pavlu first played for the Italian youngsters at the U18 World Championships in 2011 and 2012 in Division I. Then, with the Italian U20 team at the Junior World Championships in 2013 and 2014, he was also active in Division I.

Pavlu made his debut for the Italian men's national team in the 2014/15 season . He took part in a major tournament for the first time at the World Cup Division I 2018 and rose to the top division with the Azzurri.

Achievements and Awards

• 2010 Winner of the German Youth League with the young eagles Mannheim
• 2012 win of the German Junior League with the young eagles Mannheim
• 2013 win of the German Youth League with the young eagles Mannheim
• 2014 Promotion to Division I, Group A, at the U20 World Cup, Division I, Group B
• 2016 promotion to the DEL2 with the EHC Bayreuth
• 2018 Promotion to the top division at the World Championship Division I, Group A.

Career statistics

				Regular season							Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-
2009/10	Young eagle Mannheim	DNL		31	11	17th	28	14th	+32		7th	0	4th	4th	4th	+2
2010/11	Young eagle Mannheim	DNL		28	15th	14th	29	30th	+14		4th	1	1	2	12	+3
2011/12	Young eagle Mannheim	DNL		33	11	25th	36	30th	+26		8th	1	2	3	33	+4
2012/13	Young eagle Mannheim	DNL		32	22nd	27	49	18th	+30		7th	6th	2	8th	12	+7
2013/14	EC Red Bull Salzburg U20	EBYSL		5	3	5	8th	10	+1
	Red Bull Hockey Juniors	MHL		31	3	4th	7th	16	−4		5	1	0	1	2	−5
2014/15	Red Bull Hockey Juniors	MHL		53	5	7th	12	46	−16
2015/16	EHC Bayreuth	Oberliga Süd		40	3	11	14th	16			15th	1	3	4th	12
2016/17	EHC Bayreuth	DEL2		51	2	8th	10	32	−14		8th	0	0	0	2	−7
2017/18	EHC Bayreuth	DEL2		48	2	12	14th	28	−13		12	2	1	3	2	−6
DEL2 total				99	4th	20th	24	60	−27		20th	2	1	3	4th	−13
Oberliga overall				40	3	11	14th	16			15th	1	3	4th	12
MHL total				84	8th	11	19th	62	−20		5	1	0	1	2	−5
DNL total				124	59	83	142	92	+102		26th	8th	9	17th	61	−16

( 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

• Jan Pavlu at eliteprospects.com (English)