Jaroslav Kristek

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Czech RepublicCzech Republic  Jaroslav Kristek Ice hockey player
Date of birth March 16, 1980
place of birth Gottwaldov , Czechoslovakia
size 185 cm
Weight 85 kg
position Right wing
number # 16
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1998 , 2nd round, 50th position
Buffalo Sabers
Career stations
until 1998 HC Zlín
1998-2000 Tri-City Americans
2000-2003 Rochester Americans
2003-2004 HC České Budějovice
2004-2006 HC Hamé Zlín
2006-2010 HC Energie Karlovy Vary
2010 PSG Zlín
2010-2011 HC Košice
2011–2012 HC Lev Poprad
HC Košice
2012-2014 HK Nyoman Hrodna
2014 MsHK Žilina
2014-2016 HK Nyoman Hrodna
2016-2017 GKS Tychy
2017-2018 Brest Albatross Hockey
since 2018 Courchevel-Méribel-Pralognan

Jaroslav Kristek (born March 16, 1980 in Gottwaldov , Czechoslovakia ) is a Czech ice hockey player who has been under contract with Courchevel-Méribel-Pralognan in Division 2 (France) since 2018 .

Career

Jaroslav Kristek began his career at HC Zlín , for whom he played in the Czech Junior Extra League between 1995 and 1998. In the 1998 NHL Entry Draft , he was selected by the Buffalo Sabers in the second round in 50th place. He then moved to North America and completed two seasons in the Western Hockey League for the Tri-City Americans , in which he scored 137 points scorer in 115 WHL games. Because of this performance, he made it into the AHL squad of Rochester Americans , who were the Sabers farm team at the time, before the 2000/01 season . In addition to 125 appearances in the AHL, in which he scored 23 goals, he made six NHL games for Buffalo. In 2003 Kristek returned to his hometown and first played for HC České Budějovice, before moving back to his hometown for HC Hamé Zlín a year later. With this team he was Czech runner- up in the 2004/05 season . After 26 match days in the 2006/07 season , Kristek then moved to Karlovy Vary and was Czech runner-up there again in 2008 . A year later he won the Czech championship with Karlovy Vary.

In January 2010 he returned to HC Zlín in exchange for David Nosek , before moving to HC Košice in September of the same year . With his new club he became Slovak champion in April 2011 . After this success he moved within Slovakia to the KHL newcomer HC Lev Poprad . After this had no chance of reaching the play-offs in January 2012, Kristek was loaned to HC Košice.

Between 2012 and 2014 Kristek was under contract with HK Njoman Hrodna in the Belarusian extra league and won the Belarusian championship with them in both 2013 and 2014 . He also played eight games for partner team HK Dinamo Minsk in the KHL during the 2013/14 season .

International

Kristek experienced his first international title fights in 1998 when he took part in the U18 European Junior Championship. Two years later, at the U20 World Cup , he won the U20 Junior World Championship with the Czech U20 team.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1995/96 AC ZPS Zlín U20 extra league 34 33 20th 53
1996/97 AC ZPS Zlín U20 extra league 44 28 27 55
1997/98 AC ZPS Zlín U20 extra league 7th 8th 5 13 - - - - -
1997/98 HC Prostějov 2nd league 4th 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1997/98 HC ZPS-Barum Zlín Extra league 37 2 8th 10 20th - - - - -
1998/99 Tri-City Americans WHL 70 38 48 86 55 12 4th 3 7th 2
1999/00 Tri-City Americans WHL 45 26th 25th 51 16 2 0 0 0 0
2000/01 Rochester Americans AHL 35 5 3 8th 20th - - - - -
2001/02 Rochester Americans AHL 43 3 6th 9 20th 1 0 0 0 0
2002/03 Rochester Americans AHL 47 15th 17th 32 24 - - - - -
2002/03 Buffalo Sabers NHL 6th 0 0 0 4th - - - - -
2003/04 HC České Budějovice Extra league 52 12 14th 26th 24 4th 3 0 3 2
2004/05 HC Hamé Zlín Extra league 45 5 10 15th 14th 16 2 2 4th 6th
2005/06 HC Hamé Zlín Extra league 52 11 6th 17th 38 6th 0 0 0 2
2006/07 HC Hamé Zlín Extra league 26th 3 5 8th 10 - - - - -
2006/07 HC Energie Karlovy Vary Extra league 13 5 2 7th 12 - - - - -
2007/08 HC Energie Karlovy Vary Extra league 51 6th 9 15th 28 19th 10 2 12 2
2008/09 HC Energie Karlovy Vary Extra league 47 15th 11 26th 22nd 13 2 2 4th 4th
2009/10 HC Energie Karlovy Vary Extra league 44 8th 10 18th 14th - - - - -
2009/10 PSG Zlín Extra league 8th 2 4th 6th 12 6th 1 4th 5 4th
2010/11 HC Košice Extraliga (Sk) 55 14th 32 46 38 14th 5 8th 13 22nd
NHL overall 6th 0 0 0 4th - - - - -

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Kristek, Jaroslav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Gottwaldov , Czechoslovakia