Justin Florek

Justin Florek
Date of birth	May 18, 1990
place of birth	Marquette , Michigan , USA
size	193 cm
Weight	93 kg
position	Left wing
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2010 , 5th round, 135th position Boston Bruins
Career stations
2005-2006	Marquette Electricians
2006-2008	USA Hockey National Team Development Program
2008–2012	Northern Michigan University
2012-2015	Providence Bruins
2015-2016	Bridgeport Sound Tigers
2016-2017	Milwaukee Admirals
2017-2019	Iserlohn Roosters
since 2019	EHC Linz

Justin Jacob Florek (born May 18, 1990 in Marquette , Michigan ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with EHC Linz from the Erste Bank Ice Hockey League since May 2019 .

Career

Justin Florek began playing ice hockey in his hometown of Marquette , where he played for various youth teams. For the 2006/07 season he moved to the USA Hockey National Team Development Program for two years . There he played in the North American Hockey League and scored 30 scorer points in 66 games. In other games outside of the league, Florek was able to score 41 points in 109 games. In 2008 he began studying at Northern Michigan University and played for the Northern Michigan Wildcats ice hockey team in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association . In his first year he scored 17 points, making him the most successful rookie on his team. In the 2009/10 season Florek was able to more than double his points and lost with his team to the University of Michigan in the final of the CCHA championship with 1: 2. Nevertheless, the Wildcats qualified for the NCAA series for the national championship, in which they were eliminated after two extra times in the first game against St. Cloud State University . In the 2010 NHL Entry Draft , the Boston Bruins selected him in the fifth round in 135th place. In his third year, Florek was assistant captain and was appointed captain of his crew a year later. After performing well in the 2011/12 season, he was elected to the CCHA Second All-Star Team.

After the end of the CCHA season, Florek signed an entry level contract with the Boston Bruins on March 25, 2012 and made his professional debut with the Providence Bruins in the American Hockey League at the end of the 2011/12 season . The next year he played completely in the AHL and came to a total of 30 points in 83 games. Florek also began the 2013/14 season with the Providence Bruins. On January 4, 2014, he finally made his National Hockey League debut for the Boston Bruins in the game against the Winnipeg Jets . Five days later, he scored his first NHL goal against the Los Angeles Kings . After he was initially sent back to the AHL, Boston called him back to the NHL squad at the beginning of the play-offs. Florek played six games and scored his first NHL play-off goal against the Detroit Red Wings on April 20, 2014 . In July 2014, the Bruins extended his contract for a year, but used him exclusively in the AHL in the 2014/15 season. For the next year Florek signed a contract with the New York Islanders , which also only used him in the AHL with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers . After the season Florek received no offer from an NHL team and signed with the AHL team Milwaukee Admirals shortly before the start of the season .

For the 2017/18 season , Florek decided to move to Europe and signed on May 19, 2017 with the Iserlohn Roosters from the German Ice Hockey League . In the 2018/19 season he was team captain for the Roosters. After two years in Iserlohn, he moved to EHC Linz in the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga .

International

Florek played for the US national team at the U18 World Junior Championship in 2008 and won the bronze medal.

Achievements and Awards

• 2008 bronze medal at the U18 World Junior Championship
• 2012 CCHA Second All-Star Team

Career statistics

				Regular season							Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-
2005/06	Marquette Electricians	Midget		20th	9	12	21st	16
2006/07	USA Hockey NTDP	NEAR		47	11	10	21st	40			6th	3	0	3	4th
2007/08	USA Hockey NTDP	NEAR		13	3	3	6th	8th	+2		-	-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Northern Michigan University	CCHA		40	9	8th	17th	6th	+15
2009/10	Northern Michigan University	CCHA		41	12	23	35	22nd	+12
2010/11	Northern Michigan University	CCHA		39	13	15th	28	14th	-5
2011/12	Northern Michigan University	CCHA		37	19th	17th	36	18th	+4
2011/12	Providence Bruins	AHL		8th	2	2	4th	2	+3		-	-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Providence Bruins	AHL		71	11	16	27	37	+12		12	1	2	3	4th	-1
2013/14	Boston Bruins	NHL		4th	1	1	2	0	+1		6th	1	0	1	4th	± 0
2013/14	Providence Bruins	AHL		69	19th	19th	38	27	+17		4th	1	0	1	0	-1
2014/15	Providence Bruins	AHL		73	11	24	35	33	+2		5	0	0	0	2	-1
2015/16	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	AHL		76	7th	9	16	31	-10		3	1	0	1	0	-3
2016/17	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL		75	12	18th	30th	12	+6		3	0	0	0	2	+2
NAHL total				60	14th	13	27	48	+2		6th	3	0	3	4th	± 0
CCHA total				157	53	63	116	60	+26
AHL total				372	62	88	150	142	+30		27	3	2	5	8th	-4
NHL overall				4th	1	1	2	0	+1		6th	1	0	1	4th	± 0

International

Represented the USA at:

• U18 Junior World Championship 2008

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-
2008	United States	U18 World Cup			7th	3	0	3	4th	+2

( 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

• Justin Florek at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Justin Florek at legendsofhockey.net (English)