Ladislav Ščurko
 Ladislav Ščurko 
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| Date of birth | April 4, 1986 |
| place of birth | Gelnica , Czechoslovakia |
| size | 186 cm |
| Weight | 93 kg |
| position | center |
| number | # 23 |
| Shot hand | Left |
| Draft | |
| NHL Entry Draft |
2004 , 6th round, 170th position Philadelphia Flyers |
| Career stations | |
| 2002-2004 | HK Spišská Nová Ves |
| 2004-2006 | Seattle Thunderbirds |
| 2006-2007 | Tri-City Americans |
| 2007-2009 | HC Košice |
| 2011–2012 |
HK Slovan Gelnica HK VTJ Trebišov |
Ladislav Ščurko (born April 4, 1986 in Gelnica , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Slovak ice hockey player , who during his active career played for HC Košice in the Slovakian extra league and became Slovak champion with them in 2009 . Since July 2012, Ščurko has been serving an eight-year prison sentence for the murder of an ice hockey referee . During the lengthy process, he had already spent over two and a half years in prison between April 2009 and December 2011.
Career
Ladislav Ščurko started his career at HK Spišská Nová Ves . Here he went through various junior teams and played in the 2003/04 season in the U20 extra league and in the second-rate first division . In the 2004 NHL Entry Draft , the Philadelphia Flyers secured the rights to the center in the sixth round in 170th place. Then Ščurko moved to the Seattle Thunderbirds in the Western Hockey League . With 42 points scored, he was the fifth-best rookie scorer and set a club record when he was able to score at least one point in nine games in a row. The left-handed shooter stayed in North America for three years and went back to Slovakia in 2007 . He signed a contract with HC Košice , with which he became runner-up. In the 2008/09 season he celebrated the championship with his team.
Murder charges, acquittals and convictions
In the spring of 2009, Ščurko was taken away from the HC Košice championship celebration and charged with the murder of a referee who had temporarily lived with him. In a lengthy process, he was temporarily acquitted. After two and a half years in prison, he started his comeback in December 2011 for third division club HK Slovan Gelnica and second division club HK VTJ Trebišov . After another trial, Ladislav Ščurko was sentenced to eight years in prison in July 2012. The judge remained well below the demands of the public prosecutor's office, which requested 15 years in prison.
Achievements and Awards
- 2003 silver medal at the U18 Junior World Championship
- 2009 Slovak champion with HC Košice
Career statistics
| Main round | Play-offs | |||||||||||||
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| season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
| 2003/04 | HK Spišská Nová Ves | U20 extra league | 37 | 20th | 24 | 44 | 102 | 6th | 6th | 2 | 8th | 8th | ||
| 2003/04 | HK Spišská Nová Ves | 1st League | 30th | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2004/05 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 67 | 17th | 25th | 42 | 40 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6th | 10 | ||
| 2005/06 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 64 | 17th | 26th | 43 | 41 | 7th | 2 | 4th | 6th | 2 | ||
| 2006/07 | Tri-City Americans | WHL | 12 | 4th | 6th | 10 | 18th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2007/08 | HC Košice | Extra league | 33 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 30th | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18th | ||
| 2007/08 | HK VTJ Trebišov | 1st League | 17th | 7th | 4th | 11 | 48 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2008/09 | HC Košice | Extra league | 52 | 7th | 5 | 12 | 38 | 18th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | ||
| 2008/09 | HK VTJ Trebišov | 1st League | 11 | 9 | 10 | 19th | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2009/10 | without a contract | not played because of stay in prison | ||||||||||||
| 2010/11 | without a contract | not played because of stay in prison | ||||||||||||
| 2011/12 | HK Slovan Gelnica | 2nd league | 8th | 14th | 6th | 20th | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2011/12 | HK VTJ Trebišov | 1st League | 10 | 15th | 9 | 24 | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| WHL overall | 143 | 38 | 57 | 95 | 99 | 19th | 7th | 5 | 12 | 12 | ||||
| 2nd league overall | 8th | 14th | 6th | 20th | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 1st league overall | 68 | 33 | 26th | 59 | 117 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Extraliga overall | 85 | 7th | 7th | 14th | 68 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 34 | ||||
International
Represented Slovakia at:
- U18 Junior World Championship 2003
- U18 Junior World Championship 2004
- U20 Junior World Championship 2005
- U20 Junior World Championship 2006
| year | team | event | result | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | |
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| 2003 | Slovakia | U18 World Cup |
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7th | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2004 | Slovakia | U18 World Cup | 6th place | 6th | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6th | |
| 2005 | Slovakia | U20 World Cup | 7th place | 6th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6th | |
| 2006 | Slovakia | U20 World Cup | 8th place | 6th | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | |
| Juniors overall | 25th | 2 | 5 | 7th | 30th | ||||
( 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
- Ladislav Ščurko at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Ladislav Ščurko at hockeydb.com (English)
- Ladislav Ščurko at eurohockey.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ From prison back to the ice. In: Tages-Anzeiger of February 6, 2012
- ↑ Sean Leahy: Ladislav Scurko, 2004 NHL draft pick, convicted of murdering referee, sentenced to 8 years. Yahoo! Sports , July 16, 2012, accessed July 17, 2012 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Ščurko, Ladislav |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Scurko, Ladislav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovak ice hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 4, 1986 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gelnica , Czechoslovakia |