Levente Szuper

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HungaryHungary  Levente Szuper Ice hockey player
Date of birth June 11, 1980
place of birth Budapest , Hungary
size 177 cm
Weight 79 kg
position goalkeeper
Catch hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2000 , 4th lap, 116th position
Calgary Flames
Career stations
1996-1997 Ferencvárosi TC
1997-1998 Krefeld penguins
1998-2000 Ottawa 67's
2000-2003 Saint John Flames
2003-2004 Peoria Rivermen
2004-2005 Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák
2005-2006 Asiago Hockey
2006-2007 Foxes Duisburg
Malmö Redhawks
2007-2008 HC Milano Vipers
2008-2009 Alba Volán Székesfehérvár
2009-2010 Hanover Scorpions
2010–2012 Arizona Sundogs
2012 Missouri Mavericks
2012 HK Arystan Temirtau

Levente Szuper ( Hungarian Szuper Levente ; born June 11, 1980 in Budapest ) is a former Hungarian ice hockey goalkeeper who was last under contract in 2012 at HK Arystan Temirtau in the Kazakh ice hockey championship.

Career

Levente Szuper began his career in the 1996/97 season with the Hungarian first division club Ferencvárosi TC , with whom he won the Hungarian championship title straight away in his rookie year . Soon after, he moved to the German junior league with the Krefeld Penguins . In 1998, the goalkeeper moved to North America and played two seasons for the Ottawa 67’s , who selected him in the second round of the second round of the CHL Import Draft of that year, in the Ontario Hockey League , where he consistently performed well, even though he did had to share the Ice Age with Seamus Kotyk . In his first season in Ottawa he won the Memorial Cup with his team in 1999 . In addition, he received the FW "Dinty" Moore Trophy as a rookie with the lowest average goal conceded in the OHL. As early as 1999, he was spoken of as a promising candidate for the NHL Entry Draft , but this only came true in 2000.

Levente Szuper with his daughter, December 2013

There followed three seasons for the Saint John Flames in the American Hockey League , with which the Hungarian won the Calder Cup in the 2000/01 season . In 2000 he was selected by the Calgary Flames in the fourth round as the 116th drafted , but arrived in the NHL never to use, although the Left Catcher was a total of nine times set as a backup goalkeeper. In the 2003/04 season, he played for the Worcester IceCats in the AHL and the Peoria Rivermen in the ECHL , before returning to Europe and the Hungarian league for Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák .

In 2005/06 Levente Szuper played for the first time in the Italian Serie A , where he played for Asiago Hockey , but already switched to the DEL to the Füchsen Duisburg the following year and finally to the Malmö Redhawks in the Swedish Elitserien , where he was before the end of the season but could not enforce. The goalkeeper returned to Italy for the 2007/08 season, where he worked for HC Milano Vipers . In the 2008/09 season Szuper played for the Hungarian club Alba Volán Székesfehérvár in the Austrian ice hockey league . In addition, he was also in the playoffs of the Hungarian league , which he could win with his club, on the ice. In the 2009/10 season , the goalkeeper ran for the Hannover Scorpions in the German Ice Hockey League , with whom he immediately became German champion as a substitute .

In October 2010 Szuper signed a contract with the Arizona Sundogs from the Central Hockey League for the 2010/11 season , where he was then a regular goalkeeper. In January 2012 he moved within the Central Hockey League to the Missouri Mavericks , for which he only played one game before joining the HK Arystan Temirtau from the Kazakh championship .

International

In the junior area Szuper took part for Hungary in the U18-B-European championships in 1996 , but when he was not yet used, in 1997 and 1998 .

With the Hungarian men's selection , Szuper took part in the C-World Championship in 1998 , the World Championships in Division I in 2002 , 2003 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2011 and 2013 as well as in the World Championships in the Top Division in 2009 , in which the Magyars for the first time 70 years back in the top division of world ice hockey. At world championships he was the first goalkeeper in Hungary to receive numerous individual awards. He was voted the best goalkeeper of the tournament at the U18 European Championship in 1998 and the Men's World Championships in 2003 and 2005. In 1998 and 2002 he had the lowest goals against goals and in 2002 and 2008 the best catch quota of the tournament. In 2008 he also had the second best goal against goal after the Ukrainian Ihor Karpenko . In 2011, behind the Italians Thomas Tragust and Daniel Bellissimo , he achieved the third best goal against and the third best catch quota of the tournament. Also in 2013 he achieved the third best goals against goals against and the third best catch quota of the tournament, this time behind the Kazakhs Witali Kolesnik and the Italian Adam Dennis .

Achievements and Awards

International

statistics

Regular season

season team league GP MIP SO-CALLED SVS GA SVS% ATM W. L. T SO G A. PIM
1996/97 Ferencvárosi TC HUN Jun. 10 600 9 0.90
1996/97 Ferencvárosi TC HUN 30th 1660 74 2.67 3
1997/98 Krefeld penguins GER Jun. 40 2300 103 2.69 3
1997/98 Krefeld penguins DEL
1998/99 Ottawa 67's OHL 32 1800 800 730 70 91.25 2.33 22nd 6th 3 4th 0 1 0
1999/00 Ottawa 67's OHL 53 2862 1479 1357 122 91.75 2.56 31 15th 2 5 0 0 0
2000/01 Saint John Flames AHL 34 1750 713 640 73 89.76 2.50 16 10 2 2 0 1 0
2001/02 Saint John Flames AHL 43 2429 1047 949 98 90.64 2.42 15th 18th 5 5 0 0 2
2002/03 Saint John Flames AHL 35 1904 844 762 82 90.28 2.58 12 18th 2 1 0 1 0
2002/03 Calgary Flames NHL 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003/04 Worcester IceCats AHL 3 93 39 32 7th 82.05 4.53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003/04 Peoria Rivermen ECHL 32 1897 861 788 73 91.52 2.31 23 8th 1 4th 0 0 0
2004/05 Dunaújváros AC HUN 10 0 2 0
2004/05 Dunaújváros AC Interliga 13 791 370 328 42 88.65 3.19 2 0 0 0
2005/06 Asiago Hockey ITA 40 2379 1257 1164 93 92.60 2.35 6th 0 0 0
2006/07 Foxes Duisburg DEL 26th 1425 885 784 101 88.59 4.25 0 0 1 0
2006/07 Malmo Redhawks SEL 2 120 52 45 7th 86.54 3.50 0 0 0 0
2006/07 Malmo Redhawks Kv. 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007/08 HC Milano Vipers ITA 31 1834 982 901 81 91.75 2.65 13 11 7th 1 0 0 0
2008/09 Alba Volán Székesfehérvár ÖEHL 41 2460 1289 1168 121 90.61 2.95 15th 19th 7th 2 0 2 2
2009/10 Hanover Scorpions DEL 22nd 1151 609 550 59 90.31 3.08 8th 7th 3 0 0 1 0
2010/11 Arizona Sundogs CHL 41 2342 1372 1240 132 90.38 3.38 22nd 19th 0 0 0 2 2
2011/12 Arizona Sundogs CHL 15th 757 487 447 40 91.79 3.17 5 10 0 0 0 0 0
2011/12 Missouri Mavericks CHL 1 60 43 40 3 93.00 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011/12 Arystan Temirtau Kazakhstan 8th 480 182 164 18th 90.11 2.25 1

Play-offs

season team league GP MIP SO-CALLED SVS GA SVS% ATM W. L. T SO G A. PIM
1998/99 Ottawa 67's OHL 4th 241 144 133 11 92.36 2.73 2 2 0 1 0 1 0
1999/00 Ottawa 67's OHL 11 680 398 363 35 91.21 3.08 6th 5 0 1 0 0 0
2000/01 Sainst John Flames AHL 1 36 16 16 0 100.00 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
2003/04 Peoria Rivermen ECHL 3 162 70 64 7th 91.43 2.22 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
2004/05 Dunaújváros AC Interliga 3 184 6th 1.96 1 0 0 0
2005/06 Asiago HC ITA, Series A 5
2006/07 Malmo Redhawks HockeyAllsvenskan 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007/08 HC Milano Vipers ITA, Series A 13 743 411 375 36 91.24 2.91 6th 4th 3 2 0
2008/09 Alba Volán Székesfehérvár Hungarian. league 7th 420 128 120 8th 93.75 1.14 6th 1 0 0
2009/10 Hanover Scorpions DEL 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011/12 Arystan Temirtau Kazakhstan 7th 420 163 146 17th 89.57 2.45

International

season team league GP MIP SO-CALLED SVS GA SVS% ATM W. L. T SO G A. PIM
1998 Hungary WM, group C 6th 0.75
2002 Hungary WM, Div I 5 260 120 113 7th 94.17 1.61 4th 1 0 1 0 0 0
2003 Hungary WM, Div I 4th 240 123 114 9 92.68 2.25 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
2005 Hungary WM, Div I 3 179 102 97 5 95.10 1.67 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
2006 Hungary WM, Div I 4th 200 111 97 14th 87.39 4.20 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
2007 Hungary WM, Div I 3 180 66 59 7th 89.39 2.33 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
2008 Hungary WM, Div I 4th 240 116 109 7th 93.97 1.75 4th 0 0 1 0 0 0
2009 Hungary WM 5 263 221 199 22nd 90.05 5.02 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
2011 Hungary WM, Div I 2 111 56 52 4th 92.86 2.70 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
2013 Hungary WM, Div I 3 179 86 81 5 94.19 1.68 2 1 0 0 0 0 0

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; 1  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

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personal data
SURNAME Szuper, Levente
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest , Hungary