Marek Židlický

Marek Židlický
Date of birth	3rd February 1977
place of birth	Most , Czechoslovakia
size	180 cm
Weight	86 kg
position	defender
number	# 28
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2001 , 6th lap, 176th position New York Rangers
Career stations
until 1999	HC Kladno
1999-2003	HIFK Helsinki
2003-2008	Nashville Predators
2004-2005	HIFK Helsinki
2008–2012	Minnesota Wild
2012-2015	New Jersey Devils
2015	Detroit Red Wings
2015-2016	New York Islanders

Marek Židlický (born February 3, 1977 in Most , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Czech ice hockey player and current coach who played 885 games for the Nashville Predators , Minnesota Wild , New Jersey Devils , Detroit during his active career between 1994 and 2016 Red Wings and New York Islanders has contested in the National Hockey League on the position of defender . Židlický became world champion with the Czech national team in 2005 .

Career

Marek Židlický began his career at HC Rabat Kladno and was selected during the NHL Entry Draft 2001 in the sixth round in 176th place by the New York Rangers .

In contract negotiations between the Rangers and Židlický it came to differences, since a separate salary for the National Hockey League and one for the American Hockey League is common. Since the wage differences are enormous, Židlický wanted a single salary at the NHL level. The aim was not only to get a high salary if he played in the AHL, but also that the Rangers would be obliged to let him play in the NHL more often. The Rangers refused to accept it and offered him the usual two-pronged contract. But Židlický refused and continued to play in the Finnish league for Helsingfors IFK .

Since the Rangers did not grant him a one-way contract, he was given to the Nashville Predators in exchange for Mike Dunham with Rem Murray and Tomáš Klouček . The Predators agreed with Židlický's demands and gave him a fixed salary. This should also pay off, as Zidlicky played in all 82 regular season games for the Predators in the 2003/04 season. However, the 53 points in his first season were not considered a rookie record because he had already passed the age limit of 26 years.

During the lockout, Židlický played again in Finland for Helsingfors IFK. In the 2005/06 season he came to 49 points in 67 games, and due to his good performance, it was no great surprise that the Predators immediately offered him a four-year contract. Židlický accepted the $ 13.5 million contract. His greatest success in 2006 was winning the bronze medal with the Czech team at the Olympic Winter Games in Turin .

In the summer of 2008 he was transferred to the Minnesota Wild for Ryan Jones and a second-round suffrage in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft . This gave him just before the trade deadline , on 24 February 2012, in exchange for Kurtis Foster , Nick Palmieri , Stephane Veilleux , a second-round vote in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft and a performance-related third-round vote in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft to the New Jersey Devils ex.

After almost three years in New Jersey, the Devils handed him over to the Detroit Red Wings in March 2015 and in return received a third-round vote for the 2016 NHL Entry Draft . In addition, it was agreed that New Jersey should receive an additional five-round voting right (or second-round voting right) in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft , if Detroit reaches the conference final (or Stanley Cup final) in the play-offs. However, neither of these happened.

After the end of the season Židlický did not get a new contract in Detroit and therefore joined the New York Islanders in September 2015 , with whom he signed a one-year contract.

He ended his career after the 2015/16 season. Since summer 2018 he has been in charge of the Czech U18 national youth team as assistant coach to Alois Hadamczik .

Achievements and Awards

2005 gold medal at the world championship 2005 World Championship All-Star Team 2006 bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games

2011 bronze medal at the world championship 2011 World Championship All-Star Team

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1994/95	HC Kladno	Extra league		41	3	3	6th	0		-	-	-	-	-
1995/96	HC Kladno	Extra league		37	4th	5	9	74		7th	1	1	2	8th
1996/97	HC Kladno	Extra league		49	5	16	21st	60		2	0	0	0	0
1997/98	HC Kladno	Extra league		51	2	13	15th	121		-	-	-	-	-
1998/99	HC Kladno	Extra league		50	10	12	22nd	94		-	-	-	-	-
1999/00	HIFK Helsinki	SM-liiga		47	4th	16	20th	66		9	3	2	5	24
2000/01	HIFK Helsinki	SM-liiga		51	12	25th	37	146		5	0	1	1	6th
2001/02	HIFK Helsinki	SM-liiga		56	11	29	40	107		-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	HIFK Helsinki	SM-liiga		54	10	37	47	79		4th	0	0	0	4th
2003/04	Nashville Predators	NHL		82	14th	39	53	82		1	0	0	0	0
2004/05	HIFK Helsinki	SM-liiga		49	11	20th	31	91		5	0	3	3	14th
2005/06	Nashville Predators	NHL		67	12	37	49	82		2	0	1	1	2
2006/07	Nashville Predators	NHL		79	4th	26th	30th	72		5	0	2	2	4th
2007/08	Nashville Predators	NHL		79	5	38	43	63		6th	0	3	3	8th
2008/09	Minnesota Wild	NHL		76	12	30th	42	76		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Minnesota Wild	NHL		78	6th	37	43	67		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Minnesota Wild	NHL		46	7th	17th	24	30th		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Minnesota Wild	NHL		41	0	14th	14th	24		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	New Jersey Devils	NHL		22nd	2	6th	8th	10		24	1	8th	9	22nd
2012/13	HC Geus Okna Kladno	Extra league		25th	3	22nd	25th	28		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	New Jersey Devils	NHL		48	4th	15th	19th	38		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	New Jersey Devils	NHL		81	12	30th	42	60		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	New Jersey Devils	NHL		63	4th	19th	23	42		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		21st	3	8th	11	14th		6th	0	0	0	4th
2015/16	New York Islanders	NHL		53	4th	12	16	20th		5	0	1	1	4th
Extraliga overall				253	27	61	88	377		9	1	1	2	8th
SM-liiga total				257	48	127	175	489		23	3	6th	9	48
NHL overall				836	89	328	417	680		49	1	15th	16	44

International

Represented the Czech Republic at:

Junior World Championship 1995 Junior World Championship 1997 World Cup of Hockey 2004 World Championship 2005 2006 Winter Olympics World Championship 2007

World Championship 2008 World Championship 2009 2010 Winter Olympics World Championship 2011 World Championship 2013 2014 Winter Olympics

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1995	Czech Republic	U20 World Cup	6th place		7th	0	2	2	31
1997	Czech Republic	U20 World Cup	4th Place		7th	0	5	5	12
2004	Czech Republic	World cup	3rd place		5	3	1	4th	2
2005	Czech Republic	WM			9	1	3	4th	18th
2006	Czech Republic	Olympia			7th	4th	1	5	16
2007	Czech Republic	WM	7th place		7th	1	5	6th	6th
2008	Czech Republic	WM	5th place		7th	1	4th	5	6th
2009	Czech Republic	WM	6th place		7th	0	1	1	6th
2010	Czech Republic	Olympia	7th place		5	0	5	5	2
2011	Czech Republic	WM			9	1	4th	5	6th
2013	Czech Republic	WM	7th place		2	0	0	0	0
2014	Czech Republic	Olympia	6th place		5	2	2	4th	8th
Juniors overall					14th	0	7th	7th	43
Men overall					63	13	26th	39	70

( 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

Commons : Marek Židlický  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Marek Židlický at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Marek Židlický at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Defenseman Zidlicky traded to Red Wings by Devils. nhl.com, March 2, 2015, accessed March 3, 2015 . 
2. ^ Islanders Agree to Terms with Zidlicky. islanders.nhl.com, September 18, 2015, accessed September 19, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Martin Voltr: Osobnosti k mládežnickým reprezentacím: Židlický, Eliáš ven Libor Procházka. In: hokej.cz. June 8, 2018, accessed November 29, 2018 .