Marek Mazanec

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Czech RepublicCzech Republic  Marek Mazanec Ice hockey player
Date of birth July 18, 1991
place of birth Písek , Czechoslovakia
size 190 cm
Weight 84 kg
position goalkeeper
Catch hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2012 , 6th round, 179th position
Nashville Predators
Career stations
until 2006 IHC Písek
2006-2013 HC Plzeň 1929
2013-2017 Nashville Predators
Milwaukee Admirals
2017 HC Slovan Bratislava
2017-2019 Hartford Wolf Pack
2019 Utica Comets
since 2019 Mountfield HK

Marek Mazanec (born July 18, 1991 in Písek , Czechoslovakia ) is a Czech ice hockey goalkeeper who has been under contract with Mountfield HK from the Czech extra league since April 2019 .

Career

Mazanec began his career as a hockey player in his hometown at IHC Písek , where he played for the U18 team as a 14-year-old. He then moved to the youth department of HC Plzeň . In the 2007/08 season he was able to win the Czech championship in this age group as a regular goalkeeper with the U18 team. He was then ordered the following year into the U20 team of HC Plzeň, which he led to the best record in the regular season in 2010 .

Marek Mazanec made his debut for HC Plzeň in the Extraliga during the 2009/10 season when he was on the ice for a third. In the following season he came to regular appearances in the extra league and was able to achieve a catch rate of 91.1% in 15 games. At the same time, he continued to play for the U20 team, and Mazanec was loaned to his former club IHC Písek in the second division for nine games . In the 2011/12 season he completed 19 appearances in the Extraliga as the second goalkeeper behind Adam Svoboda and played at the same time for the third-class HC Klatovy . With both teams he reached the play-offs for the first time.

After Mazanec was already available in 2011 in the NHL Entry Draft , he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2012 in the sixth round at a total of 179th position by the Nashville Predators . However, he stayed in the Czech Republic and was initially used again at IHC Písek after HC Plzeň had signed Finnish goalkeeper Tuukka Rask for the duration of the NHL lockout . He then returned to the Extraliga and shared his playing time in the regular season again with Svoboda. In the play-offs he was finally able to prevail as a regular goalkeeper and played all 20 games for HC Plzeň. With a 4-3 victory in the final series, he won the Czech championship title with the team .

In May 2013, Marek Mazanec signed a two-year entry-level contract with the Nashville Predators. He then moved to North America and initially worked for their farm team , the Milwaukee Admirals , in the American Hockey League (AHL). After an injury to goalkeeper Pekka Rinne Mazanec was appointed to the Predators' NHL squad for the first time on November 5, 2013. There he made his debut three days later when he replaced Carter Hutton after eight minutes in the game against the Winnipeg Jets . During the month Mazanec was able to assert himself as a regular goalkeeper and was named NHL Rookie of the Month with a catch rate of 93.2% and two shutouts . After Rinne returned, Mazanec had to hand over the role of second goalkeeper to Carter Hutton and Juuse Saros in the following seasons . Ultimately, the Czech goalkeeper stayed in the service of the Nashville franchise until the summer of 2017 without getting beyond the role of substitute.

Mazanec returned to Europe in August 2017 when he signed a contract with HC Slovan Bratislava from the Continental Hockey League . There the Czech was only active until December of the same year, as he was signed by the New York Rangers from the NHL. The Rangers then only used him at the Hartford Wolf Pack in the AHL, before transferring him to the Vancouver Canucks in February 2019 in exchange for a seven-round vote in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft . There he played exclusively for the Utica Comets and then returned to his Czech homeland by joining the Mountfield HK . In June 2019, his NHL rights switched to the Tampa Bay Lightning in the trade for JT Miller .

International

Mazanec played for several ages of the Czech national junior team. In the 2007/08 season he was used for the U17 selection for the first time. He was then part of the Czech squad at the 2009 U18 World Junior Championship and two years later at the 2011 U20 World Junior Championship .

The Czech made his debut for the senior national team of his home country as part of the Euro Hockey Tour 2017/18.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

    Regular season   Playoffs
season team league Sp S. N U / OT Min. GT SO GTS Sv% Sp S. N Min. GT SO GTS Sv%
2009/10 HC Plzeň 1929 Extra league 1 0 1 0 20th 3 0 9.00 76.9 - - - - - - - -
2010/11 HC Plzeň 1929 Extra league 15th 9 6th 0 860 40 1 2.79 91.1 - - - - - - - -
2011/12 HC Plzeň 1929 Extra league 19th 12 7th 0 973 48 1 2.96 90.0 5 1 4th 222 8th 0 2.16 91.9
2012/13 HC Plzeň 1929 Extra league 21st 9 12 0 1255 52 1 2.49 91.2 20th 12 8th 1241 44 2 2.13 93.2
2013/14 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 31 18th 10 3 1866 76 0 2.44 91.4 3 0 3 178 9 0 3.03 89.8
2013/14 Nashville Predators NHL 25th 8th 10 4th 1370 64 2 2.80 90.2 - - - - - - - -
2014/15 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 48 18th 18th 9 2628 121 4th 2.76 90.0 - - - - - - - -
2014/15 Nashville Predators NHL 2 0 1 0 106 4th 0 2.26 91.5 - - - - - - - -
2015/16 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 39 19th 15th 5 2349 96 4th 2.45 91.2 1 0 1 56 4th 0 4.26 84.6
2016/17 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 47 27 17th 3 2789 123 3 2.65 91.2 3 0 3 198 10 0 3.03 90.6
2016/17 Nashville Predators NHL 4th 0 2 0 178 14th 0 4.72 83.9 - - - - - - - -
2017/18 HC Slovan Bratislava KHL 23 4th 15th 4th 1289 73 0 3.40 90.0 - - - - - - - -
2017/18 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 20th 11 6th 1 1153 57 0 2.97 90.5 - - - - - - - -
2018/19 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 20th 7th 8th 4th 1155 58 0 3.01 90.3 - - - - - - - -
2018/19 Utica Comets AHL 10 3 5 0 502 25th 1 2.99 87.4 - - - - - - - -
Extraliga overall 56 30th 26th 0 3108 143 3 2.76 90.7 25th 13 12 1463 52 2 2.13 93.0
AHL total 215 103 79 25th 12441 556 12 2.68 90.7 7th 0 7th 432 23 0 3.19 89.5
NHL overall 31 8th 13 4th 1653 82 2 2.98 89.5 - - - - - - - -

International

Represented the Czech Republic at:

year team event result Sp S. N Min. GT SO GTS Sv%
2009 Czech Republic U18 World Cup 6th place 3 1 2 116 7th 0 3.62 89.2
2011 Czech Republic U20 World Cup 7th place 3 1 2 112 10 1 5.37 82.8
Juniors overall 6th 2 4th 228 17th 1 4.47 86.1

( 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)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mike G. Morreale: Top prospect Musil questionable for Czech WJC camp , NHL.com, December 10, 2010
  2. ^ Nashville Predators Sign 2012 Draft Pick Marek Mazanec , Nashville Predators, May 3, 2013
  3. ^ Predators' Mazanec named Rookie of the Month , NHL.com, December 3, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Mazanec, Marek
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Písek , Czechoslovakia