Marek Black

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Marek Black
Date of birth April 1, 1986
place of birth Mladá Boleslav , Czechoslovakia
size 180 cm
Weight 86 kg
position goalkeeper
Catch hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2004 , 1st round, 17th position
St. Louis Blues
Career stations
until 2001 BK Mladá Boleslav
2001-2004 HC Sparta Prague
2004 HC Lasselsberger Plzeň
HC Oceláři Třinec
2004-2005 Vancouver Giants
2005-2006 HC Sparta Prague
2006-2009 Peoria Rivermen
2009-2011 BK Mladá Boleslav
2011–2012 TPS Turku
2012 HC Sparta Prague
2013-2016 Bílí Tygři Liberec
HC Benátky nad Jizerou
2016-2018 Orli Znojmo
since 2018 Bílí Tygři Liberec

Marek Schwarz (born April 1, 1986 in Mladá Boleslav , Czechoslovakia ) is a Czech ice hockey goalkeeper who has been under contract with the Bílí Tygři Liberec in the Tipsport Extraliga since May 2018 .

Career

Marek Schwarz began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of BK Mladá Boleslav , where he was active until 2001. He then moved to the junior division of HC Sparta Prague , for whose professional team the goalkeeper made his debut in the Czech extra league in the 2002/03 season . In the 2003/04 season he started again at HC Sparta Prague, but later played for the Extraliga rivals HC Lasselsberger Plzeň and HC Oceláři Třinec and as a loaner for his former club BK Mladá Boleslav, for which he was in one Game in the first division , the second Czech division, stood between the posts. The 2004/05 season he spent with the Vancouver Giants in the Canadian Junior League Western Hockey League , after he had previously been selected in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft in the first round as the 17th player of the St. Louis Blues .

For the 2005/06 season black returned to HC Sparta Prague in the Extraliga. With his team he was the first time Czech champions as a substitute goalkeeper . He also ran as a loan player in four games for the second division HC Berounští Medvědi . From 2006 to 2009 he was under contract with his draft club St. Louis Blues, for which he played a total of six times in the National Hockey League . For the most part, however, he played for their farm team Peoria Rivermen in the American Hockey League and in 19 games for the Alaska Aces in the ECHL . Towards the end of the 2008/09 season he moved to his hometown club BK Mladá Boleslav, which had meanwhile been promoted back to the Extraliga. For the team he played as a goalkeeper for the next two and a quarter years. For the 2011/12 season , the Czech was signed by TPS Turku from the Finnish SM-liiga . There he was regularly used in the main round, but returned to HC Sparta Prague one more time after the season.

In January 2013, the Bílí Tygři Liberec and HC Sparta exchanged their goalkeepers, so that Black moved to Liberec and Marek Pinc to Prague. He played with the White Tigers from Liberec until 2016 and was also used in the 1st division with HC Benátky nad Jizerou . In 2016 he won his second Czech championship title with Liberec. He then received no new contract with the Tigers and moved to Orli Znojmo in the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga .

International

For the Czech Republic , Schwarz took part in the junior division of the U18 World Junior Championships in 2003 and 2004 and the U20 World Junior Championships in 2004 , 2005 and 2006 . At the U18 World Cup in 2004 and the U20 World Cup in 2005, he and his team each received the bronze medal. He himself also received numerous individual awards at Junior World Championships, for example he was voted the best goalkeeper of the tournament in both medal wins and in the All-Star Team at the U20 World Cup in 2005.

In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad for the Euro Hockey Tour in 2010 and 2011 .

Achievements and Awards

International

  • 2003 Best catch quota at the U18 Junior World Championship
  • 2004 bronze medal at the U18 Junior World Championship
  • 2004 Best goalkeeper in the U18 Junior World Championship
  • 2004 Lowest goals against goals against in the U18 Junior World Championship
  • 2004 Best catch quota at the U18 Junior World Championship
  • 2005 bronze medal at the U20 Junior World Championship
  • 2005 All-Star Team at the U20 Junior World Championship
  • 2005 Best goalkeeper in the U20 World Junior Championship
  • 2005 Best catch quota at the U20 Junior World Championship

Career statistics

Regular season

season team league Sp Min GT EN SO ATM S. N U Svs Sv%
2002/03 HC Sparta Prague Extra league 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
2003/04 HC Plzeň Extra league 10 603 33 0 0 3.28 4th 5 1 389 92.2
2003/04 HC Oceláři Třinec Extra league 5 280 12 0 0 2.57 3 2 0 163 93.1
2003/04 Sparta Prague Extra league 8th 335 20th 0 0 3.58 1 6th 1 173 89.6
2004/05 Vancouver Giants WHL 56 3304 147 0 2 2.67 26th 24 4th 1325 90.0
2005/06 Sparta Prague Extra league 15th 746 32 0 1 2.57 7th 8th 0 369 92.0
2006/07 Peoria Rivermen AHL 34 1912 88 5 1 2.76 19th 13 0 782 89.9
2006/07 St. Louis Blues NHL 2 60 3 1 0 3.00 0 1 0 22nd 88.0
2007/08 Peoria Rivermen AHL 33 1808 84 6th 1 2.79 14th 14th 2 686 89.1
2007/08 Alaska Aces ECHL 6th 375 13 0 0 2.08 6th 0 0 158 92.4
2007/08 St. Louis Blues NHL 2 50 6th 0 0 3.00 0 1 0 11 64.7
2008/09 Alaska Aces ECHL 5 304 16 1 0 3.15 2 2 1 150 90.4
2008/09 Peoria Rivermen AHL 10 523 31 2 0 3.56 4th 4th 0 204 86.8
2008/09 St. Louis Blues NHL 2 15th 0 - - 0.00 - - - 5 -
2008/09 BK Mladá Boleslav Extra league 8th 490 30th 1 3.67 2 6th 0 293 90.71
BK Mladá Boleslav Relegation round 11 642 19th 2 1.78 6th 5 0 353 94.89
2009/10 BK Mladá Boleslav Extra league 43 2302 109 2 2.84 17th 26th 0 1204 91.7
BK Mladá Boleslav Relegation round 11 597 25th 0 2.51 2 9 0 262 91.29
2010/11 BK Mladá Boleslav Extra league 44 2510 119 2 2.84 13 31 0 1261 91.38
BK Mladá Boleslav Relegation round 10 556 27 0 2.91 4th 6th 0 243 90.00
2011/12 TPS Turku SM-liiga 35 1895 92 0 2.91 9 19th 5 779 89.44
NHL overall 6th 125 9 1 0 4.32 0 2 0 38 80.8

Play-offs

season team league Sp Min GT EN SO ATM S. N Svs Sv%
2005 Vancouver Giants WHL 6th 378 18th 0 2.86 2 4th 186 90.3
2006 HC Sparta Prague Extra league 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0
2008 Alaska Aces ECHL 8th 25th 0 3.21 5 2 280 91.1
2012 TPS Turku SM-liiga 1 29 2 0 4.08 0 0 12 85.71

Play-downs

season team league Sp Min GT EN SO ATM S. N Svs Sv%
2009 BK Mladá Boleslav Extra league 4th 249 2 2 0.48 4th 0 117 98.32
2010 BK Mladá Boleslav Extra league 5 299 11 0 2.21 4th 1 111 90.98
2011 BK Mladá Boleslav Extra league 7th 428 20th 0 2.80 4th 3 182 90.10

International

Represented the Czech Republic at:

year team event Sp Min GT EN SO ATM S. N U Svs Sv%
2003 Czech Republic U18 World Cup 5 280 10 0 2.14 2 2 1 94.0
2004 Czech Republic U20 World Cup 7th 389 18th 1 2.78 2 4th 1 169 90.4
2004 Czech Republic U18 World Cup 7th 419 9 1 1.29 3 1 3 93.9
2005 Czech Republic U20 World Cup 6th 362 13 1 2.15 4th 2 0 92.5
2006 Czech Republic U20 World Cup 3 140 6th 0 2.56 1 2 0 90.9

( 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 Black, Marek
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Mladá Boleslav , Czechoslovakia