Michal Neuvirth

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Michal Neuvirth
Date of birth March 23, 1988
place of birth Ústí nad Labem , Czechoslovakia
size 183 cm
Weight 79 kg
position goalkeeper
number # 30
Catch hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2006 , 2nd round, 34th position
Washington Capitals
Career stations
2006-2007 Plymouth Whalers
2007-2008 Windsor Spitfires
Oshawa Generals
2008-2014 Washington Capitals
2014-2015 Buffalo Sabers
2015 New York Islanders
2015-2019 Philadelphia Flyers

Michal Neuvirth (born March 23, 1988 in Ústí nad Labem , Czechoslovakia ) is a Czech ice hockey goalkeeper who was last under contract with the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League until July 2019 .

Career

Michal Neuvirth began his career as an ice hockey player in his Czech homeland in the youth team of HC Sparta Prague , for which he was active from 2003 to 2006. He was then selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2006 in the second round as the 34th player by the Washington Capitals . First, however, the goalkeeper played from 2006 to 2008 for two years in the Canadian Junior League Ontario Hockey League , where he was on the ice for the Plymouth Whalers , the Windsor Spitfires and most recently the Oshawa Generals .

At the beginning of the 2008/09 season, Neuvirth made it neither in the NHL squad of the Capitals, nor in the AHL squad of the Hershey Bears . Instead, he tried to get a contract with HC Oceláři Třinec in his home country . When this attempt failed, he returned to North America and played for the South Carolina Stingrays in the ECHL . Due to good performance, he was later appointed to the AHL squad of the Bears and got the chance to play his first NHL game after the injury of Brent Johnson .

The Czech made his National Hockey League debut for the Washington Capitals on February 14, 2009, when he saved 31 shots in his team's 5-1 away win at the Tampa Bay Lightning .

After he was only used in 13 games in the 2013/14 season , he was given to the Buffalo Sabers on March 5, 2014 together with Rostislav Klesla in exchange for Jaroslav Halák . A year later, the Sabers gave him to the New York Islanders and received in return Chad Johnson and a success-based third-round vote in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft . Neuvirth only stayed in New York until the end of the season when he joined the Philadelphia Flyers as a free agent in July 2015 .

Neuvirth was active in Philadelphia for four years, although he was used significantly less in the 2018/19 season and his contract was not extended in the summer of 2019.

International

For the Czech Republic , Neuvirth took part in the World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2005 , the U18 World Championship in 2006 and the U20 World Championship in 2008 . At the senior level, the goalkeeper made his debut at the World Cup of Hockey 2016 and came on a mission.

Achievements and Awards

International

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%
2004/05 HC Sparta Prague U20 U20 extra league 10 2.40 92.1 - - - - - - - -
2005/06 HC Sparta Prague U20 U20 extra league 42 1.96 93.8 3 3.02 89.0
2006/07 Plymouth Whalers OHL 41 26th 8th 4th 2223 86 4th 2.32 93.2 18th 14th 3 1080 44 0 2.45 93.2
2007/08 Plymouth Whalers OHL 10 5 4th 1 600 26th 0 2.60 92.8 - - - - - - - -
2007/08 Windsor Spitfires OHL 8th 6th 1 1 482 17th 0 2.12 91.8 - - - - - - - -
2007/08 Oshawa Generals OHL 15th 6th 2 6th 844 57 0 4.05 89.8 9 7th 2 507 21st 0 2.48 93.2
2008/09 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 13 6th 7th 0 762 29 2 2.28 91.8 - - - - - - - -
2008/09 Hershey Bears AHL 17th 9 5 2 1001 45 1 2.70 91.3 22nd 16 6th 1346 43 4th 1.92 93.2
2008/09 Washington Capitals NHL 5 2 1 0 220 11 0 3.00 89.2 - - - - - - - -
2009/10 Hershey Bears AHL 22nd 15th 6th 0 1231 46 1 2.24 91.9 18th 14th 4th 1133 39 1 2.07 92.0
2009/10 Washington Capitals NHL 17th 9 4th 0 872 40 0 2.75 91.4 - - - - - - - -
2010/11 Washington Capitals NHL 48 27 12 4th 2689 110 4th 2.45 91.4 9 4th 5 590 23 1 2.34 91.2
2011/12 Washington Capitals NHL 38 13 13 5 2020 95 3 2.82 90.2 - - - - - - - -
2012/13 HC Sparta Prague Extra league 24 11 13 0 1342 55 1 2.46 92.6 - - - - - - - -
2012/13 Washington Capitals NHL 13 4th 5 2 723 33 0 2.74 91.0 - - - - - - - -
2013/14 Hershey Bears AHL 1 1 0 0 60 4th 0 4.02 89.2 - - - - - - - -
2013/14 Washington Capitals NHL 13 4th 6th 2 767 36 0 2.82 91.4 - - - - - - - -
2013/14 Buffalo Sabers NHL 2 0 2 0 117 5 0 2.56 94.9 - - - - - - - -
2014/15 Buffalo Sabers NHL 27 6th 17th 3 1544 77 0 2.99 91.8 - - - - - - - -
2014/15 New York Islanders NHL 5 1 3 1 306 15th 0 2.94 88.1 1 0 0 11 0 0 0.00 100.0
2015/16 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 32 18th 8th 4th 1826 69 3 2.27 92.4 3 2 1 178 2 1 0.67 98.1
2016/17 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 28 11 11 1 1364 64 0 2.82 89.1 - - - - - - - -
2017/18 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 22nd 9 7th 3 1039 45 1 2.60 91.5 3 1 1 150 11 0 4.40 84.7
2018/19 Lehigh Valley Phantoms AHL 1 1 0 0 60 3 0 3.00 91.2 - - - - - - - -
2018/19 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 7th 1 4th 1 366 26th 0 4.26 85.9 - - - - - - - -
U20 extra league overall 52 2.04 93.5 3 3.02 89.0
OHL total 74 43 15th 12 4149 186 4th 2.69 92.3 27 21st 5 1587 65 0 2.46 93.2
AHL total 41 26th 11 2 2352 98 2 2.50 91.5 40 30th 10 2479 82 5 1.98 92.7
NHL overall 257 105 93 26th 13852 626 11 2.71 91.0 16 7th 7th 930 36 2 2.32 91.9

International

Represented the Czech Republic at:

year team event result Sp S. N U / OT Min. GT SO GTS Sv%
2005 Czech Republic WHC 7th place 5 2 2 1 260 16 0 3.69 89.9
2006 Czech Republic U18 World Cup Bronze medal 6th 3 2 1 320 13 0 2.44 92.7
2008 Czech Republic U20 World Cup 5th place 4th 2 2 0 240 10 0 2.50 91.0
2016 Czech Republic World cup 6th place 2 0 1 0 60 6th 0 6.00 88.0
Juniors overall 15th 7th 6th 2 820 39 0 2.85 91.3
Men overall 2 0 1 0 60 6th 0 6.00 88.0

( 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)

Web links

Commons : Michal Neuvirth  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Washingtontimes.com, Neuvirth's odyssey makes another stop
personal data
SURNAME Neuvirth, Michal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Ústí nad Labem , Czechoslovakia