Michal Sivek

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Czech RepublicCzech Republic  Michal Sivek Ice hockey player
Date of birth January 21, 1981
place of birth Náchod , Czechoslovakia
size 192 cm
Weight 97 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1999 , 2nd round, 29th position
Washington Capitals
Career stations
until 1998 HC Sparta Prague
1998-1999 HC Kladno
1999-2000 Prince Albert Raiders
2000-2001 HC Sparta Prague
2001-2002 Wilkes-Barre / Scr. Penguins
2002 HC Sparta Prague
2002-2004 Wilkes-Barre / Scr. Penguins
2004-2008 HC Sparta Prague

Michal Sivek (born January 21, 1981 in Náchod , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Czech ice hockey player . From 1997 to 2008 he played for HC Sparta Prague in the Czech Extraliga and the Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League .

Career

Michal Sivek began his career in the offspring of HC Sparta Prague , for whom he made his debut in the U18 extra league at the age of 15. He played exclusively for the Juniors Sparta until the 1997/98 season, before making his debut for Sparta's professional team in both the Extraliga and the European Hockey League . Until the beginning of the 1998/99 season he was part of the squad of his home club before he moved to HC Velvana Kladno . During the NHL Entry Draft in 1999 he was selected by the Washington Capitals in the second round as a 29th player. Therefore, he decided to move to North America and was signed by the Prince Albert Raiders of the Western Hockey League . Despite performing well, he returned to Sparta a year later.

In July 2001, Sivek was handed over to the Pittsburgh Penguins together with Kris Beech and Ross Lupaschuk , who in return sent Jaromír Jágr and František Kučera to Washington. In the following season he went first for the farm team of the Penguins, the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins from the American Hockey League , on the ice, before he returned to Sparta after 25 AHL games. After his return he won his first Czech championship title in the 2002 playoffs with Sparta .

In the 2002/03 season he made his debut for the Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League and completed a total of 38 NHL games before he was sent back to Wilkes-Barre. In the following season he was only able to complete 22 games for Wilkes-Barre due to a finger injury. In the summer of 2004 he decided to return to Sparta Prague, for which he completed over 220 games in the Extraliga and reached two other championships in the following four years.

After the 2007/08 season he ended his career due to many injuries and has since worked as a scout for Sparta.

International

At the international level, Sivek was very successful as a junior player, while as a senior player he only completed five internationals for the Czech national team . Sivek took part in three U20 and one U18 junior world championships. He won the gold medal in 2000 and 2001 . At the U18 European Championship in 1998 , Sivek was the tournament's third-best scorer.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1996-97 HC Sparta Prague U18 extra league 13 11 7th 18th
1996-97 HC Sparta Prague U20 extra league 24 7th 4th 11
1997-98 HC Sparta Prague U18 extra league 1 0 0 0 0
1997-98 HC Sparta Prague U20 extra league 20th 13 8th 21st
1997-98 HC Sparta Prague EHL 5 0 0 0 6th
1997-98 HC Sparta Prague Extra league 25th 1 1 2 10 5 1 0 1 0
1998-99 HC Sparta Prague EHL 1 0 0 0 0
1998-99 HC Sparta Prague Extra league 1 1 0 1 2
1998-99 HC Velvana Kladno Extra league 34 3 8th 11 24
1999-2000 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 53 23 37 60 65 6th 1 4th 5 10
2000-01 HC Sparta Praha Extra league 32 6th 7th 13 28 13 4th 2 6th 8th
2001-02 WBS penguins AHL 25th 4th 8th 12 30th
2001-02 HC Sparta Prague Extra league 17th 5 3 8th 20th 12 0 1 1 10
2002-03 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 38 3 3 6th 14th
2002-03 WBS penguins AHL 40 10 17th 27 33 6th 3 2 5 20th
2003-04 WBS penguins AHL 22nd 4th 7th 11 6th
2004-05 HC Sparta Prague Extra league 37 1 5 6th 48 5 0 0 0 2
2005-06 HC Sparta Prague Extra league 36 10 9 19th 30th 17th 4th 1 5 18th
2006-07 HC Sparta Prague Extra league 47 10 8th 18th 76 16 3 3 6th 32
2006-07 HC Sparta Prague ECC 2 1 0 1 0
2007-08 HC Sparta Prague Extra league 46 9 10 19th 94 2 1 0 1 2

International

year team event Sp T V Pt SM placement
1998 U18 Czech Republic U18 European Championship 6th 4th 6th 10 8th 4th Place
1999 U18 Czech Republic U18 World Cup 7th 2 5 7th 12 5th place
1999 U20 Czech Republic U20 World Cup 6th 1 0 1 14th 7th place
2000 U20 Czech Republic U20 World Cup 7th 3 3 6th 4th gold gold medal
2001 U20 Czech Republic U20 World Cup 7th 2 2 4th 10 gold gold medal

( 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 )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cbc.ca, Jagr traded to Capitals
  2. ↑ a b hcsparta.cz, HC Sparta Praha - profile hráče - Michal Sivek
  3. ↑ hokej. hansal.cz, Bývalí reprezentanti České republiky
  4. ↑ Championnat d'Europe de 1998 at hockeyarchives.info (French)

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personal data
SURNAME Sivek, Michal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Náchod , Czechoslovakia