Miroslav Ihnačák

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SlovakiaSlovakia  Miroslav Ihnačák Ice hockey player
Date of birth 19th February 1962
place of birth Poprad , Czechoslovakia
size 180 cm
Weight 82 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1982 , 9th round, 171st position
Toronto Maple Leafs
Career stations
until 1981 ŠKP PS Poprad
1981-1985 TJ VSŽ Košice
1985-1987 Toronto Maple Leafs
1987-1988 Newmarket Saints
1988-1989 Adirondack Red Wings
1989-1991 Halifax Citadels
1991-1992 BSC Prussia
1992-1993 Mannheim ERC
ŠKP PS Poprad
EV Zug
1993-1994 Milwaukee Admirals
EV Landsberg
1994-1995 Heilbronn EC
TJ VSŽ Košice
1995-1998 ERC Selb
1998-2004 HC Košice
2004-2005 HK ŠKP Poprad
2005-2006 MHC Martin

Miroslav Ihnačák (* 19th February 1962 in Poprad , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Slovak ice hockey player and current - trainer , who in his active from 1978 to 2006 included for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League has played .

Career

Career as a player

Miroslav Ihnačák began his career as a hockey player in his hometown at ŠKP PS Poprad , for whom he was active from 1978 to 1981 in the second Czechoslovak league, the 1st Slovenská národná hokejová league . He then played for four years for TJ VSŽ Košice in the first division , the highest Czechoslovak division. During this period he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 1982 in the ninth round as a total of 171 players from the Toronto Maple Leafs . After his brother had fled the country before and he had not received permission from the authorities to leave Czechoslovakia, he was only allowed to play in tournaments in his home country and in the Soviet Union. He also began the 1985/86 season in Košice, which won the Czechoslovakian championship at the end of the season, before he and his fiancé escaped through Austria shortly before Christmas and signed a contract with his draft team Toronto Maple Leafs. In Toronto he could not meet the high expectations and played only 55 games for the Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League in one and a half years , scoring eight goals and providing nine assists. In the following years, he was increasingly used for Toronto's farm teams from the American Hockey League , the St. Catharines Saints and then their successor Newmarket Saints in the American Hockey League. In the 1987/88 season he even played exclusively for Newmarket in the AHL.

On November 18, 1988 Ihnačák received a contract as a free agent with the Detroit Red Wings , but could not assert himself there either. In addition to another NHL assignment for Detroit, he played until 1991 exclusively in the AHL for the Adirondack Red Wings - with whom he was able to win the Calder Cup in the 1988/89 season - and Halifax Citadels . For the 1991/92 season , the left shooter returned to Europe, where he received a contract with BSC Prussia from the Bundesliga . In the following season he changed clubs several times and was on the ice for the Mannheim ERC in the Bundesliga, the ŠKP PS Poprad in Czechoslovakia and the EV Zug in the Swiss National League A. In the 1993/94 season , the Slovak played again in North America, where he ran up in a single game for the Milwaukee Admirals in the International Hockey League . In this season he also scored three goals and seven assists in seven games for EV Landsberg in the 2nd Bundesliga ice hockey . The 1994/95 season he started again in Germany with the second division club Heilbronner EC , but ended it with his ex-club TJ VSŽ Košice in the Slovakian Extraliga, which was newly founded after the division of Czechoslovakia, and won the national championship title with his team at the end of the season . He mainly contributed to this success in the playoffs, when he scored six goals and 14 assists. He was both the best template provider and top scorer of the playoffs.

From 1995 to 1998 Ihnačák was under contract with ERC Selb in the second-class 1st League South . In the 1998/99 season he was able to win the Slovak championship again with his long-time ex-club from Košice. In the following years, the experienced striker was one of the leading players in the Slovaks, before he played again for the extra league participants HK ŠKP Poprad in his hometown in the 2004/05 season . Following the 2005/06 season , which he spent at MHC Martin , he ended his career at the age of 44.

International

For Czechoslovakia Ihnačák participated in the Under-18 European Junior Championships in 1979 and 1980 in part. At the U18 European Championship in 1979 he was elected to the All-Star Team. For Slovakia he took part in the B World Cup in 1995 , where his team achieved promotion to the A World Cup.

Career as a coach

Following his active career, Ihnačák became an ice hockey coach. In this function he was in charge of the HK VTJ Trebišov . In the 2008/09 season he was at GKS Tychy in the Polish Ekstraliga behind the gang. In the 2010/11 season he was in charge of HK Spišská Nová Ves .

Achievements and Awards

International

statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
NHL Regular Season 3 56 8th 9 17th 39
NHL playoffs 1 1 0 0 0 0
AHL regular season 5 292 131 169 300 149
AHL playoffs 3 31 13 10 23 32

family

His brother Peter Ihnačák was also a professional ice hockey player and both played intermittently for the Toronto Maple Leafs in the NHL. His nephew Brian Ihnacak is also a professional ice hockey player.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ hokejportal.sk, V Trebišove trénerská zmena, pri kormidle Miroslav Ihnačák
  2. ↑ Ihnačák povedie Polské GKS Tychy. In: hokej.sk. October 18, 2008, accessed March 22, 2018 (Slovak).
  3. ↑ korzar.sme.sk, Spišských hokejistov povedie Miroslav Ihnačák
personal data
SURNAME Ihnačák, Miroslav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ihnacak, Miroslav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovak ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH 19th February 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Poprad , Czechoslovakia