Patryk Wronka

Poland Patryk Wronka


Date of birth	August 28, 1995
size	172 cm
Weight	70 kg

position	striker
Shot hand	Right

Career stations

2012-2016	Podhale Nowy Targ
2016-2017	Orli Znojmo
since 2017	GKS Katowice

Patryk Wronka (born August 28, 1995 ) is a Polish ice hockey player who has been under contract with GKS Katowice in the Ekstraliga since 2017 .

Career

Club

Patryk Wronka began his career in the youth division of the Polish record champions Podhale Nowy Targ in the second-class I league . In 2013 he rose to the Ekstraliga with the club from Malopolska , where he played for the next three years. In 2016, Orli Znojmo from the Austrian Ice Hockey League moved to the Czech Republic , but was unable to assert himself there and therefore returned to Poland in 2017 and plays there for GKS Katowice .

International

For Poland, Wronka took part in the junior division I of the U18 World Junior Championships in 2013 and the U20 World Championships in 2014 and 2015 , when he was the second best preparer of the tournament behind the Kazakhs Nikita Michailis .

He made his debut in the men's national team in February 2016 in the first round of qualification for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , which was held in Budapest. He scored the 1-0 opening goal in the 6-2 opening win against Estonia . He was then also appointed to the squad for the 2016 Division I World Championship , where he was voted the tournament's best striker and the All-Star team. After he was used in the second round of the Olympic qualification, he played again in Division I at the 2017 World Cup .

Achievements and Awards

2016 Best Forward of the World Championship Division I, Group A.
2016 All-Star Team of the World Championship Division I, Group A.
2019 Best Forward of the World Championship Division I, Group B

Ekstraliga statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	4th	162	41	97	138	62
Playoffs	3	35	12	19th	31	18th

(As of the end of the 2017/18 season)

Web links

Patryk Wronka at eliteprospects.com (English)
Patryk Wronka at eurohockey.com

Individual evidence

↑ Znojmo brings a Pole into the EBEL. In: hockeyfans.at. May 6, 2016, accessed May 13, 2016 .
↑ Michaela Ross: WM Div. I Group A: Slovenia and Italy back into the upper house - Austria remains second class! In: eishockey-magazin.de. April 30, 2016, accessed May 13, 2016 .

personal data
SURNAME	Wronka, Patryk
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Polish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH	August 28, 1995
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nowy Targ , Poland

[1] Znojmo brings a Pole into the EBEL. In: hockeyfans.at. May 6, 2016, accessed May 13, 2016 .

[2] Michaela Ross: WM Div. I Group A: Slovenia and Italy back into the upper house - Austria remains second class! In: eishockey-magazin.de. April 30, 2016, accessed May 13, 2016 .