Pavol Demitra

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Pavol Demitra
Date of birth November 29, 1974
place of birth Dubnica nad Váhom , Czechoslovakia
date of death September 7, 2011
Place of death Tunoschna near Yaroslavl , Russia
size 183 cm
Weight 91 kg
position center
number # 38
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1993 , 9th round, 227th position
Ottawa Senators
Career stations
1991-1992 ZTS Dubnica
1992-1993 HC Dukla Trenčín
1993-1996 Prince Edward Island Senators
1996 HC Dukla Trencin
Las Vegas Thunder
1996-1997 Grand Rapids Griffins
1997-2004 St. Louis Blues
2004-2005 HC Dukla Trenčín
2005-2006 Los Angeles Kings
2006-2008 Minnesota Wild
2008-2010 Vancouver Canucks
2010-2011 Yaroslavl locomotive
Truck with the commemorative inscription “We will never forget” and Demitra's team number # 38

Pavol Demitra (born November 29, 1974 in Dubnica nad Váhom , Czechoslovakia ; † September 7, 2011 in Tunoschna near Yaroslavl , Russia ) was a Slovak ice hockey player who worked for the Ottawa Senators , St. Louis Blues , Los Angeles, among others Kings , Minnesota Wild and Vancouver Canucks played in the National Hockey League and Locomotive Yaroslavl played in the Continental Hockey League on the position of the center .

Career

Demitra began his professional career in 1992 with the Slovak first division club HC Dukla Trenčín . Here, the Ottawa Senators became aware of him and secured the rights to him when they selected him in the ninth round of the 1993 NHL Entry Draft in 227th place.

The next year he moved to North America for the 1993/94 season . In the three years that he spent with the Senators, he was only used sporadically in the NHL and spent most of the time on the farm team with the Prince Edward Island Senators in the American Hockey League . The 1996/97 season he spent mostly in the International Hockey League at Las Vegas Thunder and the Grand Rapids Griffins . It was not until the end of the season that he was used by his new NHL team, the St. Louis Blues .

Demitra in the jersey of the Vancouver Canucks

In his first full season in St. Louis, 1997/98 , he was able to fight for a regular place, and the following year he made the breakthrough when he could score 89 points. In the 2002/03 season he, meanwhile as a leading player in the Blues, was able to improve this record to 93 points.

He spent the 2004/05 strike season again at his hometown club Dukla Trenčín.

From the 2005/06 season he played with the Los Angeles Kings and counted there in his first season again to the best scorers, although he only played 58 of the 82 games. For the 2006/07 season Pavol Demitra was given by the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Patrick O'Sullivan and a first round pick to the Minnesota Wild . After two years in Minnesota, the center forward moved to the Vancouver Canucks for the 2008/09 season .

In the summer of 2010 he was signed by Lokomotive Yaroslavl . On September 7, 2011, Pavol Demitra died in a plane crash near Yaroslavl . After his death, his jersey number # 38 was banned from all national teams by the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation .

Achievements and Awards

International

statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
KHL main round 1 54 18th 43 61 29
KHL playoffs 1 18th 6th 15th 21st 4th
NHL Regular Season 16 847 304 464 768 284
NHL playoffs 11 94 23 36 59 34

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of Lokomotive Yaroslavl ice hockey players who died in the plane crash on izvestia.ru. Accessed on September 7, 2011
  2. ^ Czechs, Slovaks honor victims. In: iihf.com. September 9, 2011, accessed January 4, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Demitra, Pavol
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovak ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH November 29, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Dubnica nad Váhom , Czechoslovakia
DATE OF DEATH September 7, 2011
Place of death Tunoschna near Yaroslavl , Russia