Peter Smrek

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Peter Smrek
Date of birth February 16, 1979
place of birth Martin , Czechoslovakia
size 183 cm
Weight 97 kg
position defender
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1999 , 3rd round, 85th position
St. Louis Blues
Career stations
until 1998 MHC Martin
1998-1999 Des Moines Buccaneers
1999-2001 Worcester IceCats
2001-2002 Hartford Wolf Pack
2002-2003 Milwaukee Admirals
2003-2004 Binghamton Senators
2004-2005 Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg
2005-2006 Mora IK
2006-2008 Frankfurt Lions
2008-2009 HC Plzeň
2009-2010 Severstal Cherepovets
2013-2015 MHC Martin

Peter Smrek (born February 16, 1979 in Martin , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Slovak ice hockey player . In the National Hockey League , he completed a total of 28 games for the St. Louis Blues and New York Rangers . He was also active in the North American minor leagues , for Severstal Tscherepowez in the Continental Hockey League and in Germany for the Frankfurt Lions and Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg .

Career

Greg Crozier (left) and Peter Smrek at the AHL All-Star Classic 2001

Peter Smrek began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth of the MHC Martin , where he was active until 1998. He then moved to the junior team Des Moines Buccaneers, for which he played in the 1998/99 season in the United States Hockey League . He was then selected in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft in the third round as a total of 85th player by the St. Louis Blues , for which he made his debut in the National Hockey League in the 2000/01 season . As in the previous year, the defender was mostly on the ice for the Blues farm team , the Worcester IceCats , in the American Hockey League . On March 5, 2001, the right-wing shooter was given in exchange for the Russian Alexei Gussarow to the New York Rangers , for whom he was on the ice 14 times by the end of the season. In the 2001/02 season he ran eight more times for the Rangers in the NHL, but otherwise played until 2004 exclusively in the American Hockey League for the Hartford Wolf Pack , the Milwaukee Admirals and the Binghamton Senators .

In the summer of 2004, Smrek received a free agent contract with DEL- climber Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg , which he left after a year after his license was withdrawn to play for Mora IK in the Swedish Elitserien . The Slovak then returned to the DEL, where he was on the ice for the Frankfurt Lions from 2006 to 2008 . After he started the 2008/09 season at his home club MHC Martin , he moved after only four games to HC Plzeň from the Czech Extraliga , with which he was defeated by HC Slavia Prague in the playoff semifinals . For the 2009/10 season , the Slovak was committed by Severstal Tscherepowez from the Continental Hockey League . With one goal and three assists in 29 games, however, he could not prevail there permanently, so his contract was not extended. From 2010 he was without a club before he played again for his parent club MHC Martin in the Slovakian extra league between 2013 and 2015.

International

For Slovakia Smrek took part in the U20 Junior World Championship in 1999 and the World Championships in 2002 and 2009 . He was also in the line-up of Slovakia at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City .

Achievements and Awards

statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
NHL Regular Season 2 28 2 4th 6th 18th
NHL playoffs - - - - - -
KHL main round 1 29 1 3 4th 46
KHL playoffs - - - - - -
DEL main round 3 130 19th 30th 49 294
DEL playoffs 2 7th 0 0 0 2
DEL relegation round 1 7th 0 2 2 6th

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

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personal data
SURNAME Smrek, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovak ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Martin , Czechoslovakia