Rastislav Špirko

Rastislav Špirko
Date of birth	June 21, 1984
place of birth	Vrútky , Czechoslovakia
size	175 cm
Weight	79 kg
position	Left wing
number	# 11
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2002-2003	MHC Martin
2003-2004	Tri-City Storm
2004-2006	University of North Dakota
2006-2007	MHC Martin
2007-2009	HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi
2009-2011	HC Pardubice
2011–2012	HC Lev Poprad
2012-2013	Awtomobilist Ekaterinburg
2013-2014	HK Spartak Moscow
2014-2015	Amur Khabarovsk
2015	MHC Martin
since 2015	HC Kometa Brno

Rastislav Špirko (born June 21, 1984 in Vrútky , Czechoslovakia ) is a Slovak ice hockey player who has been under contract with HC Kometa Brno in the Czech extra league since October 2015 .

Career

Rastislav Špirko began his career as an ice hockey player at MHC Martin , for whose professional team he made his debut in the Slovak extra league in the 2002/03 season . In his rookie year , he scored 24 scorer points in a total of 54 games, including eleven goals. The winger then went to North America, where he first played for a year for Tri-City Storm in the junior league United States Hockey League . He then attended the University of North Dakota for two years , for whose ice hockey team he took part in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's game operations. With his university team he won the 2006 championship of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association . For the 2006/07 season he finally returned to MHC Martin in the Slovak Extra League .

For the 2007/08 season , Špirko moved to HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi from the Czech extra league . With the previous year's climber he had to accept the direct relegation to the second-class first division . In this he also spent a large part of the 2008/09 season before joining the Extraliga participant HC Pardubice shortly before the end of the season . With HC Pardubice he was Czech champion in the 2009/10 season . He himself was elected player of the extra league, who had distinguished himself on and off the ice through exemplary behavior and fairness.

For the 2011/12 season , Špirko was obliged by HC Lev Poprad from the Continental Hockey League . He spent the following season at Awtomobilist Yekaterinburg and completed almost 60 KHL games for the club before moving to HK Spartak Moscow in May 2013 .

International

For Slovakia , Špirko took part in the U18 Junior World Championships in 2002 and the U20 Junior World Championships in 2003 and 2004 .

Achievements and Awards

• 2006 Broadmoor Trophy win with the University of North Dakota
• 2010 Czech champion with HC Pardubice
• 2010 Extraliga Most Sportsmanlike Player

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Extraliga (Slovakia) main round	2	104	20th	35	55	28
Extraliga (Slovakia) playoffs	2	8th	2	2	4th	2
Extraliga (Czech Republic) main round	4th	149	41	53	94	46
Extraliga (Czech Republic) playoffs	2	21st	1	4th	5	2
KHL main round	3	158	34	30th	64	36

(Status: end of the 2013/14 season)

Web links

Commons : Rastislav Špirko  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Rastislav Špirko at hockeydb.com (English)
• Rastislav Špirko at eliteprospects.com (English)