Roman Horák (ice hockey player, 1991)

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Roman Horák
Date of birth May 21, 1991
place of birth Budweis , Czechoslovakia
size 182 cm
Weight 77 kg
position center
number # 15
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2009 , 5th round, 127th position
New York Rangers
KHL Junior Draft 2010 , 3rd round, 63rd position
HK Spartak Moscow
Career stations
until 2009 HC České Budějovice
2009-2011 Chilliwack Bruins
2011-2013 Calgary Flames
2013-2014 Oklahoma City Barons
2014-2018 HK Vitjas
since 2018 Vaxjo Lakers

Roman Horák (born May 21, 1991 in Budweis , Czechoslovakia ) is a Czech ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Växjö Lakers from Svenska Hockeyligan since June 2018 and plays on the position of the center . His father Roman Horák senior was also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Horák comes from the offspring of HC České Budějovice , for whom he was active until summer 2009. There he went through the entire youth department up to the U20 team and from there, as a 17-year-old, made the jump to the first team operating under HC Mountfield , which was fighting for championship points in the extra league. After reaching the age of majority, he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2009 in the fifth round in 127th position by the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League .

The striker then moved to the North American continent, but initially in the Western Hockey League to the Chilliwack Bruins , who had secured transfer rights in the North American junior division via the CHL Import Draft Horáks. The attacker spent two seasons with the Bruins, played a total of 141 games and collected 134 points . In May 2011, he was finally signed by the New York Rangers, but only a month later together with two second-round voting rights in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft to the Calgary Flames . In return, the Rangers received Swedish defender Tim Erixon and a five-round vote in the same draft. In his first year as a professional, the Czech managed to get a regular place in the Calgary squad, before he was used more often in the farm team , the Abbotsford Heat , in the following game year . After nothing changed in this situation at the beginning of the 2013/14 game year , Horák moved to the Edmonton Oilers together with goalkeeper Laurent Brossoit . In exchange, goalkeeper Olivier Roy and Ladislav Šmíd went to the Flames. Horák ended the season in the jersey of Edmonton's farm team, the Oklahoma City Barons . For the Oilers themselves, he had only been on the ice twice in the NHL.

After the offensive player's three-year NHL entry contract had expired, he returned to Europe in the summer of 2014 . There he signed an annual contract with the Russian club HK Vitjas from the Continental Hockey League . Vitjas extended the contract early in 2015 and 2016 for one and two years respectively. In the summer of 2018 he decided to move and was signed by the Växjö Lakers from Svenska Hockeyligan .

International

Horák represented the Czech Republic in the junior division at the U18 World Junior Championship in Division I in 2008 , where the team was promoted back to the top division, and in the following year at the U18 World Junior Championship in 2009 . He was also on the ice at the U20 Junior World Championships in 2010 and 2011 .

The striker made his debut for the men's national team as part of the Euro Hockey Tour and has been part of the squad since 2014.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2006/07 HC České Budějovice U20 extra league 16 1 4th 5 6th 1 0 0 0 0
2007/08 HC České Budějovice U20 extra league 34 17th 11 28 14th 3 0 1 1 0
2007/08 HC Mountfield Extra league 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2008/09 HC České Budějovice U20 extra league 31 16 17th 33 14th 2 0 0 0 0
2008/09 HC Mountfield Extra league 8th 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 1 0
2009/10 Chilliwack Bruins WHL 66 21st 26th 47 39 6th 2 4th 6th 4th
2010/11 Chilliwack Bruins WHL 64 26th 52 78 60 5 1 2 3 0
2011/12 Calgary Flames NHL 61 3 8th 11 14th - - - - -
2011/12 Abbotsford Heat AHL 14th 2 2 4th 6th 8th 0 3 3 2
2012/13 Calgary Flames NHL 20th 2 2 7th 2 - - - - -
2012/13 Abbotsford Heat AHL 59 16 14th 30th 24 - - - - -
2013/14 Calgary Flames NHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2013/14 Abbotsford Heat AHL 13 2 5 7th 6th - - - - -
2013/14 Edmonton Oilers NHL 2 1 0 1 0 - - - - -
2013/14 Oklahoma City Barons AHL 53 21st 27 48 16 - - - - -
2014/15 HK Vitjas KHL 53 18th 13 31 26th - - - - -
2015/16 HK Vitjas KHL 57 15th 12 27 32 - - - - -
2016/17 HK Vitjas KHL 60 16 15th 31 30th 4th 0 1 1 2
2017/18 HK Vitjas KHL 54 10 16 26th 31 - - - - -
U20 extra league overall 81 34 32 66 34 6th 0 1 1 0
Extraliga overall 9 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 1 0
WHL overall 130 47 78 125 99 11 3 6th 9 4th
AHL total 139 41 48 89 52 11 1 3 4th 2
NHL overall 84 6th 13 19th 16 - - - - -
KHL total 224 59 56 115 119 4th 0 1 1 2

International

Represented the Czech Republic at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2008 Czech Republic U18 World Championship Div. I. 1st place 5 1 4th 5 0
2009 Czech Republic U18 World Cup 6th place 6th 2 1 3 4th
2010 Czech Republic U20 World Cup 7th place 6th 1 1 2 0
2011 Czech Republic U20 World Cup 7th place 5 0 1 1 4th
2017 Czech Republic WM 7th place 8th 3 3 6th 0
2018 Czech Republic Olympia 4th Place 6th 0 4th 4th 0
2018 Czech Republic WM 7th place 8th 3 0 3 0
Juniors overall 22nd 4th 7th 11 8th
Men overall 22nd 6th 7th 13 0

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Horák, Roman
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Horak, Roman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Budweis , Czechoslovakia