Roman Meluzin

Roman Meluzin
Date of birth	17th June 1972
place of birth	Blansko , Czechoslovakia
size	185 cm
Weight	91 kg
position	Left wing
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1990 , 4th lap, 74th position Winnipeg Jets
Career stations
until 1992	Zetor Brno
1992-1997	HC Zlín
1997-1998	HC Slavia Prague
1998-1999	HC Zlín
1999-2000	Tappara Tampere
2000-2001	Mosquitoes eat
2001-2004	HC Oceláři Třinec
2004	HC Slovan Bratislava
2004-2006	HC Kometa Brno
2006-2008	Hokej Šumperk 2003

Roman Meluzín (born June 17, 1972 in Blansko , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Czech ice hockey player who played for the Moskitos Essen in the German ice hockey league and Tappara Tampere in the SM-liiga from 1988 to 2008 .

Career

Roman Meluzín began his career as a hockey player at Zetor Brno , with whom he commuted between the 1st division and the 2nd division from 1988 to 1992 . During this period he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1990 in the fourth round as the 74th player of the Winnipeg Jets , for which he never played. Instead, the attacker ran from 1992 to 1997 for HC Zlín, initially in the top Czechoslovak league, and then in the Czech extra league . With Zlín, the right-handed shooter failed in the 1994/95 and 1998/99 playoff finals at Vsetínská hokejová . In the meantime he was in the 1997/98 season with their league rivals HC Slavia Prague under contract.

For the 1999/2000 season, Meluzín moved to other European countries for the first time, where he played for Tappara Tampere in the Finnish SM-liiga . The following season he started with the Mosquitos Essen in the German ice hockey league and finished it in his home country with HC Oceláři Třinec from the extra league . After the winger had finished the 2003/04 season at HC Slovan Bratislava from the Slovak extra league , he returned for three years to his ex-club from Brno, which had since been relegated to the second-rate first division . The two-time world champion ended his career following the 2007/08 season at the age of 35 with Hokej Šumperk 2003 , with whom he had been promoted to the first division the previous year.

International

For Czechoslovakia Meluzín took part in the Junior World Championships in 1991 and 1992 . He was also part of the Czech squad at the 1995 , 1996 and 1999 World Championships .

Achievements and Awards

• 1989 promotion to the 1st division with Zetor Brno
• 1991 Promotion to the 1st division with Zetor Brno
• 1995 Czech runner-up with HC Zlín
• 1995 Fairest player in the extra league
• 1999 Czech runner-up with HC Zlín
• 2007 champion of the 2nd division and promotion to the 1st division with HC Šumperk

International

• 1991 bronze medal at the Junior World Championship
• 1996 gold medal at the world championship
• 1999 gold medal at the world championship

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
DEL main round	1	38	9	8th	17th	22nd
SM liiga main round	1	54	25th	25th	50	8th
SM liiga playoffs	1	4th	2	0	2	0

Web links

• Roman Meluzín at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Roman Meluzín at hockeydb.com (English)
• Roman Meluzín at eurohockey.com