Tomáš Kůrka
 Tomáš Kůrka 
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| Date of birth | December 14, 1981 |
| place of birth | Most , Czechoslovakia |
| size | 187 cm |
| Weight | 85 kg |
| position | Left wing |
| Shot hand | Left |
| Draft | |
| NHL Entry Draft |
2000 , 2nd round, 32nd position Carolina Hurricanes |
| Career stations | |
| 1997-1999 | HC Litvínov |
| 1999-2001 | Plymouth Whalers |
| 2001-2004 | Lowell Lock Monsters |
| 2004 | HC Litvínov |
| 2004-2005 | Providence Bruins |
| 2005-2006 | KalPa Kuopio |
| 2006 | Ilves Tampere |
| 2006-2007 | KalPa Kuopio |
| 2007 | Södertälje SK |
| 2007-2009 | HC České Budějovice |
| 2009-2010 | HC Slavia Prague |
| 2010-2011 | HC Sparta Prague |
| 2011 | HC Pardubice |
| 2011–2012 | HC Slavia Prague HC Oceláři Třinec |
| 2012-2013 |
HK Schachzjor Salihorsk Krefeld Penguins |
| 2013-2016 | Cardiff Devils |
| since 2016 | Rostock piranhas |
Tomáš Kůrka (born December 14, 1981 in Most , Czechoslovakia ) is a Czech ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Rostock Piranhas in the German ice hockey league since the 2016/17 season .
Career
Tomáš Kůrka comes from the offspring of HC Litvínov , for whom he made his debut in the Extra League during the 1998/99 season. In the summer of 1999 he decided to move to North America and went on the ice for the Plymouth Whalers from the Ontario Hockey League over the next two years . The Carolina Hurricanes selected him in the second round in 32nd place overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft .
After two seasons in the American Hockey League with the farm team of the Hurricanes, the Lowell Lock Monsters , Kůrka made his debut in the National Hockey League during the 2002/03 season . In the following two years he came to a total of 17 NHL games, but was otherwise used with the Monsters. The lockout - 2004/05 spent Kůrka in his parent club before he returned to the AHL with the Providence Bruins , the Conference reached finale.
Other stations in his career were KalPa Kuopio and Ilves Tampere from the Finnish SM-liiga and Södertälje SK from the Swedish HockeyAllsvenskan . Between 2007 and 2009, Kůrka was under contract with HC České Budějovice and was one of the service providers there before he was swapped for Tomáš Micka from HC Slavia Prague in October 2009 .
In the summer of 2010, Kůrka moved from Slavia to HC Sparta Prague and scored 12 points by January 2011 before he was dismissed. By the end of the season he finally played for league rivals HC Pardubice . For the 2011/12 season he moved within the Extraliga to his ex-club HC Slavia Prague. In 2013 he switched to the DEL for the Krefeld Penguins .
International
Tomáš Kůrka took part with the U18 junior selection of the Czech Republic in the U18 World Cup in 1999, in which the selection team finished fifth and Kůrka get four goals and one assist. For the men's selection, he has so far completed six international matches, in which he scored four points.
Achievements and Awards
- 2000 CHL Top Prospects Game
- 2007 Champion of the HockeyAllsvenskan and promotion to the Elitserien with the Södertälje SK
Career statistics
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| season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
| 1999/00 | Plymouth Whalers | OHL | 64 | 36 | 28 | 64 | 37 | 17th | 7th | 6th | 13 | 6th | ||
| 2000/01 | Plymouth Whalers | OHL | 47 | 15th | 29 | 44 | 20th | 16 | 8th | 13 | 21st | 13 | ||
| 2001/02 | Lowell Lock Monsters | AHL | 71 | 13 | 15th | 28 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2002/03 | Lowell Lock Monsters | AHL | 61 | 17th | 12 | 29 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2002/03 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 14th | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2003/04 | Lowell Lock Monsters | AHL | 55 | 6th | 26th | 32 | 14th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2003/04 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2004/05 | HC Litvínov | Extra league | 29 | 1 | 5 | 6th | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2004/05 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 40 | 8th | 3 | 11 | 4th | 17th | 4th | 3 | 7th | 13 | ||
| 2005/06 | KalPa Kuopio | SM-liiga | 56 | 23 | 11 | 34 | 20th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2005/06 | Friborg-Gottéron | NLA | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2006/07 | Ilves Tampere | SM-liiga | 19th | 2 | 5 | 7th | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2006/07 | KalPa Kuopio | SM-liiga | 18th | 3 | 4th | 7th | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2006/07 | Södertälje SK | Allsvenskan | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4th | ||
| 2007/08 | HC České Budějovice | Extra league | 52 | 19th | 15th | 34 | 20th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2008/09 | HC České Budějovice | Extra league | 50 | 17th | 13 | 30th | 20th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2009/10 | HC České Budějovice | Extra league | 12 | 7th | 5 | 12 | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2009/10 | HC Slavia Prague | Extra league | 31 | 17th | 12 | 29 | 31 | 16 | 7th | 11 | 18th | 27 | ||
| 2010/11 | HC Sparta Prague | Extra league | 38 | 4th | 8th | 12 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2010/11 | HC Pardubice | Extra league | 7th | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4th | ||
| 2011/12 | HC Slavia Prague | Extra league | 42 | 13 | 8th | 21st | 30th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2011/12 | HC Oceláři Třinec | Extra league | 7th | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2012/13 | HK Shakhtsor Salihorsk | Extraliga (BLR) | 36 | 9 | 11 | 20th | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2012/13 | Krefeld penguins | DEL | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4th | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4th | 5 | 2 | ||
| 2013/14 | SCL Tigers | NLB | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2013/14 | Cardiff Devils | EIHL | 40 | 26th | 23 | 49 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2014/15 | Cardiff Devils | EIHL | ||||||||||||
| NHL overall | 17th | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
( 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 )
Individual evidence
- ↑ hokejcb.cz, Kůrka odchází do Slavie výměnou za Micku
- ↑ hokejcb.cz, Karta hráče - # 19 Tomáš Kůrka
Web links
- Tomáš Kůrka at eliteprospects.com (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kůrka, Tomáš |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kurka, Tomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech ice hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Most , Czechoslovakia |