Zoltán Pál

Zoltán Pál
Date of birth	15th February 1979
place of birth	Miercurea Ciuc , Romania
size	172 cm
Weight	85 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1999-2001	Neumann College
2008-2009	HC Csíkszereda
2009–2012	ASC Corona 2010 Brașov
2012-2013	Újpesti TE
2013-2015	Ferencvárosi TC
2015-2017	CSM Dunărea Galați
since 2017	Varberg HK

Zoltán Pál (born February 15, 1979 in Miercurea Ciuc ) is a Romanian ice hockey player who has been under contract with Varberg HK in the Swedish Division 3 , the fifth tier of the Scandinavian country, since 2017 .

Career

Club

Zoltán Pál, who belongs to the Hungarian-speaking Szekler minority in Romania , played from 1999 to 2001 for the team from Neumann College in Aston , Pennsylvania in Division III of the US University Championships . In 2009 he - meanwhile returned to his hometown - won the first edition of the multinational MOL league with HC Csíkszereda . When the club then had to stop playing for financial reasons despite the sporting success, he switched to ASC Corona 2010 Brașov , for which he also played predominantly in the MOL league, but also in the Romanian league . In 2012 he moved to Budapest , where he was also on the ice in the MOL League for the Újpesti TE and the Ferencvárosi TC . After three years in the Hungarian capital, he returned to Romania and played two years for CSM Dunărea Galați in the Romanian ice hockey league . With the team from West Moldova , he won the Romanian championship in 2016 and the national cup a year later . He then moved to Sweden, where he is under contract with Varberg HK in Division 3 , the fifth tier of the Scandinavian country.

International

In contrast to other Szeklers who compete for Hungary , Pál plays internationally for his native Romania . In the junior division, he was on the ice at the U18-B-European championship in 1996 and the U18-C-European championship in 1997 . With the men's national team , he only played at the 2011 World Cup in Division II. It was promoted to Division I, to which Pál contributed with one goal and three assists.

successes

• 2009 winner of the MOL league with HC Csíkszereda
• 2011 Promotion to Division I of the Ice Hockey World Championships at the World Cup in Division II, Group B
• 2016 Romanian cup winner with the CSM Dunărea Galați
• 2017 Romanian champion with the CSM Dunărea Galați

MOL league statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	8th	283	43	68	111	290
Playoffs	2	9	0	1	1	8th

(Status: end of the 2016/17 season)

Web links

• Zoltán Pál at eliteprospects.com (English)