Jakub Petružálek
| Jakub Petružálek | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born |
24 April 1985 Litvínov, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
| Weight | 176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| team Former teams |
Free Agent HC Litvínov Carolina Hurricanes Lukko Rauma Amur Khabarovsk Dynamo Moscow Ak Bars Kazan Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg | ||
| National team |
 Czech Republic | ||
| NHL Draft |
266th overall, 2004 New York Rangers | ||
| Playing career | 2005–present | ||
Jakub Petružálek[1] (born 24 April 1985) is a Czech professional ice hockey center. Currently an unrestricted free agent, he most recently played with Russian team Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
Playing career
Petružálek played in his native Czech Republic with HC Litvínov of the Czech Extraliga, and in the Ontario Hockey League, before he was drafted by the New York Rangers, 266th overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. He never played for the Rangers, who traded him to the Carolina Hurricanes along with a fifth-round conditional pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft (Tomáš Kubalík) for Brad Isbister.[2]
On 15 May 2009, Jakub left the Hurricanes organization, having appeared in only 2 NHL games, and signed with Finnish club, Lukko Rauma, of the SM-liiga, for the 2009–10 season.[3] Petružálek moved to Amur Khabarovsk of the Russian based Kontinental Hockey League for the 2011–12 season.
On 28 May 2014, Petruzalek signed a one-year contract with his fourth KHL club, Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg, for the 2014–15 season.[4] Petruzalek had registered 4 goals and 16 points in 23 games when, for reasons of bereavement, he was given an immediate release from his contract with Avtomobilist on 19 November 2014 in order to return to Litvínov, Czech Republic.[5]
Personal
While he was playing in Russia with Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg, Petruzalek's girlfriend of 5 years, fashion model and champion kickboxer Katerina Netolicka, was found dead in their apartment in Litvínov, Czech Republic on 12 November 2014.[6] Petruzalek returned to the Czech Republic for the remainder of the season.[7]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2002–03 | HC Litvínov | CZE | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | HC Litvínov | CZE | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Ottawa 67's | OHL | 59 | 23 | 40 | 63 | 64 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 30 | ||
| 2005–06 | Barrie Colts | OHL | 24 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 14 | ||
| 2005–06 | HC Litvínov | CZE | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Charlotte Checkers | ECHL | 7 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 54 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | ||
| 2007–08 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 78 | 14 | 31 | 45 | 52 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 2008–09 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 77 | 19 | 35 | 54 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Lukko | SM-l | 55 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 78 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2010–11 | Lukko | SM-l | 59 | 19 | 22 | 41 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 22 | ||
| 2011–12 | Amur Khabarovsk | KHL | 54 | 22 | 28 | 50 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2012–13 | Amur Khabarovsk | KHL | 41 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Dynamo Moscow | KHL | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 4 | ||
| 2013–14 | Amur Khabarovsk | KHL | 38 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Ak Bars Kazan | KHL | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg | KHL | 23 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Czech totals | 31 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| NHL totals | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Liiga totals | 114 | 36 | 46 | 82 | 106 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 26 | ||||
| KHL totals | 179 | 55 | 69 | 124 | 82 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 6 | ||||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Representing Czech Republic
| ||
| World Championships | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2012 Helsinki | |
| World Junior Championships | ||
| | 2005 North Dakota | |
International
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Czech Republic | WJC18 | 6th | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2005 | Czech Republic | WJC |  |
7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2012 | Czech Republic | WC | |
10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2014 | Czech Republic | WC | 4th | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Junior totals | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Senior totals | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||||
References
- ↑ "Petružálek se stěhuje ze zámoří do Evropy, bude hrát za Raumu". hokej.sport.cz'. 2011-02-03. Retrieved 2011-02-03.'
- ↑ "NHL Transactions". ESPN. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
- ↑ "Petruzalek signs with Lukko". Lukko Rauma. 2009-06-05. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
- ↑ "HC Motorist sign Czech Jakub Petruzalek" (in Russian). Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. 2014-05-28. Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- ↑ "HC Motorist and Petruzalek terminate contract by mutual agreement" (in Russian). Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. 2014-11-19. Retrieved 2014-11-19.
- ↑ "Czech model, face of Prada and L'Oreal found dead in bathtub". NY Daily News. 2014-11-12. Retrieved 2014-11-12.
- ↑ "Petruzalek could return to Litvinov" (in Czech). hokej.cz. 2014-11-20. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
External links
Media related to Jakub Petružálek at Wikimedia Commons
- Jakub Petruzalek's career statistics at EliteProspects.com
- Jakub Petruzalek's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database