Jaroslav Kristek

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Jaroslav Kristek
Born (1980-03-16) March 16, 1980 (age 44)
Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 183 lb (83 kg; 13 st 1 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shoots Left
CZE-4 team
Former teams		 HC Brumov-Bylnice
GKS Tychy
Neman Grodno
MsHK Žilina
Dinamo Minsk
Lev Poprad
HC Košice
HC Zlín
HC Energie Karlovy Vary
HC České Budějovice
Buffalo Sabres
NHL draft 50th overall, 1998
Buffalo Sabres
Playing career 2000–present

Jaroslav Kristek (born March 16, 1980) is a Czech professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for HC Brumov-Bylnice in the Czech fourth division. He was drafted in the second round, 50th overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft and played 6 games for them during the 2002–03 season. The rest of his career has been spent in various European leagues, mainly the Czech Extraliga. He won a Slovnaft Extraliga championship with HC Košice in 2010–11.

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Kristek played two seasons in the Western Hockey League with the Tri-City Americans before joining the Sabres' American Hockey League affiliate, the Rochester Americans, for the 2000–01 season. In three seasons with Rochester, Kristek appeared in 125 games and scored 23 goals. He also appeared in six NHL games with Buffalo during the 2002–03 season, recording no points.

Kristek returned to his native Czech Republic in 2003, initially signing with HC Sparta Praha on May 7 but transferring to HC České Budějovice a few months later without playing any games for Sparta. [1] [2] He later moved on to play in Slovakia.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1995–96 HC Zlín U18 CZE U1810131023——————
1995–96HC Zlín U20CZE U2034332053——————
1996–97HC Zlín U20CZE U2044282755——————
1997–98HC Zlín U20CZE U2078513——————
1997–98 HC Zlín CZE 3827918—————
1997–98 HK Prostějov CZE-2 40000—————
1998–99 Tri-City Americans WHL 7038488655124372
1999–00 Tri-City AmericansWHL452625511620000
2000–01 Rochester Americans AHL 3553820—————
2001–02 Rochester AmericansAHL433692010000
2002–03 Buffalo Sabres NHL 60004—————
2002–03 Rochester AmericansAHL4715173224—————
2003–04 HC České Budějovice CZE5212142624—————
2004–05 HC ZlínCZE455101514162246
2005–06 HC ZlínCZE52116173860002
2006–07 HC ZlínCZE2635810—————
2006–07 HC Energie Karlovy Vary CZE1352712300010
2007–08 HC Energie Karlovy VaryCZE5169152819102122
2008–09 HC Energie Karlovy VaryCZE4715112622132244
2009–10 HC Energie Karlovy VaryCZE448101814—————
2009–10HC ZlínCZE82461261454
2010–11 HC Košice SVK 551432463814581322
2011–12 Lev Poprad KHL 391061614—————
2011–12 HC KošiceSVK1111261273102
2012–13 Neman Grodno BLR 42213354441266124
2013–14 Neman GrodnoBLR391224362014761310
2013–14 Dinamo Minsk KHL80118—————
2014–15 MsHK Žilina SVK278152316—————
2014–15 Neman GrodnoBLR1976132292682
2015–16 Eispiraten Crimmitschau DEL2 20112—————
2015–16 Neman GrodnoBLR21771416122358
2016–17 GKS Tychy POL 35141529!884154
2017–18 Brest FRA-2 227121941457122
2018–19 Courchevel Méribel Pralognan FRA-3 18243256622354
2019–20Courchevel Méribel PralognanFRA-363694—————
2021–22 HC Brumov-Bylnice CZE-4121020308—————
CZE totals37669781471926315102528
NHL totals60004—————

International

YearTeamEventGPGAPtsPIM
1998 Czech Republic EJC 64268
2000 Czech Republic WJC 75162
Junior totals13931210

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References

  1. ↑ "Kucharczyk do Ilvesu, Kristka získá Sparta". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 7 May 2003. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "Kristek do Budějovic? Prý hotová věc". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 3 September 2003. Retrieved 11 May 2022.


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