Peter Smrek

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Peter Smrek
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Born (1979-02-16) 16 February 1979 (age 45)
Martin, Czechoslovakia
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 215 lb (98 kg; 15 st 5 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for St. Louis Blues
New York Rangers
Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg
Mora IK
Frankfurt Lions
MHC Martin
HC Plzeň
Severstal Cherepovets
National teamFlag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
NHL draft 85th overall, 1999
St. Louis Blues
Playing career 2000–2010
2013–2015

Peter Smrek (born 16 February 1979) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 28 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) between the St. Louis Blues and New York Rangers.

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Playing career

Amateur

Smrek played for the Des Moines Buccaneers of the United States Hockey League (USHL) during the 1998–99 season and helped them win the 1999 Clark Cup Championship. [1]

Professional

Smrek was drafted 85th overall by the St. Louis Blues in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, and made his NHL debut on February 10, 2001 against the Colorado Avalanche. [2] but only managed to play 6 games with the Blues, spending most of his time with the Blues' American Hockey League affiliate the Worcester IceCats. He was later traded to the New York Rangers and played 22 further games in the NHL, but again spent most of his spell in the AHL, this time with the Hartford Wolf Pack. He was then traded to the Nashville Predators and then to the Ottawa Senators, but never played another NHL game. In total, Smrek played 28 NHL games, scoring two goals and four assists for 6 points and collected 18 penalty minutes.

In 2004, Smrek moved to Germany and signed for the Wolfsburg Grizzly Adams where he scored 13 goals and 14 assists for 27 points and was the Grizzly Adams' top scoring defenceman. However the Grizzly Adams were relegated from the DEL and as a result, Smrek was on the move again. Smrek signed on with Mora IK of Sweden's Elitserien where he only managed to score 6 goals and 13 assists for 19 points. After one season in Sweden, Smrek returned to Germany and signed for the Frankfurt Lions. He moved on 14 October 2008 from Frankfurt Lions to Czech Extraliga club HC Lasselsberger Plzeň and than on 30 May 2009 further to Severstal Cherepovets.

After a three year hiatus from professional hockey, Smrek returned to play two seasons with hometown club, MHC Martin of the Slovak Extraliga, from the 2013–14 season.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1997–98 MHC Martin Slovak.202305524—————
1998–99 Des Moines Buccaneers USHL 526263259142798
1999–00 Worcester IceCats AHL 64519242620004
1999–00 Peoria Rivermen ECHL 41122—————
2000–01 Worcester IceCatsAHL5027971—————
2000–01 St. Louis Blues NHL 62022—————
2000–01 New York Rangers NHL1403312—————
2000–01 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL—————50222
2001–02 Hartford Wolf PackAHL5025736—————
2001–02 New York RangersNHL80114—————
2001–02 Milwaukee Admirals AHL80224—————
2002–03 Milwaukee AdmiralsAHL68320237050000
2003–04 Binghamton Senators AHL80518239120004
2004–05 Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg DEL 5113142770—————
2005–06 Mora IK SEL 456131910253148
2006–07 Frankfurt Lions DEL2634714030002
2007–08 Frankfurt LionsDEL533121584400018
2008–09 MHC Martin Slovak 40008—————
2008–09 HC Plzeň ELH 435813801617822
2009–10 Severstal Cherepovets KHL 2913446—————
2013–14 MHC MartinSlovak2735840—————
2014–15 MHC MartinSlovak35410147340008
NHL totals2824618—————
Medal record
Representing Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Ice hockey
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Sweden
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1999 Canada

International

YearTeamEventResultGPGAPtsPIM
1997 Slovakia EJC18 6th600020
1999 Slovakia WJC Bronze medal icon.svg60114
2002 Slovakia OG 13th40000
2002 Slovakia WC Gold medal icon.svg90008
2009 SlovakiaWC10th61016
Junior totals1201124
Senior totals1910114

Awards and honours

AwardYear
USHL
Clark Cup (Des Moines Buccaneers)1999
AHL
All-Star Game 2001 [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Peter Smrek player profile". eliteprospects.com. 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  2. ↑ "Blues, Avalanche boxscore 2001-02-10". hockeyreference.com. 2015-04-05. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
  3. ↑ "Canadian All-Stars 11, Planet USA All-Stars 10". American Hockey League . 2001-01-15. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
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