| Tomáš Bulík | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born | August 27, 1985 Prešov, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| team Former teams | Free agent HC Košice MsHK Žilina HC Yugra HC Slovan Bratislava HK Dukla Trenčín HC ’05 Banská Bystrica MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš MHC Martin HC Bílí Tygři Liberec Hradec Králové | ||
| National team |  | ||
| Playing career | 2003–present | ||
Tomas Bulik (born August 27, 1985) is a Slovak professional ice hockey centre. He is currently a free agent having last played for HK Dukla Trenčín of the Slovak Extraliga. He participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Slovakia men's national ice hockey team. [1]
Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's territory spans about 49,000 square kilometres (19,000 sq mi) and is mostly mountainous. The population is over 5.4 million and consists mostly of Slovaks. The capital and largest city is Bratislava, and the second-largest city is Košice. The official language is Slovak.
Ice hockey is a contact team sport played on ice, usually in a rink, in which two teams of skaters use their sticks to shoot a vulcanized rubber puck into their opponent's net to score points. The sport is known to be fast-paced and physical, with teams usually consisting of six players each: one goaltender, and five players who skate up and down the ice trying to take the puck and score a goal against the opposing team.
The centre in ice hockey is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play is the middle of the ice, away from the sideboards. Centers have more flexibility in their positioning and are expected to cover more ice surface than any other player. Centers are ideally stronger, faster skaters who can back-check quickly from deep in the opposing zone. Generally, centers are expected to be gifted passers more than goal scorers, although there are exceptions. They are also expected to have exceptional "ice vision", intelligence, and creativity. They also generally are the most defensively oriented forwards on the ice. Centers usually play as part of a line of players that are substituted frequently to keep fresh and keep the game moving.
