Kamil Piroš

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Position	Centre
Shoots	Left
Height Weight	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg/13 st 13 lb)
German Team	Kölner Haie
Nationality	Czech Republic
Born	November 20, 1978 (1978-11-20) (age 29), Most, CS
NHL Draft	212th overall, 1997 Buffalo Sabres
Pro career	1996 – present

Kamil Piroš (born November 20, 1978, in Most, Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic) is a Czech ice hockey center. He was drafted in the eighth round, 212th overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft.

Piroš played six seasons in the Czech Extraliga before coming to North America. During that time, the Sabres traded his NHL rights (along with a fourth-round draft pick) to the Atlanta Thrashers in exchange for Donald Audette. Piroš made joined the Thrashers' American Hockey League affiliate, the Chicago Wolves, in the 2001–02 season, playing in 64 games and scoring 49 points. He also made his NHL debut that season with Atlanta, playing in eight games.

Over the next two seasons, Piroš would appear in 101 more AHL games with the Wolves and 17 more NHL games with the Thrashers. In March of 2004, Atlanta traded Piroš to the Florida Panthers in exchange for Kyle Rossiter. After finishing the season with the Panthers' organization (playing three NHL games with Florida and 14 games with their AHL affiliate, the San Antonio Rampage), Piroš left for the Russian Hockey Super League.

Piroš played two seasons in Russia, one each with Khimik Voskresensk and Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. In the 2006–07 season, Piroš joined EV Zug of Switzerland's Nationalliga A. Piroš now plays for the Kölner Haie of Germany's Deutsche Eishockey-Liga.

In his NHL career to date, Piroš has appeared in 28 games, recording four goals and adding four assists.