List of Slovaks in the NHL

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The following is a list of all Slovak ice hockey players which played, or are playing in the National Hockey League. It is sorted by all-time points scored.

Since the 1958–59 season, 66 Slovak forwards and defencemen have played at least one game in the NHL. Also, four goalies native to Slovakia have appeared in games.

At the top of this list, there is the unranked position of Stan Mikita. Stan Mikita was born in Slovakia, but left at the age of 8. He learned to play hockey in Canada, not Slovakia, so his first place may be disputed by some sources. All other players started their pro-careers in Europe.

Active players are in bold. (At least one game played in 2006–07 season)

[edit] All-time scoring leaders

Player Teams Seasons GP Gls Ast Pts
1 Stan Mikita Chicago Black Hawks 1958 – 1980 1394 541 926 1467
2 Peter Stastny Quebec, New Jersey, St.Louis 1980 – 1995 977 450 789 1239
3 Peter Bondra Washington, Ottawa, Atlanta, Chicago 1990 – 2007 1081 503 389 892
4 Zigmund Palffy NY Islanders, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh 1993 – 2006 684 329 384 713
5 Jozef Stumpel Boston, Los Angeles, Florida 1991 – 2007 917 192 471 663
6 Pavol Demitra Ottawa, St.Louis, Los Angeles, Minnesota Wild 1993 – 2007 690 269 384 653
7 Miroslav Satan Edmonton, Buffalo, NY Islanders 1995 – 2007 867 321 323 644
8 Anton Stastny Quebec Nordiques 1980 – 1989 650 252 384 636
9 Marian Hossa Ottawa, Atlanta, Pittsburgh 1997 – 2007 629 270 312 582
10 Robert Svehla Florida, Toronto 1994 – 2003 655 68 267 335
11 Marian Gaborik Minnesota Wild 2000 – 2007 408 164 167 331
12 Richard Zednik Washington, Islanders, Montreal, Florida 1995 – 2007 621 168 152 320
13 Michal Handzus St.Louis, Phoenix, Philadelphia, Los Angeles 1998 – 2007 517 115 185 300
14 Marian Stastny Quebec, Toronto 1981 – 1986 322 121 173 294
15 Ladislav Nagy St.Louis, Phoenix, Dallas Stars, Los Angeles 1999 – 2007 397 106 179 285
16 Peter Ihnacak Toronto Maple Leafs 1982 – 1990 417 102 165 267
17 Lubomir Visnovsky Los Angeles Kings 2000 – 2007 417 62 176 238
18 Zdeno Ciger N.Jersey, Edmonton, NYR, Tampa Bay 1990 – 1996, 2001–02 352 94 134 228
19 Zdeno Chara NY Islanders, Ottawa, Boston 1997 – 2007 610 68 150 218
20 Vladimir Orszagh NY Islanders, Nashville, St.Louis 1997 – 2000, 2001 – 2006 289 54 65 119
21 Lubos Bartecko St.Louis, Atlanta 1998 – 2003 257 46 65 111
22 Branko Radivojevic Phoenix, Philadelphia, Minnesota 2001 – 2007 320 45 58 103
23 Juraj Kolnik NY Islanders, Florida 2000 – 2007 240 46 49 95
24 Ronald Petrovicky Calgary, NY Rangers, Atlanta 2000 – 2007 342 41 51 92
25 Marek Svatos Colorado Avalanche 2003 – 2007 131 49 33 82
26 Andrej Meszaros Ottawa Senators 2005–07 164 17 57 74
27 Lubomir Sekeras Minnesota Wild, Dallas 2000 – 2004 213 18 53 71
28 Radoslav Suchy Phoenix, Columbus 1999 – 2006 451 13 58 71
29 Robert Petrovicky Hartford, Dallas, St.Louis, Tampa B., NYI 1992 – 1997, 1998 – 2001 208 27 38 65
30 Tomas Surovy Pittsburgh Penguins 2002 – 2006 126 27 32 59
31 Marcel Hossa Montreal, NY Rangers 2001 – 2007 187 30 23 53
32 Radovan Somik Philadelphia Flyers 2002 – 2004 113 12 20 32
33 Ivan Majesky Florida, Atlanta, Washington 2002 – 2006 202 8 23 31
34 Marian Cisar Nashville Predators 1999 – 2002 73 13 17 30
35 Ivan Ciernik Ottawa, Washington 1997–98, 2000 – 2004 90 12 14 26
36 Igor Liba NY Rangers, Los Angeles 1988–89 37 7 18 25
37 Milan Jurcina Boston Bruins, Washington 2005–07 121 10 13 23
38 Martin Cibak Tampa Bay Lightning 2001–02, 2003 – 2006 154 5 18 23
39 Richard Lintner Nashville, NY Rangers, Pittsburgh 1999 – 2001, 2002–03 112 8 12 20
40 Branislav Mezei NY Islanders, Florida 2000 – 2007 183 3 17 20
41 Miroslav Ihnacak Toronto, Detroit 1985 – 1987, 1988–89 56 8 9 17
42 Milan Bartovic Buffalo, Chicago 2002 – 2004, 2005–06 50 3 14 17
43 Martin Strbak Los Angeles, Pittsburgh 2003–04 49 5 11 16
44 Robert Döme Pittsburgh, Calgary 1997–98, 1999–00, 2002–03 53 7 7 14
45 Dusan Pasek Minnesota North Stars 1988–89 48 4 10 14
46 Jiri Bicek New Jersey Devils 2000 – 2004 62 6 7 13
47 Stefan Ruzicka Philadelphia Flyers 2005–07 41 3 10 13
48 Peter Sejna St.Louis Blues 2002 – 2007 49 7 4 11
49 Peter Bartos Minnesota Wild 2000–01 13 4 2 6
50 Peter Smrek St.Louis Blues, NY Rangers, Nashville 2000 – 2002 28 2 4 6
51 Jozef Balej Montreal, NY Rangers, Vancouver 2003 – 2006 18 1 5 6
52 Andrej Nedorost Columbus Blue Jackets 2001 – 2004 28 2 3 5
53 Kristian Kudroc Tampa Bay, Florida 2000 – 2002, 2003–04 26 2 2 4
54 Tomas Kopecky Detroit Red Wings 2005–08 47 1 3 4
55 Miroslav Zalesak San Jose Sharks 2002 – 2004 12 1 2 3
56 Andrej Sekera Buffalo Sabres 2007–08 13 1 1 2
57 Lubomir Vaic Vancouver Canucks 1997–98, 1999–00 9 1 1 2
58 Jergus Baca Hartford Whalers 1990 – 1992 10 0 2 2
59 Tomas Malec Carolina, Ottawa 2002 – 2007 46 0 2 2
60 Andrej Podkonicky Florida, Washington 2000–01, 2003–04 8 1 0 1
61 Roman Tvrdon Washington Capitals 2003–04 9 0 1 1
62 Ivan Droppa Chicago Blackhawks 1993–94, 1995–96 19 0 1 1
63 Ivan Baranka New York Rangers 2007–08 1 0 1 1
64 Stanislav Gron New Jersey Devils 2000–01 1 0 0 0
65 Jozef Cierny Edmonton Oilers 1993–94 1 0 0 0
66 Jaroslav Obsut St.Louis Blues, Colorado 2000 – 2002 7 0 0 0
68 Ladislav Karabin Pittsburgh Penguins 1993–94 9 0 0 0
69 Radoslav Hecl Buffalo Sabres 2002–03 14 0 0 0

Stats at the end of regular season 2006/07

[edit] Goalies

[edit] See also