Milan Bartovič
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| Position | Right Wing |
| Catches | Left |
| Height Weight |
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 191 lb (87 kg/13 st 9 lb) |
| Team F. teams |
Malmö Redhawks Chicago Blackhawks Buffalo Sabres |
| Nationality |  Slovakia |
| Born | April 9, 1981 , Trenčín, Slovakia |
| NHL Draft | 35th overall, 1999 Buffalo Sabres |
| Pro career | 2001 – present |
Milan Bartovič (born April 9, 1981 in Trenčín, Slovakia) is a Slovak ice hockey left wing played for Malmo IF of Elitserien in Sweden and currently plays for Atlanta Thrashers. He was drafted 35th overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft.
After playing junior hockey in the Western Hockey League for the Tri-City Americans and Brandon Wheat Kings, Bartovič began his professional career in 2001–02 with the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League. Through 2004–05, Bartovič played in the National Hockey League for the Buffalo Sabres for a total of 26 games. On October 24, 2005, the Sabres traded Bartovič to the Chicago Blackhawks for goaltender Michael Leighton. After playing 24 games for the Blackhawks and an additional 49 games with the Norfolk Admirals of the AHL, Bartovič became a free agent on July 1, 2006 and elected to play in Sweden for the 2006–07 season. In the summer of 2007, he signed a one-year deal with the Atlanta Thrashers.
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1995–96 | HC Dukla Trenčín | Juniors | 46 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 41 | |||||||
| 1996–97 | HC Dukla Trenčín | Juniors | 52 | 21 | 33 | 54 | 32 | |||||||
| 1997–98 | HC Dukla Trenčín | SVK | 26 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 27 | |||||||
| 1998–99 | HC Dukla Trenčín | SVK | 46 | 36 | 35 | 71 | 62 | |||||||
| 1999–00 | Tri-City Americans | WHL | 18 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1999–00 | Brandon Wheat Kings | WHL | 38 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 28 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2000–01 | Brandon Wheat Kings | WHL | 34 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 2000–01 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2001–02 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 73 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2002–03 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 74 | 18 | 10 | 28 | 84 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2002–03 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2003–04 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 52 | 18 | 11 | 29 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2003–04 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 23 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 18 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2004–05 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 69 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 83 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 22 | ||
| 2005–06 | Norfolk Admirals | AHL | 49 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 2005–06 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 24 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| NHL Totals | 50 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 26 | |||||||||
[edit] International play
| Regular Season | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
| 1999 | Team Slovakia | WJC-U18 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |
| 2000 | Team Slovakia | WJC | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2001 | Team Slovakia | WJC | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2006 | Team Slovakia | WCh | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | |
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| NAME | Bartovič, Milan |
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| DATE OF BIRTH | 1981-4-9 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Trenčín, Slovakia |
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