Richard Pánik

Richard Pánik
Born February 7, 1991 (1991-02-07) (age 21)
Martin, Czechoslovakia
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight 197 lb (89 kg; 14 st 1 lb)
Position Right wing
Shoots Right
NHL team (P)
Cur. team
Former teams
Tampa Bay Lightning
Norfolk Admirals (AHL)
Windsor Spitfires
Belleville Bulls
National team  Slovakia
NHL Draft 52nd overall, 2009
Tampa Bay Lightning
Playing career 2007–present

Richard Pánik (born 7 February 1991) is a Slovak ice hockey player. Pánik was drafted in the second round, 52nd overall in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning. He played two years professionally for HC Oceláři Třinec of the Czech Extraliga before being drafted. After being drafted in 2009, Pánik attended training camp with the Lightning. After he was cut from training camp, he joined the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League.[1] Pánik played for the Slovak national team at the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, where he scored two goals and three assists in five games.[2]

On January 5, 2010, the Windsor Spitfires sent Pánik to the Belleville Bulls in a blockbuster trade along with Austen Brassard, Steve Gleeson, Paul Bezzo, a second-round pick in 2012, a third-round pick in 2010 and a seventh-round pick in 2012. In return the Windsor Spitfires acquired Philipp Grubauer, Marc Cantin and Stephen Johnson.[3]

He was selected to play for Slovakia at the 2010 IIHF World Championship where he recorded 2 assists and finished a +3.

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Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2007-08 HC Oceláři Třinec Czech 6 0 0 0 0
2008-09 HC Oceláři Třinec Czech 15 1 1 2 4 4 0 0 0 0
2009–10 Windsor Spitfires OHL 33 9 9 18 19
2009-10 Belleville Bulls OHL 27 12 11 23 36
2009–10 Norfolk Admirals AHL 5 0 1 1 0
2010–11 Belleville Bulls OHL 27 14 17 31 33
2010–11 Guelph Storm OHL 24 13 12 25 42
OHL totals 111 48 49 97 130
AHL totals 5 0 1 1 0

External links

Richard Panik's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database

References