Roman Turek

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Roman Turek


Born	(1970-05-21) May 21, 1970 Strakonice, Czechoslovakia
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb)
Position	Goaltender
Caught	Right
Czech Extraliga team Former teams	HC České Budějovice Dallas Stars St. Louis Blues Calgary Flames
National team	Czechoslovakia Czech Republic
NHL Draft	113th overall, 1990 Minnesota North Stars
Playing career	1988–2010

Roman Turek (born May 21, 1970 in Strakonice, Czechoslovakia) is a retired Czech professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Dallas Stars, St. Louis Blues, and Calgary Flames in a 9-year National Hockey League (NHL) career. He last played in the Czech Extraliga for HC České Budějovice.

Playing career

Calgary Flames

Drafted 113th overall by the Minnesota North Stars in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft, he moved with them to Dallas where he played as the backup to Ed Belfour. He won a Stanley Cup in this role in 1999. Despite his backup role, he achieved international glory with the Czech Republic team, backstopping them to a gold medal at the 1996 World Championships. In this year he played in Germany for the Nuremberg Ice Tigers.

He was traded to the St. Louis Blues in the 1999 off-season, and finally got his chance to shine as he topped the league with seven shutouts and won the William M. Jennings Trophy in his first season. He helped the Blues to the President's Trophy that year and the Blues entered the playoffs with high expectations but were ousted in seven games by the eighth-seeded San Jose Sharks, some aggravated Blues fans pinning responsibility on Turek because of some soft goals he allowed, including one in Game Seven that was fired from center ice by Sharks captain Owen Nolan.^[1] However, he played a second season with the Blues while being challenged for the #1 position by backup Brent Johnson. He put up good numbers again, this time helping the Blues reach the playoffs as the #4 seed where they faced off again in the first round against the Sharks. This time Turek helped the Blues beat the Sharks in six games and then helped them sweep the Stars, his former team, in the second round. However, in the third round against the Colorado Avalanche soft goals plagued him again (including one scored after an attempt to scoop the puck into his glove with his stick) and again in some fan circles bore the brunt of the blame for the Blues' third round 4-1 ouster. In the off season Turek was traded to the Calgary Flames.

In the 2003–04 season, Roman's status as the Flames number 1 goaltender was altered drastically when Darryl Sutter traded a conditional draft pick for Miikka Kiprusoff, whose stellar performances relegated Turek to the bench. However, Turek was a dependable backup, as Kiprusoff led the Flames to the 2004 Stanley Cup finals against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

In 2004, Turek restructured his contract to substantially drop his salary from $5 million plus bonuses for the 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons. The restructuring brought his salary to between $1 million and $2 million, with potential earnings relying heavily on performance bonuses. The restructuring saved the Calgary Flames organization between $3 million and $4 million in 2004.^[2]

Turek announced his retirement from the NHL on August 9, 2005.

Trivia

Turek's masks all featured Iron Maiden mascot "Eddie the Head". The artwork was done by Ray Bishop of Bishop Custom Designs.

Career statistics

Regular season


Season	Team	League	GP	W	L	T	MIN	GA	SO	GAA
1996–97	Dallas Stars	NHL	6	3	1	0	263	9	0	2.05
1997–98	Dallas Stars	NHL	23	11	10	1	1323	49	1	2.22
1998–99	Dallas Stars	NHL	26	16	3	3	1381	48	1	2.08
1999–2000	St. Louis Blues	NHL	67	42	15	9	3960	129	7	1.95
2000–01	St. Louis Blues	NHL	54	24	18	10	3232	123	6	2.28
2001–02	Calgary Flames	NHL	69	30	28	11	4081	172	5	2.53
2002–03	Calgary Flames	NHL	65	27	29	9	3821	164	4	2.57
2003–04	Calgary Flames	NHL	18	6	11	0	1301	40	3	2.33
NHL totals			328	159	115	43	19094	734	27	2.31

Post-season


Season	Team	League	GP	W	L	T	MIN	GA	SO	GAA
1999–2000	St. Louis Blues	NHL	7	3	4	0	414	19	0	2.75
2000–01	St. Louis Blues	NHL	14	9	5	0	908	31	0	2.05
2003–04	Calgary Flames	NHL	1	0	0	0	19	0	0	0.00
NHL totals			22	12	9	0	1342	50	0	2.23

Awards

1995 World Championships All-Star Team
1996 World Championships All-Star Team
1996 World Championships Best Goaltender
1999 William M. Jennings Trophy
2000 William M. Jennings Trophy

International play

1994 Played for Czech Republic at 1994 Winter Olympics
1994 Played for Czech Republic at World Championships
1996 Won gold medal for Czech Republic at World Championships
1996 Played for Czech Republic at World Cup of Hockey

References

↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-c10i6bw48
↑ TSN.ca "Report: Turek re-works deal with Flames"]. 2004-07-01. Retrieved 2008-02-25.

External links

Awards
Preceded by Martin Brodeur	Winner of the William M. Jennings Trophy 1999 (with Ed Belfour), 2000	Succeeded by Dominik Hašek
Preceded by Milos Holan	Golden Hockey Stick 1994	Succeeded by Jaromir Jagr

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Persondata
Name	Turek, Roman
Alternative names
Short description	Czech ice hockey player
Date of birth	May 21, 1970
Place of birth	Strakonice, Czechoslovakia
Date of death
Place of death

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