Peter Smrek

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Peter Smrek
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Born (1979-02-16) 16 February 1979 (age 45)
Martin, Czechoslovakia
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 215 lb (98 kg; 15 st 5 lb)
Position
Defence
Shot Left
Played for
National team  Slovakia
NHL draft 85th overall, 1999
St. Louis Blues
Playing career 2000–2010
2013–2015

Peter Smrek (born 16 February 1979) is a

defenceman who played 28 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) between the St. Louis Blues and New York Rangers
.

Playing career

Amateur

Smrek played for the Des Moines Buccaneers of the United States Hockey League (USHL) during the 1998–99 season and helped them win the 1999 Clark Cup Championship.[1]

Professional

Smrek was drafted 85th overall by the

1999 NHL Entry Draft, and made his NHL debut on February 10, 2001 against the Colorado Avalanche.[2] but only managed to play 6 games with the Blues, spending most of his time with the Blues' American Hockey League affiliate the Worcester IceCats. He was later traded to the New York Rangers and played 22 further games in the NHL, but again spent most of his spell in the AHL, this time with the Hartford Wolf Pack. He was then traded to the Nashville Predators and then to the Ottawa Senators
, but never played another NHL game. In total, Smrek played 28 NHL games, scoring two goals and four assists for 6 points and collected 18 penalty minutes.

In 2004, Smrek moved to

HC Lasselsberger Plzeň and than on 30 May 2009 further to Severstal Cherepovets
.

After a three year hiatus from professional hockey, Smrek returned to play two seasons with hometown club,

2013–14
season.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season
Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1997–98
MHC Martin
Slovak.20 23 0 5 5 24
1998–99 Des Moines Buccaneers USHL 52 6 26 32 59 14 2 7 9 8
1999–00
Worcester IceCats AHL 64 5 19 24 26 2 0 0 0 4
1999–00 Peoria Rivermen ECHL 4 1 1 2 2
2000–01 Worcester IceCats AHL 50 2 7 9 71
2000–01
St. Louis Blues NHL 6 2 0 2 2
2000–01 New York Rangers NHL 14 0 3 3 12
2000–01 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 5 0 2 2 2
2001–02 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 50 2 5 7 36
2001–02 New York Rangers NHL 8 0 1 1 4
2001–02 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 8 0 2 2 4
2002–03 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 68 3 20 23 70 5 0 0 0 0
2003–04 Binghamton Senators AHL 80 5 18 23 91 2 0 0 0 4
2004–05
Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg
DEL 51 13 14 27 70
2005–06 Mora IK SEL 45 6 13 19 102 5 3 1 4 8
2006–07
Frankfurt Lions DEL 26 3 4 7 140 3 0 0 0 2
2007–08
Frankfurt Lions DEL 53 3 12 15 84 4 0 0 0 18
2008–09 MHC Martin Slovak 4 0 0 0 8
2008–09
HC Plzeň
ELH 43 5 8 13 80 16 1 7 8 22
2009–10 Severstal Cherepovets KHL 29 1 3 4 46
2013–14 MHC Martin Slovak 27 3 5 8 40
2014–15 MHC Martin Slovak 35 4 10 14 73 4 0 0 0 8
NHL totals 28 2 4 6 18
Medal record
Representing  Slovakia
Ice hockey
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Sweden
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Canada

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
1997 Slovakia EJC18 6th 6 0 0 0 20
1999 Slovakia
WJC
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 0 1 1 4
2002 Slovakia OG 13th 4 0 0 0 0
2002 Slovakia
WC
1st place, gold medalist(s) 9 0 0 0 8
2009 Slovakia WC 10th 6 1 0 1 6
Junior totals 12 0 1 1 24
Senior totals 19 1 0 1 14

Awards and honours

Award Year
USHL
Clark Cup
(Des Moines Buccaneers)
1999
AHL
All-Star Game
2001
[3]

Transactions

References

  1. ^ "Peter Smrek player profile". eliteprospects.com. 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  2. ^ "Blues, Avalanche boxscore 2001-02-10". hockeyreference.com. 2015-04-05. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
  3. ^ "Canadian All-Stars 11, Planet USA All-Stars 10". American Hockey League. 2001-01-15. Retrieved 2019-02-01.

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