Jakub Petružálek

Jakub Petružálek[1] (born 24 April 1985) is a Czech professional ice hockey center playing for HC Litvínov of the Czech Extraliga (ELH).

Jakub Petružálek
Born (1985-04-24) 24 April 1985
Litvínov, Czechoslovakia
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shoots Right
ELH team
Former teams		 HC Litvínov
Carolina Hurricanes
Lukko Rauma
Amur Khabarovsk
Dynamo Moscow
Ak Bars Kazan
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
Örebro HK
HC Oceláři Třinec
National team  Czech Republic
NHL Draft 266th overall, 2004
New York Rangers
Playing career 2005–present

Playing career

Petružálek played in his native Czech Republic with HC Litvínov of the Czech Extraliga, and in the Ontario Hockey League, before he was drafted by the New York Rangers, 266th overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. He never played for the Rangers, who traded him to the Carolina Hurricanes along with a fifth-round conditional pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft (Tomáš Kubalík) for Brad Isbister.[2]

On 15 May 2009, Jakub left the Hurricanes organization, having appeared in only 2 NHL games, and signed with Finnish club, Lukko Rauma, of the SM-liiga, for the 2009–10 season.[3] Petružálek moved to Amur Khabarovsk of the Russian-based Kontinental Hockey League for the 2011–12 season.

On 28 May 2014, Petruzalek signed a one-year contract with his fourth KHL club, Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg, for the 2014–15 season.[4] Petruzalek had registered 4 goals and 16 points in 23 games when, for reasons of bereavement, he was given an immediate release from his contract with Avtomobilist on 19 November 2014 in order to return to Litvínov, Czech Republic.[5]

Personal

While he was playing in Russia with Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg, Petruzalek's girlfriend of 5 years, fashion model and champion kickboxer Katerina Netolicka, was found dead in their apartment in Litvínov, Czech Republic on 12 November 2014.[6] Petruzalek returned to the Czech Republic for the remainder of the season.[7]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2002–03 HC Litvínov ELH 5 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2003–04 HC Litvínov ELH 7 0 0 0 2 — — — — —
2004–05 Ottawa 67's OHL 59 23 40 63 64 21 8 10 18 30
2005–06 Barrie Colts OHL 24 11 20 31 28 14 8 11 19 14
2005–06 HC Litvínov ELH 19 1 1 2 6 — — — — —
2006–07 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 6 0 2 2 0 — — — — —
2006–07 Charlotte Checkers ECHL 7 1 9 10 4 — — — — —
2006–07 Albany River Rats AHL 54 10 18 28 16 5 2 2 4 10
2007–08 Albany River Rats AHL 78 14 31 45 52 7 2 1 3 8
2008–09 Albany River Rats AHL 77 19 35 54 35 — — — — —
2008–09 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 2 0 1 1 0 — — — — —
2009–10 Lukko SM-l 55 17 24 41 78 4 0 1 1 4
2010–11 Lukko SM-l 59 19 22 41 28 12 9 5 14 22
2011–12 Amur Khabarovsk KHL 54 22 28 50 16 4 0 1 1 2
2012–13 Amur Khabarovsk KHL 41 15 18 33 18 — — — — —
2012–13 Dynamo Moscow KHL 10 0 2 2 4 19 9 7 16 4
2013–14 Amur Khabarovsk KHL 38 13 7 20 26 — — — — —
2013–14 Ak Bars Kazan KHL 13 1 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 0
2014–15 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg KHL 23 4 12 16 18 — — — — —
2014–15 HC Litvínov ELH 28 12 14 26 6 17 8 5 13 4
2015–16 Örebro HK SHL 14 4 0 4 0 — — — — —
2015–16 Dynamo Moscow KHL 4 1 0 1 2 — — — — —
2016–17 HC Oceláři Třinec ELH 51 16 20 36 12 6 1 2 3 4
2017–18 HC Oceláři Třinec ELH 19 5 5 10 2 18 4 3 7 4
2018–19 HC Litvínov ELH 52 8 21 29 40 — — — — —
ELH totals 181 42 61 103 68 41 13 10 23 12
NHL totals 2 0 1 1 0 — — — — —
Liiga totals 114 36 46 82 106 16 9 6 15 26
KHL totals 183 56 69 125 84 26 9 8 17 6
Medal record
Representing  Czech Republic
Ice hockey
World Championships
2012 Helsinki
World Junior Championships
2005 North Dakota
Inline hockey
World Championship
2017 Bratislava

International
Year Team Event Result   GP G A Pts PIM
2003 Czech Republic WJC18 6th 6 1 0 1 0
2005 Czech Republic WJC 7 1 1 2 4
2012 Czech Republic WC 10 1 3 4 0
2014 Czech Republic WC 4th 7 0 0 0 6
Junior totals 13 2 1 3 4
Senior totals 17 1 3 4 6

References
  1. "Petružálek se stěhuje ze zámoří do Evropy, bude hrát za Raumu". hokej.sport.cz. 3 February 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2011.'
  2. "NHL Transactions". ESPN. Retrieved 6 September 2008.
  3. "Petruzalek signs with Lukko". Lukko Rauma. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
  4. "HC Motorist sign Czech Jakub Petruzalek" (in Russian). Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  5. "HC Motorist and Petruzalek terminate contract by mutual agreement" (in Russian). Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. 19 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  6. "Czech model, face of Prada and L'Oreal found dead in bathtub". NY Daily News. 12 November 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  7. "Petruzalek could return to Litvinov". hokej.cz (in Czech). 20 November 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.

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