Ľubomír Pištek
Ľubomír Pištek (born 7 August 1980) is a former Slovak professional ice hockey player who played in the Slovak Extraliga and Czech Extraliga. He was selected by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 8th round (222nd overall) of the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. He played six seasons with HC Slovan Bratislava.[1] Over the course of his career, Pištek won Slovak league championship twice with Slovan Bratislava (2001-02 and 2006-07). He also won the Czech league championship with HC Moeller Pardubice in the 2003-04 session.[2]
| Ľubomír Pištek | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
7 August 1980 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
| Weight | 198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
HC Slovan Bratislava HC Dynamo Pardubice VHK Vsetín HC Vítkovice Steel HC Zlín HC Oceláři Třinec HK Nitra | ||
| NHL draft |
222nd overall, 1998 Philadelphia Flyers | ||
| Playing career | 2000–2009 | ||
Representing Slovakia U18, Pištek scored against Canada U18 in August 1997.[3] Pištek participated at the 1998 IIHF European U18 Championship, 1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and the 2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.[4]
After retiring from active hockey, Pištek followed the footsteps of Marián Gáborík and focused on developing ice hockey infrastructure for children. His first project was a training rink in the Lamač borough of Bratislava, opened in 2011.[5][6] In 2016 he completed the second rink in Bruck an der Leitha.[7]
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1998–99 | Kelowna Rockets | WHL | 55 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1999–00 | Kelowna Rockets | WHL | 28 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Saskatoon Blades | WHL | 28 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2000–01 | HC Slovan Bratislava | Slovak | 49 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | HC Slovan Bratislava | Slovak | 50 | 15 | 7 | 22 | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | HC ČSOB Pojišťovna Pardubice | Czech | 49 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 56 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | ||
| 2003–04 | HC Moeller Pardubice | Czech | 47 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 111 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | ||
| 2004–05 | Vsetinska Hokejova | Czech | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | HC Moeller Pardubice | Czech | 27 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 2004–05 | HC VCE Hradec Králové | Czech2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | HC Vitkovice Steel | Czech | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | HC Hamé Zlín | Czech | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | HC Ocelari Trinec | Czech | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | HC Slovan Bratislava | Slovak | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 2006–07 | HC Slovan Bratislava | Slovak | 53 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 32 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 61 | ||
| 2007–08 | HC Slovan Bratislava | Slovak | 53 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 46 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 24 | ||
| 2008–09 | HK Nitra | Slovak | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | HC Slovan Bratislava | Slovak | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Czech totals | 159 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 199 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 32 | ||||
| Slovak totals | 253 | 39 | 40 | 79 | 256 | 48 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 97 | ||||
References
- "Profile at HC Slovan website". HC Slovan. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- "Pištek sa počas osláv dostal do konfliktu s Dopitom". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- "SportsWorld". The Daily Herald-Tribune. Canadian Press. 14 August 1997. p. 11.
- EliteProspects (link below).
- "Bývalý reprezentant Pištek vybuduje v Lamači hokejovú akadémiu". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- "Zimný štadión na Borinskej ulici je skolaudovaný". Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- "Slovenská cesta Ľubomíra Pišteka s rakúskou ústretovosťou". Šport.sk. 28 January 2016.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database