Jaroslav Kristek

Jaroslav Kristek
Born (1980-03-16) March 16, 1980 (age 44)
Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 183 lb (83 kg; 13 st 1 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shoots Left
CZE-4 team
Former teams
HC Brumov-Bylnice
GKS Tychy
Neman Grodno
MsHK Žilina
Dinamo Minsk
Lev Poprad
HC Košice
HC Zlín
HC Energie Karlovy Vary
HC České Budějovice
Buffalo Sabres
NHL draft 50th overall, 1998
Buffalo Sabres
Playing career 2000–present

Jaroslav Kristek (born March 16, 1980) is a Czech professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for HC Brumov-Bylnice in the Czech fourth division. He was drafted in the second round, 50th overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft and played 6 games for them during the 2002–03 season. The rest of his career has been spent in various European leagues, mainly the Czech Extraliga. He won a Slovnaft Extraliga championship with HC Košice in 2010–11.

Kristek played two seasons in the Western Hockey League with the Tri-City Americans before joining the Sabres' American Hockey League affiliate, the Rochester Americans, for the 2000–01 season. In three seasons with Rochester, Kristek appeared in 125 games and scored 23 goals. He also appeared in six NHL games with Buffalo during the 2002–03 season, recording no points.

Kristek returned to his native Czech Republic in 2003, initially signing with HC Sparta Praha on May 7 but transferring to HC České Budějovice a few months later without playing any games for Sparta.[1][2] He later moved on to play in Slovakia.

  1. ^ "Kucharczyk do Ilvesu, Kristka získá Sparta". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 7 May 2003. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Kristek do Budějovic? Prý hotová věc". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 3 September 2003. Retrieved 11 May 2022.

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