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Tomáš Kůrka

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Tomáš Kůrka
Born (1981-12-14) 14 December 1981 (age 42)
Most, Czechoslovakia
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shot Left
Played for Carolina Hurricanes
HC Litvínov
HC Sparta Praha
NHL draft 32nd overall, 2000
Carolina Hurricanes
Playing career 1998–2020

Tomáš Kůrka (born 14 December 1981) is a Czech former ice hockey forward. He played 17 games in the National Hockey League with the Carolina Hurricanes between 2003 and 2004. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1998 to 2020, was mainly spent in the Czech Extraliga.

Playing career

Kůrka was drafted by the Carolina Hurricanes as their second-round pick, No. 32 overall, in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. Kůrka spent two seasons playing junior level in the Ontario Hockey League with the Plymouth Whalers before moving to the Hurricanes organization in 2001.

After spending a season in the American Hockey League with the Lowell Lock Monsters, Kůrka made his NHL debut with the Hurricanes during 2002–03 NHL season, playing 14 games, scoring 3 goals and 2 assists for 5 points. He would go on to play just 3 more games for Carolina, scoring no points. With the 2004–05 NHL season locked-out and eventually cancelled, Kůrka split the season in the AHL with the Providence Bruins and back home in the Czech Republic for HC Litvínov.

He chose to remain in Europe, signing for KalPa in the Finnish SM-liiga. He also played for Ilves in the same league, before moving to Södertälje SK in the Swedish HockeyAllsvenskan.

Kůrka then returned to the Czech Extraliga in 2007, signing for HC České Budějovice.[1] He joined Slavia Prague for a second time in 2011.[2]

On 8 November 2013, Tomas Kůrka was announced as a Cardiff Devils player, he will play his first game for the Devils on Sunday 10 November 2013 against the Hull Stingrays. He scored a Penalty Shot on his full debut.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1996–97 HC Litvínov U18 CZE-U18 37 22 11 33 20
1997–98 HC Litvínov U18 CZE-U18 44 38 23 61 90
1998–99 HC Litvínov U20 CZE-U20 31 20 11 31
1998–99 HC Chemopetrol Litvínov CZE 6 0 0 0 0
1999–00 Plymouth Whalers OHL 64 36 28 64 37 17 7 6 13 6
2000–01 Plymouth Whalers OHL 47 15 29 44 20 16 8 13 21 13
2001–02 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 71 13 15 28 24 5 1 1 2 2
2002–03 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 61 17 12 29 10
2002–03 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 14 3 2 5 2
2003–04 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 55 6 26 32 14
2003–04 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 3 0 0 0 0
2004–05 HC Litvínov CZE 29 1 5 6 6
2004–05 Providence Bruins AHL 40 8 3 11 4 17 4 3 7 13
2005–06 KalPa SM-l 56 23 11 34 20
2006–07 Ilves Tampere SM-l 19 2 5 7 6
2006–07 KalPa SM-l 18 3 4 7 8
2006–07 Södertälje SK SWE-2 10 2 3 5 0
2007–08 HC České Budějovice CZE 52 19 15 34 20
2008–09 HC České Budějovice CZE 50 17 13 30 20
2009–10 HC České Budějovice CZE 12 7 5 12 4
2009–10 HC Slavia Praha CZE 31 17 12 19 31
2010–11 HC Sparta Praha CZE 38 4 8 12 12
2010–11 HC Pardubice CZE 7 0 2 2 2
2011–12 HC Slavia Praha CZE 42 13 8 21 30
2011–12 HC Oceláři Třinec CZE 7 2 3 5 0 5 1 2 3 2
2012–13 HC Shakhtyor Soligorsk BLR 36 9 11 20 12
2012–13 Krefeld Pinguine DEL 9 2 2 4 0 6 1 3 4 2
2013–14 SC Langenthal NLB 5 1 0 1 2
2013–14 Cardiff Devils EIHL 36 23 21 44 14
2014–15 Sputnik Nizhny Tagil VHL 51 10 12 22 16 7 0 4 4 4
2015–16 Cardiff Devils EIHL 51 20 19 39 18 4 1 1 2 0
2016–17 Rostock Piranhas GER-3 27 15 23 38 36
2017–18 Rostock Piranhas GER-3 44 19 28 47 36
2018–19 Rostock Piranhas GER-3 47 18 38 56 43 6 2 5 7 4
2019–20 Rostock Piranhas GER-3 40 15 28 43 24 3 3 0 3 2
CZE totals 274 80 71 151 125 44 11 17 28 37
NHL totals 17 3 2 5 2

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
1999 Czech Republic U18 7 5 1 6 2
Junior totals 7 5 1 6 2

References

  1. ^ "Kůrka je v Mountfieldu spokojen a odmítl tak i nabídku z Finska". denik.cz (in Czech). 20 September 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Do Slavie se vrací Tomáš Kůrka, klub opouští jeho jmenovec Žižka". hc-slavia.cz (in Czech). 30 April 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2022.