Tomáš Kůrka

Tomáš Kůrka
Born	(1981-12-14) 14 December 1981 Most, Czechoslovakia
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb)
Position	Left Wing
Shoots	Left
EIHL team Former teams	Cardiff Devils Carolina Hurricanes HC Litvínov HC Sparta Praha
NHL draft	32nd overall, 2000 Carolina Hurricanes
Playing career	2001–present

Tomáš Kůrka (born 14 December 1981) is a Czech professional ice hockey forward currently playing for The Cardiff Devils in the EIHL.

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.

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						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1999–2000	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-1		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		–	–	–	–	–
2012–13	Krefeld Pinguine	DEL		9	2	2	4	0		6	1	3	4	2
2013–14	Cardiff Devils	EIHL		1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0
NHL totals				17	3	2	5	2		–	–	–	–	–

External links

• Tomáš Kůrka career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database