Tomáš Kůrka
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| Tomáš Kůrka | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
14 December 1981 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 Chemopetrol | CZE U18 | 37 | 22 | 11 | 33 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | HC Chemopetrol | CZE U18 | 44 | 38 | 23 | 61 | 90 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | HC Chemopetrol | CZE U20 | 31 | 20 | 11 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | HC Chemopetrol | 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 Chemopetrol | 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-liiga | 56 | 23 | 11 | 34 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Ilves | SM-liiga | 19 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | KalPa | SM-liiga | 18 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Södertälje SK | SWE-2 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2007–08 | HC Mountfield | CZE | 52 | 19 | 15 | 34 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | HC Mountfield | CZE | 50 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | HC Mountfield | 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 Eaton 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 | 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 | SUI-2 | 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 | ||||
| AHL totals | 227 | 44 | 56 | 100 | 52 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | ||||
| NHL totals | 17 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Czech Republic | WJC18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |
| Junior totals | 7 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |||
References
- ^ "Kůrka je v Mountfieldu spokojen a odmítl tak i nabídku z Finska". denik.cz (in Czech). 20 September 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
- ^ "Do Slavie se vrací Tomáš Kůrka, klub opouští jeho jmenovec Žižka". hc-slavia.cz (in Czech). 30 April 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1981 births
- Cardiff Devils players
- Carolina Hurricanes draft picks
- Carolina Hurricanes players
- Czech ice hockey left wingers
- HC Dynamo Pardubice players
- HC Litvínov players
- HC Oceláři Třinec players
- HC Shakhtyor Soligorsk players
- HC Slavia Praha players
- HC Sparta Praha players
- Ilves players
- KalPa players
- Living people
- Lowell Lock Monsters players
- Motor České Budějovice players
- Plymouth Whalers players
- Providence Bruins players
- Rostock Piranhas players
- SCL Tigers players
- Södertälje SK players
- Ice hockey people from Most (city)
- Sputnik Nizhny Tagil players
- Czech expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Finland
- Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden
- Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Russia
- Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Belarus
- Expatriate ice hockey players in Wales
- Czech expatriate sportspeople in Wales
- Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Switzerland
- Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Germany