Branko Radivojevič

Branko Radivojevič
Born	(1980-11-24) November 24, 1980 Piešťany, Czechoslovakia
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	208 lb (94 kg; 14 st 12 lb)
Position	Right Wing
Shoots	Right
KHL team Former teams	HC Spartak Moscow Atlant Moscow Oblast NHL Phoenix Coyotes Philadelphia Flyers Minnesota Wild
National team	Slovakia
NHL Draft	93rd overall, 1999 Colorado Avalanche
Playing career	2001–present

Branko Radivojevič

Medal record
Competitor for Slovakia
Ice hockey
World Championships
Silver	2012 Helsinki
Bronze	2003 Helsinki

Branko Radivojevič (Serbian: Бранко Радивојевић, Branko Radivojević; born November 24, 1980) is a Slovak professional ice hockey forward currently playing for HC Spartak Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). His Serbian father Matija came to Czechoslovakia during the 1970s as a contractor of a Yugoslavian company.

Playing career

Drafted by the Colorado Avalanche in 1999, Radivojevič signed a 3 year deal with the Phoenix Coyotes on June 19, 2001 and played parts of the next three seasons there. Part of a mid-season trade in 2003–04, he was sent to the Philadelphia Flyers along with Sean Burke and the rights to Ben Eager for Mike Comrie. After 2005–06, the Flyers declined to tender him a qualifying offer, thus making him an unrestricted free agent. He signed with the Minnesota Wild as an unrestricted free agent on July 6, 2006. After a couple seasons with the Wild, he opted to go to the KHL.

After two years with the Wild, Radivojevič signed with Spartak Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). In the 2008–09 season Branko established himself as an offensive presence with Spartak, leading the team in scoring with 45 points in 49 games. He was re-signed to a further two-year contract with Spartak on December 23, 2009.

After three seasons with Spartak (during the last one he was the captain of the team) Branko decided to change the team. After some arguments with Spartak's management his contract was terminated and Branko signed with Atlant Moscow Oblast. After spending only one season with Atlant (2011-2012) he returned to Spartak.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1998–99	Belleville Bulls	OHL		68	20	38	58	61		21	7	17	24	18
1999–00	Belleville Bulls	OHL		59	23	49	72	86		16	5	8	13	32
2000–01	Belleville Bulls	OHL		61	34	70	104	77		10	6	10	16	18
2001–02	Springfield Falcons	AHL		62	18	21	39	64		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL		18	4	2	6	4		1	0	0	0	2
2002–03	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL		79	12	15	27	63		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL		53	9	14	23	36		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		24	1	8	9	36		18	1	1	2	32
2004–05	VHK Vsetín	CZE		31	7	11	18	114		—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Luleå	SEL		10	6	4	11	8		4	0	0	0	44
2005–06	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		64	8	6	14	44		5	1	0	1	0
2006–07	Minnesota Wild	NHL		82	11	13	24	21		5	0	0	0	2
2007–08	Minnesota Wild	NHL		73	7	10	17	48		2	0	0	0	0
2008–09	Spartak Moscow	KHL		49	17	26	43	86		6	2	1	3	6
2009–10	Spartak Moscow	KHL		56	18	37	55	115		9	0	5	5	33
2010–11	Spartak Moscow	KHL		54	7	23	30	51		4	2	3	5	2
2011–12	Atlant Moscow Oblast	KHL		43	7	20	27	24		12	5	2	7	10
2012–13	Spartak Moscow	KHL		50	4	17	21	23		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				393	52	68	120	252		31	2	1	3	36
KHL totals				252	53	123	176	299		31	9	11	20	51

International

Year	Team	Comp	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2000	Slovakia	WJC	7	0	0	0	4
2003	Slovakia	WC	9	2	1	3	8
2004	Slovakia	WCH	4	0	1	1	2
2007	Slovakia	WC	7	2	1	3	6
2009	Slovakia	WC	6	0	1	1	4
2010	Slovakia	OG	7	0	0	0	6
Junior int'l totals			7	0	0	0	4
Senior int'l totals			33	4	4	8	26

Awards and honours

Award	Year
OHL
First All-Star Team	2001
Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy	2001
NHL
YoungStars Game	2003

External links

• Branko Radivojevič's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
• Branko Radivojevič at Hockey-Reference.com
• Branko Radivojevič's player profile at NHL.com

Preceded by Sheldon Keefe

Winner of the Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy 2001

Succeeded by Mike Renzi