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Pavol Demitra
Born (1974-11-29) November 29, 1974 (age 49)
Dubnica nad Váhom, Czechoslovakia
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Centre
Shoots Left
NHL team
Former teams		 Vancouver Canucks
Minnesota Wild
Los Angeles Kings
St. Louis Blues
Ottawa Senators
NHL draft 227th overall, 1993
Ottawa Senators
Playing career 1993–present

Pavol Demitra (born November 29, 1974, in Dubnica nad Váhom, Czechoslovakia, now Slovakia) is a Slovak professional ice hockey player. He plays centre for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Since joining the league in 1993, he has played with five different teams: the Canucks, Ottawa Senators, St. Louis Blues, Los Angeles Kings and Minnesota Wild. Before he joined the NHL, Demitra played in his native Slovakia, as well as the American Hockey League and International Hockey League, minor professional leagues in North America.

Playing career

After playing in the Czechoslovak Extraliga with Dubnica and Trenčín for two years, Pavol Demitra was drafted in the ninth round, 227th overall, by the Ottawa Senators in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. Demitra would play the majority of the next three seasons for Ottawa's American Hockey League affiliate, the Prince Edward Island Senators, making brief appearances in the NHL. In 1995-96, Demitra scored 81 points in the AHL in 48 games.

On November 27, 1996, Demitra was traded from Ottawa to the St. Louis Blues for Christer Olsson.[1] Demitra would continue to play in the minor leagues with St. Louis' IHL affiliates, the Grand Rapids Griffins and the Las Vegas Thunder before beginning to play full-time with the Blues in 1997-98. The following season, in 1998-99, he emerged as an NHL star, appearing in his first NHL All-Star Game as part of a 37-goal, 89-point campaign. He made two more All-Star Game appearances with the Blues in 2000 and 2002 as well.[1] In 2002-03, he recorded career highs in goals (36), assists (57), and points (93), while finishing sixth in league scoring.

As NHL play was halted in 2004-05 due to the lockout, he returned to Trenčín (now of the Slovak Extraliga), signing with the team on September 17, 2004.[1] Demitra scored 82 points in 54 games. When NHL play was set to resume the next season, he joined the Los Angeles Kings as an unrestricted free agent on August 2, 2005, signing a three-year, $13.5 million contract.[2] Demitra left the Blues fifth in franchise all-time scoring with 493 points in 494 games.[2] In his only season with the Kings, Demitra scored 62 points while limited to just 58 games due to health problems that included an eye injury.[3]

Following the 2005-06 season, he was traded to the Minnesota Wild on draft day in exchange for Patrick O'Sullivan and Edmonton's first round draft choice in 2006 (Trevor Lewis) on June 24, 2006.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).

As Demitra became an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2007-08 season, he established that his first choice was the Vancouver Canucks. On July 10, 2008, he signed a two-year, $8 million contract with Vancouver.[4]

Awards & achievements

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1991-92 ZTS Dubnica CSFR-2 28 13 10 23 12 — — — — —
1992-93 ZTS Dubnica CSFR-2 4 3 0 3 2 — — — — —
1992-93 HC Dukla Trenčín Czech 46 10 18 28 — — — — — —
1993-94 Ottawa Senators NHL 12 1 1 2 4 — — — — —
1993–94 PEI Senators AHL 41 18 23 41 8 — — — — —
1994–95 Ottawa Senators NHL 16 4 3 7 0 — — — — —
1994–95 PEI Senators AHL 61 26 48 74 23 5 0 7 7 0
1995–96 Ottawa Senators NHL 31 7 10 17 6 — — — — —
1995–96 PEI Senators AHL 48 28 53 81 44 — — — — —
1996-97 St. Louis Blues NHL 8 3 0 3 2 6 1 3 4 6
1996-97 HC Dukla Trenčín Slovak 1 1 1 2 — — — — — —
1996-97 Las Vegas Thunder IHL 22 8 13 21 10 — — — — —
1996-97 Grand Rapids Griffins IHL 42 20 30 50 24 — — — — —
1997–98 St. Louis Blues NHL 61 22 30 52 22 10 3 3 6 2
1998-99 St. Louis Blues NHL 82 37 52 89 16 13 5 4 9 4
1999–00 St. Louis Blues NHL 71 28 47 75 8 — — — — —
2000–01 St. Louis Blues NHL 44 20 25 45 16 15 2 4 6 2
2001–02 St. Louis Blues NHL 82 35 43 78 46 10 4 7 11 6
2002-03 St. Louis Blues NHL 78 36 57 93 32 7 2 4 6 2
2003–04 St. Louis Blues NHL 68 23 35 58 18 5 1 0 1 4
2004-05 HC Dukla Trenčín Slovak 54 28 54 82 39 12 4 13 17 14
2005–06 Los Angeles Kings NHL 58 25 37 62 42 — — — — —
2006–07 Minnesota Wild NHL 71 25 39 64 28 5 1 3 4 0
2007–08 Minnesota Wild NHL 68 15 39 54 24 6 1 2 3 2
NHL Totals 750 281 418 699 264 77 20 30 50 28

All Star Games


Year Location   G A P
1999 Tampa 1 0 1
2000 Toronto 2 0 2
2002 Los Angeles 0 0 0
All-Star Totals 3 0 3

International Play

Pavol Demitra
Medal record
Men's ice hockey
Representing  Slovakia
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Finland
Representing  Czech Republic
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Sweden

Demitra has played for Czechosolovakia in the following competitions:

Demitra has played for Czech Republic in the follwing competitions:

Demitra has played for Slovakia in the following competitions:

References

  1. ^ a b c "Pavol Demitra". National Hockey League. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
  2. ^ a b "Roundup:Demitra to Kings; Bruins ink two forwards". USA Today. 2005-08-02. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
  3. ^ "Kings trade Demitra to Wild". TSN. 2006-06-24. Retrieved 2008-07-10.
  4. ^ "Canucks sign Pavol Demitra". Globe and Mail. 2008-07-10. Retrieved 2008-07-10.

See also

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Winner of the Lady Byng Trophy
2000 		Succeeded by
Sporting positions
Preceded by Minnesota Wild captains
October 2007 		Succeeded by
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