Tomáš Duba
| Tomáš Duba | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born |
July 2, 1981 Czechoslovakia | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 169 lb (77 kg; 12 st 1 lb) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| Catches | Left | ||
| EIHL team Former teams |
Sheffield Steelers SaiPa HC Znojemsti Orli HC Plzeň Leksands IF TPS HC Sparta Praha Ässät HC Oceláři Třinec HC Zlin Lev Poprad HC Bolzano Krefeld Pinguine EC KAC High1 | ||
| NHL draft |
217th overall, 2001 Pittsburgh Penguins | ||
| Playing career | 2000–present | ||
Tomáš Duba (born July 2, 1981 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech professional ice hockey goaltender, currently playing for Sheffield Steelers in the British Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL).
Playing career
Whilst with HC Sparta Praha as a youth, Duba was drafted in the seventh round of the NHL, 217th overall, by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft.
After playing with Ässät of the Finnish SM-liiga, Duba returned on May 1, 2009, back to his native Czech Republic and signed with HC Oceláři Třinec.[1]
On January 20, 2013, Duba left Bolzano HC and signed for the remainder of the 2012–13 season, with Krefeld Pinguine of the German DEL.[2] He then stayed with the Krefeld team through the 2015-16 season. In April 2016, he inked with EC KAC of the Austrian league EBEL.[3]
In August 2019, Duba moved to UK EIHL side Sheffield Steelers.[4] Duba quickly won admiration among Steelers fans, becoming something of a cult figure for his seemingly perennial smile, and, on 8 March 2020, he was part of the Sheffield Steelers team that won the 2020 Challenge Cup with a 4-3 victory over the Cardiff Devils.[5]
International play
Duba appeared for the Czech national junior team (Under 20) in the 2000 Junior World Championships and 2001 Junior World Championships in Sweden and Moscow respectively. In 2001 Championships he won an award for the best goalie, while playing for SaiPa in Finland's SM-liiga. After this date, he has played for the Czech national team.
References
- ^ "Oceláře posílili Duba, Tomas a Cartelli". HC Oceláři Třinec (in Czech). 2009-05-01. Retrieved 2010-02-03.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Pinguine commit to Tomas Duba" (in German). Krefeld Pinguine. 2013-01-20. Archived from the original on 2013-12-26. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
- ^ "Tomáš Duba neuer Goalie des EC-KAC | EC-KAC - Klagenfurt Eishockey". www.kac.at. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- ^ https://sheffieldsteelers.co.uk/its-czechs-mate-for-the-steelers/
- ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/ice-hockey/51793748
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Tomáš Duba at the official HC Sparta Praha website
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- 1981 births
- Living people
- Ässät players
- HC Berounští Medvědi players
- Bolzano HC players
- Czech ice hockey goaltenders
- High1 players
- EC KAC players
- Krefeld Pinguine players
- Leksands IF players
- HC Lev Poprad players
- HC Oceláři Třinec players
- Orli Znojmo players
- Piráti Chomutov players
- Pittsburgh Penguins draft picks
- HC Plzeň players
- SaiPa players
- Sheffield Steelers players
- HC Sparta Praha players
- HC TPS players
- PSG Berani Zlín players
- Czech ice hockey biography stubs