Andrej Podkonický

Andrej Podkonický (born 9 May 1978) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Florida Panthers and the Washington Capitals. He is currently the senior coach of Avangard Omsk of the KHL. He previously coached HC Slovan Bratislava, of the Slovak Extraliga.

Andrej Podkonický
Born (1978-05-09) 9 May 1978
Zvolen, Czechoslovakia
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 209 lb (95 kg; 14 st 13 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for HKm Zvolen
Florida Panthers
HIFK
HC Slovan Bratislava
Iserlohn Roosters
Washington Capitals
HC Bílí Tygři Liberec
HC Kometa Brno
BK Mladá Boleslav
National team  Slovakia
NHL Draft 196th overall, 1996
St. Louis Blues
Playing career 1994–2015

Playing career

Podkonický was born in Zvolen, Czechoslovakia. As a youth, he played in the 1992 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team from Slovakia.[1]

He was drafted 196th overall by the St. Louis Blues in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. After two seasons with the American Hockey League's Worcester IceCats, he was traded to the Florida Panthers for Eric Boguniecki on December 17, 2000. He played six games for the Panthers during the 2000–01 NHL season, scoring one goal. Podkonický then moved to Europe and played for HIFK in Finland's SM-liiga, HC Slovan Bratislava in the Slovak Extraliga and the Iserlohn Roosters in Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga. He signed with the Washington Capitals in 2003 and was assigned to the AHL's Portland Pirates, playing just two games for the Capitals. Podkonický then moved back to the Czech Republic and signed for HC Bílí Tygři Liberec. He spent the 2007–08 season in Russia for Vityaz Chekhov before returning to Liberec.

International play

Podkonický played for Slovakia at the 2007 IIHF World Championship and the 2008 IIHF World Championship.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1994–95 HKm Zvolen Slovak.1 17 0 4 4 6 — — — — —
1995–96 HKm Zvolen Slovak.1 32 11 9 20 22 — — — — —
1996–97 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 71 25 46 71 127 6 1 1 2 8
1997–98 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 64 30 44 74 81 16 4 12 16 20
1998–99 Worcester IceCats AHL 61 19 24 43 52 4 0 0 0 4
1999–00 Worcester IceCats AHL 77 16 25 41 68 9 2 5 7 6
2000–01 Worcester IceCats AHL 16 2 3 5 15 — — — — —
2000–01 Florida Panthers NHL 6 1 0 1 2 — — — — —
2000–01 Louisville Panthers AHL 41 6 10 16 31 — — — — —
2001–02 HIFK SM-l 23 3 6 9 41 — — — — —
2001–02 HC Slovan Bratislava Slovak 16 11 2 13 2 — — — — —
2002–03 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 52 18 15 33 54 — — — — —
2003–04 Washington Capitals NHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2003–04 Portland Pirates AHL 56 12 14 26 31 — — — — —
2004–05 Bili Tygri Liberec ELH 24 9 4 13 16 10 3 4 7 4
2005–06 Bili Tygri Liberec ELH 39 11 26 37 76 5 1 2 3 16
2006–07 Bili Tygri Liberec ELH 49 11 12 23 140 12 3 2 5 32
2007–08 Vityaz Chekhov RSL 37 6 4 10 57 — — — — —
2007–08 Bili Tygri Liberec ELH 5 1 0 1 2 9 2 1 3 8
2008–09 Bili Tygri Liberec ELH 51 14 23 37 75 3 0 0 0 2
2009–10 Bili Tygri Liberec ELH 4313193261 1565118
2010–11 Bili Tygri Liberec ELH 529192881 702229
2011–12 HC Kometa Brno ELH 1633610 —————
2011–12 BK Mlada Boleslav ELH 31691536 124152
2012–13 HKm Zvolen Slovak 53242549112 17661214
2013–14 HKm Zvolen Slovak 3810122240 40118
2014–15 HKm Zvolen Slovak 5516213788 70336
NHL totals 81012 —————
ELH totals 31077115192497 73191736101

International
Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
1995 Slovakia EJC-B 9th 5 0 1 1 0
1996 Slovakia EJC 7th 5 2 2 4 4
1996 Slovakia WJC 7th 6 0 0 0 0
1998 Slovakia WJC 9th 6 3 5 8 27
2007 Slovakia WC 6th 4 0 0 0 2
2008 Slovakia WC 13th 5 1 1 2 2
2010 Slovakia WC 12th 6 1 1 2 4
Junior totals 22 5 8 13 31
Senior totals 15 2 2 4 8

Awards and honours
Award Year
CHL
Ed Chynoweth Trophy 1998
Memorial Cup All-Star Team 1998
Memorial Cup (Portland Winter Hawks) 1998

References
  1. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
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