Kamil Piroš

Kamil Piroš (born November 20, 1978) is a Czech former professional ice hockey center/winger, who most notably played with HC Litvínov in the Czech Extraliga as well as the Atlanta Thrashers and the Florida Panthers in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted in the eighth round, 212th overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft.

Kamil Piroš
Piroš with the Chicago Wolves in 2002
Born (1978-11-20) November 20, 1978
Most, Czechoslovakia
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for HC Litvínov
HC Vítkovice
Atlanta Thrashers
Florida Panthers
Khimik Voskresensk
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
EV Zug
Kölner Haie
HV71
Ässät
Timrå IK
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
NHL Draft 212th overall, 1997
Buffalo Sabres
Playing career 19962016

Playing career

Piroš played six seasons in the Czech Extraliga before coming to North America. During that time, Buffalo Sabres traded his NHL rights (along with a fourth-round draft pick) to the Atlanta Thrashers in exchange for Donald Audette. Piroš joined the Thrashers' American Hockey League affiliate, the Chicago Wolves, in the 2001–02 season, playing in 64 games and scoring 49 points. He also made his NHL debut that season with Atlanta, playing in eight games.

Over the next two seasons, Piroš would appear in 101 more AHL games with the Wolves and 17 more NHL games with the Thrashers. In March 2004, Atlanta traded Piroš to the Florida Panthers in exchange for Kyle Rossiter. After finishing the season with the Panthers' organization (playing three NHL games with Florida and 14 games with their AHL affiliate, the San Antonio Rampage), Piroš left for the Russian Super League. In his NHL career to date, he has appeared in 28 games, recording four goals and adding four assists.

Piroš played two seasons in Russia, one each with Khimik Voskresensk and HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. In the 2006–07 season, Piroš joined EV Zug in the Swiss Nationalliga A and left for two seasons with Kölner Haie in German Deutsche Eishockey Liga. In late January 2009, he signed with the Swedish Elitserien club HV71 for the remainder of season 2008–09. He left in June 2009 to sign with the Finnish SM-liiga team Ässät Pori,[1] and in late November moved back to Elitserien, this time with Timrå IK.[2]

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 Litvinov ELH 38481210
1997–98 HC Litvinov ELH 150112
1997–98 HC Vitkovice ELH 25281014
1998–99 HC Litvinov ELH 42791610
1999–00 HC Litvinov ELH 40881618 70332
2000–01 HC Litvinov ELH 4811132428 61122
2000–01 HC Most Czech.3 20002
2001–02 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 80114
2001–02 Chicago Wolves AHL 6419304916 25611176
2002–03 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 33252
2002–03 Chicago Wolves AHL 511091916 91014
2003–04 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 140114
2003–04 Chicago Wolves AHL 5010203020
2003–04 Florida Panthers NHL 31010
2003–04 San Antonio Rampage AHL 142576
2004–05 Khimik Voskresensk RSL 272688
2005–06 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk RSL 33651132 51012
2006–07 EV Zug NLA 419243322
2007–08 Kölner Haie DEL 5312223434 1436918
2008–09 Kölner Haie DEL 407192630
2008–09 HV71 SHL 812312 182468
2009–10 Ässät Liiga 2223516
2009–10 Timrå IK SHL 2485138 50336
2010–11 HV71 SHL 5412273934 40000
2011–12 HV71 SHL 4712132512 61120
2012–13 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg KHL 1822414
2012–13 HC Litvinov ELH 181456 71010
2013–14 HC Litvinov ELH 4443728
2014–15 HC Litvinov ELH 38461030 160004
2015–16 HC Litvinov ELH 52491328
ELH totals 360 45 69 114 174 46 5 8 13 12
NHL totals 28 4 4 8 10

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
1996 Czech Republic EJC18 5th 4 1 0 1 2
1997 Czech Republic WJC 4th 7 0 1 1 0
1998 Czech Republic WJC 4th 7 2 6 8 6
Junior totals 18 3 7 10 8

Awards and honours

Award Year
AHL
Calder Cup (Chicago Wolves) 2002

References

  1. Piros wechselt nach Finnland (in German)
  2. "Timra secures Czech forward Kamil Piros" (in Swedish). Timra IK. 2009-11-27. Archived from the original on 2010-08-19. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
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