Kamil Piroš

Kamil Piroš
Piroš with the Chicago Wolves in 2002
Born (1978-11-20) November 20, 1978 (age 46)
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 1996–2016

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.

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 38 4 8 12 10 — — — — —
1997–98 HC Litvinov ELH 15 0 1 1 2 — — — — —
1997–98 HC Vitkovice ELH 25 2 8 10 14 — — — — —
1998–99 HC Litvinov ELH 42 7 9 16 10 — — — — —
1999–00 HC Litvinov ELH 40 8 8 16 18 7 0 3 3 2
2000–01 HC Litvinov ELH 48 11 13 24 28 6 1 1 2 2
2000–01 HC Most Czech.3 — — — — — 2 0 0 0 2
2001–02 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 8 0 1 1 4 — — — — —
2001–02 Chicago Wolves AHL 64 19 30 49 16 25 6 11 17 6
2002–03 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 3 3 2 5 2 — — — — —
2002–03 Chicago Wolves AHL 51 10 9 19 16 9 1 0 1 4
2003–04 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 14 0 1 1 4 — — — — —
2003–04 Chicago Wolves AHL 50 10 20 30 20 — — — — —
2003–04 Florida Panthers NHL 3 1 0 1 0 — — — — —
2003–04 San Antonio Rampage AHL 14 2 5 7 6 — — — — —
2004–05 Khimik Voskresensk RSL 27 2 6 8 8 — — — — —
2005–06 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk RSL 33 6 5 11 32 5 1 0 1 2
2006–07 EV Zug NLA 41 9 24 33 22 — — — — —
2007–08 Kölner Haie DEL 53 12 22 34 34 14 3 6 9 18
2008–09 Kölner Haie DEL 40 7 19 26 30 — — — — —
2008–09 HV71 SHL 8 1 2 3 12 18 2 4 6 8
2009–10 Ässät Liiga 22 2 3 5 16 — — — — —
2009–10 Timrå IK SHL 24 8 5 13 8 5 0 3 3 6
2010–11 HV71 SHL 54 12 27 39 34 4 0 0 0 0
2011–12 HV71 SHL 47 12 13 25 12 6 1 1 2 0
2012–13 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg KHL 18 2 2 4 14 — — — — —
2012–13 HC Litvinov ELH 18 1 4 5 6 7 1 0 1 0
2013–14 HC Litvinov ELH 44 4 3 7 28 — — — — —
2014–15 HC Litvinov ELH 38 4 6 10 30 16 0 0 0 4
2015–16 HC Litvinov ELH 52 4 9 13 28 — — — — —
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[permanent dead link‍] (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.