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Juraj Šimek
Slovak ice hockey player

Juraj Šimek

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Juraj Šimek
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Biography

Juraj Šimek (born September 29, 1987) is a Swiss professional ice hockey player who is currently plaiyng with Genève-Servette HC of the National League A (NLA).

Playing career

Prior to moving to North America, Šimek played in Switzerland between the junior and senior (Nationalliga A and B) leagues with Bern, Kloten, and Biel. After a strong season with Kloten's junior team in 2005–06, posting 68 points in 45 games, Šimek was chosen in the sixth round, 167th overall, by the Vancouver Canucks in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.

Selected by the Brandon Wheat Kings with their first choice in the 2006 Canadian Hockey League (CHL) Import Draft, Šimek made his North American debut in 2006–07 with the Wheat Kings. He scored at a near point-per-game pace, with 57 points in 58 games and received his first NHL contract in the off-season, on July 23, 2007, with the Canucks.

Signed with the Canucks, he made his AHL debut with Vancouver's minor league affiliate, the Manitoba Moose, in 2007–08 and scored 17 points in 66 games. On October 6, 2008, he was traded along with Lukáš Krajíček to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Michel Ouellet and Shane O'Brien.

On December 9, 2010, Tampa Bay traded Šimek to the Boston Bruins in exchange for minor league forward Levi Nelson.

International play

Šimek has played for the Swiss national junior team twice at the World Junior Championships.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

  Regular season Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
2003–04Kloten FlyersSwiss Jr.36861428
2004–05SC BernSwiss Jr.2101020000
2004–05Kloten FlyersNLA180000
2004–05Kloten FlyersSwiss Jr.3917133062923510
2005–06Kloten FlyersNLA80114
2005–06Kloten FlyersSwiss Jr.45244468202
2005–06EHC BielNLB30002
2006–07Brandon Wheat KingsWHL582829574191566
2007–08Manitoba MooseAHL66710173011010
2008–09Norfolk AdmiralsAHL639132249
2009–10Norfolk AdmiralsAHL7521153631
2010–11Norfolk AdmiralsAHL213690
2010–11Providence BruinsAHL110006
2010–11Genève-Servette HCNLA2000051012
2011–12Genève-Servette HCNLA501192026
2012–13Genève-Servette HCNLA502010302074044
2013–14Genève-Servette HCNLA5092231691242612
2014–15Genève-Servette HCNLA33671316
2014–15HC TPSLiiga1524610
2011–12HC LuganoNLA63470601118
2015–16Genève-Servette HCNLA31681418101234
AHL totals23640448411611010

International

YearTeamCompGPGAPtsPIM
2005SwitzerlandWJC1852022
2006SwitzerlandWJC61346
2007SwitzerlandWJC64152
Junior int'l totals17741110

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