Jaroslav Janus

Jaroslav Janus ( born September 21, 1989 in Prešov, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak professional ice hockey goaltender who stands since 2012 when HC Slovan Bratislava in the Kontinental Hockey League contract.

Career

Jaroslav Janus started his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the junior section of the HC Prešov, in which he was active until 2005. Subsequently, the goalkeeper moved to the youth department of the HC Slovan Bratislava where he spent the next two years alternately in the U18 and U20 juniors. For the season 2007/ 08 he joined the Erie Otters of the Canadian Junior Football League Ontario Hockey League. During his time in Canada, he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 2009 in the sixth round as a total of 162 players from the Tampa Bay Lightning. In these he received in January 2010, a contract, after which he. , The farm team for the Lightning, which was Norfolk Admirals in the American Hockey League between the posts The majority of the 2010/11 season he spent but the cooperation partner Florida Everblades in the ECHL. In the following season, he won the Calder Cup the Norfolk Admirals.

For the 2012/13 season he returned to HC Slovan Bratislava in the Slovak his homeland. The team, which had been taken shortly before in the Continental Hockey League, he was goalkeeper immediately.

Internationally

For Slovakia, Janus took part in the U18 World Youth Championship 2007 and the Under-20 World Youth Championship 2009. In the 2009 U20 World Cup, he was elected to the All-Star Team of the tournament.

Awards and achievements

• 2009 All-Star team at the U20 World Youth Championship
• 2012 Calder Cup win with the Norfolk Admirals