Ladislav Ščurko

Ladislav Ščurko ( born April 4, 1986 in Gelnica, Czechoslovakia ) is a former Slovak professional ice hockey player who played during his playing career, including for the HC Košice in the Slovak Extraliga and was with this in 2009, Slovakian champion. Since July 2012 Ščurko serving an eight -year prison sentence for the murder of a hockey referee. During the lengthy trial, he had already spent between April 2009 and December 2011, about two and a half years in prison.

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Career

Ladislav Ščurko began his career at HK Ves ​​. Here he held various junior teams and played in the 2003/04 season in the U20 Extraliga and in the sub-prime first league. NHL Entry Draft 2004, the Philadelphia Flyers secured in the sixth round to 170th place the rights to the center. Ščurko Then moved on to the Seattle Thunderbirds in the Western Hockey League. With 42 points, he achieved was the fifth best rookie scorer and set a club record when he consecutively able to achieve at least a point in nine games. Overall, the links Sagittarius stayed for three years in North America and went back again in 2007 in Slovakia. He he signed a contract with HC Kosice with which he was runner-up. In the 2008 / 09 season, he and his team celebrated the championship.

Murder charge, acquittal and conviction

In spring 2009, Ščurko was discharged directly from the championship celebration of HC Košice and the murder of a referee accused, who temporarily lived with him. In a lengthy trial, he was acquitted temporarily. After two and a half years in prison, he began his comeback in December 2011 for the third division HK Slovan Gelnica and the second division HK VTJ Trebišov. After a further process Ladislav Ščurko was sentenced in July 2012 to eight years in prison. The judge remained well below the demand of the prosecutor's office, the requested 15 years in prison.

Awards and achievements

• 2003 Silver medal at the U18 World Youth Championship
• 2009 Slovakian Champion with HC Kosice

Career Stats

Internationally

Represented Slovakia at:

• U18 Junior World Championship 2003
• U18 Junior World Championship 2004
• U20 World Junior Championships 2005
• U20 Junior World Cup 2006

( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )