Roman Polák

Roman Polák ( born April 28, 1986 in Ostrava, at that time in Czechoslovakia ) is a Czech ice hockey player standing since 2006 with the St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League contract.

Career

Roman Polák began his career as a hockey player in his Czech homeland in the youth of the HC Sareza Ostrava, where he was active until 2003. He then played for a year in the junior section of the HC Vitkovice Steel, after which he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 2004 in the sixth round as the 180th overall by the St. Louis Blues.

First, however, the defender played in the 2004/05 season for the Kootenay Ice in the Canadian top junior Western Hockey League, and later for the HC Vitkovice Steel in the Czech Extraliga before the right-handed shooter in the 2006/07 season be a season long debut in the National Hockey League for the St. Louis Blues were. In his rookie year he was no points in 19 games and played mainly for the farm team of the Blues, the Peoria Rivermen of the American Hockey League. In the 2008/09 season, his first full NHL season, scored a total of 73 games in Polák 15 scorer points, including a goal.

Internationally

For Polák Czech Republic took part in the U18 World Youth Championship in 2004, as well as the U20 World Junior Championships in 2005 and 2006 in part. In addition, he was in the squad of the Czech Republic in the World Cup 2009.

Awards and achievements

• 2004 bronze medal at the U18 World Youth Championship
• 2005 bronze medal at the U20 World Junior Championships

NHL stats

(End of season 2012/ 13)