National team Slovakia Height 1.8 m Career start 2004 Shoots Right-handed | Playing career Weight 93 kg Position Winger | |
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Born February 17, 1985 (age 32)
Nitra, Czechoslovakia ( 1985-02-17 ) ELH team
Former teams HC Sparta Praha
HK Nitra
Philadelphia Flyers
Spartak Moscow
Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Avangard Omsk
Lausanne HC
HC Slovan Bratislava
HC Oceláři Třinec NHL Draft 81st overall, 2003
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Štefan Ružička (born February 17, 1985) is a Slovakian professional ice hockey forward who is currently under contract the HC Sparta Praha of the Czech Extraliga (ELH). He has formerly played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Philadelphia Flyers and in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) where he is the All-time leading scorer for HC Spartak Moscow.
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Playing career
Ružička was drafted in the third round of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by the Philadelphia Flyers and proceeded to the Canadian Hockey League to play for the Owen Sound Attack, of the Ontario Hockey League, under the direction of head coach Mike Stothers.
On September 14, 2015 he opted to take a hiatus from professional hockey in spite of being only 30 years old. Over a calender year later, he returned to the professional ranks in securing a contract with HC Sparta Praha of the Czech Extraliga on September 4, 2016.