Jaroslav Balaštík

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Shoots Left Role Ice hockey player Position Winger Name Jaroslav Balastik Career start 1998		Playing career 1998–present Weight 93 kg National team Czech Republic Height 1.91 m

Born November 28, 1979 (age 44) Uherske Hradiste, Czechoslovakia ( 1979-11-28 ) CZE teamFormer teams HC ZlinHPKColumbus Blue JacketsHV 71BK Mlada Boleslav NHL Draft 184th overall, 2002Columbus Blue Jackets Similar People Petr Leska, Petr Cajanek, Vojtech Polak

Jaroslav Balaštík (born November 28, 1979 in Uherské Hradiště, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech professional ice hockey player, currently with HC Zlin in the Czech Extraliga.

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Playing career

Jaroslav Balaštík Balatk v hokejovm Zln skonil gly by chtl stlet jinde

Coming through the Czech professional hockey ranks Balaštík was drafted as an overage player in the 6th round, 184th overall in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft. After playing eight seasons (1997–2005) with HC Zlín in the Czech Extraliga, and part of one season (2002–03) with HPK in the Finnish SM-liiga; Balaštík started 2005 season with the Syracuse Crunch, the Blue Jackets' American Hockey League affiliate. He was quickly promoted to the big club, where he became somewhat of a shootout-specialist, going 6-for-9 for the season.

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In his second season with the Blue Jackets and limited opportunity, on December 13, 2006, Balaštík was released and contracted by the Swedish Jönköping-based club HV71 in the Swedish elite league Elitserien. In HV71, Balaštík played with his fellow countryman Jan Hrdina, with whom he has played previously in Columbus Blue Jackets in NHL.

For 2007–08 he has rejoined HC Zlin in the Czech Republic and has played 5 of the past 6 seasons with the team, defecting to BK Mlada Boleslav for a single season in 2011–12.