Playing career Weight 86 kg Name Kamil Kreps Career start 2007 | Role Ice hockey player Shoots Right-handed Height 1.85 m Position Winger, Centerman | |
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Born November 18, 1984 (age 39)
Litomerice, Czechoslovakia ( 1984-11-18 ) Czech team
Former teams HC Ocelari Trinec
Florida Panthers
Oulun Karpat
Barys Astana
Kloten Flyers
Assat Pori NHL Draft 38th overall, 2003
Florida Panthers | ||
Kamil Kreps Interview 01-16-2003
Kamil Kreps (born November 18, 1984) is a Czech professional ice hockey player who currently plays with HC Oceláři Třinec of the Czech Extraliga.
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Playing career
Kreps played his junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) playing for the Brampton Battalion for three seasons. He scored 19 goals in each of his three seasons and had a high of 61 points in 2002–03. He was drafted in the second round, 38th overall, by the Florida Panthers in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.
In the 2006-07 season, he played his first NHL game with the Panthers on January 7, 2007 against the Vancouver Canucks, registering two shots on net. Kreps scored his first NHL goal on April 6 against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
In the 2010 European Trophy tournament, Kreps won the scoring league while with Oulun Kärpät in the regulation round, totalling 11 points (5 goals, 6 assists) in 8 games.
After four European seasons abroad, Kreps opted to return to his native Czech Republic in signing a one-year deal with HC Oceláři Třinec on May 1, 2014.
On February 12, 2012, he scored his first international goal for the Czech Republic during their 4-0 win over Russia in the 2012 European Hockey Tournament.