Position Defence Name Kristian Kudroc Career start 2000 Playing career Weight 105 kg | National team Slovakia Height 2.01 m Shoots Right Role Ice hockey player | |
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Born May 21, 1981 (age 42)
Michalovce, Czechoslovakia ( 1981-05-21 ) KHL team
Former teams Metallurg Novokuznetsk
Tampa Bay Lightning
Florida Panthers
SaiPa
Ilves
Sodertalje SK
Brynas IF
Frolunda HC
Assat
Sibir Novosibirsk
Barys Astana NHL Draft 28th overall, 1999
New York Islanders Current teams Sodertalje SK, Metallurg Novokuznetsk Similar People Willie Mitchell, Petri Matikainen, Chuck Weber, Brad Larsen, Gerard Gallant | ||
Kristian Kudroc. Season 10/11 (Ässät Pori~ finish SM- Liiga)
Kristián Kudroč (born May 21, 1981) is a Slovak professional ice hockey defenceman, who is currently an unrestricted free agent who last played for the Nottingham Panthers of the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL).
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Playing career
Kudroč was drafted by the New York Islanders as their first-round pick, 28th overall, in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. He is a large, physical defenceman with an impressive slapshot. He played in North America from 1999 to 2005, and represented SaiPa in the Finnish SM-liiga in the 2005–06 season, where SaiPafanit (the SaiPa fan club) elected Kudroč Player of the Year.
Kudroc suffered a pre-season injury in a Tournament game with Barys Astana prior to the 2014–15 season. Kudroc was ruled out for the duration of the season in order to rehabilitate. As a free agent, Kudroc moved on from Astana and signed a one-year contract with Metallurg Novokuznetsk on June 4, 2015. On August 17, 2015, Kudroc sought a release from his contract with Metallurg due to personal reasons. He returned to Czech Republic, signing a contract after a years hiatus with HC Plzeň of the Extraliga on December 14, 2015.
On July 14, 2016, Kudroc agreed to a one-year contract as a free agent to move to Austria, with EBEL club HC TWK Innsbruck. He featured in 8 games with Innsbruck before on November 6, 2016, he moved to the UK to sign for Nottingham Panthers of the EIHL.However, in December 2016, after playing in another 8 games, Kudroc again ceased his playing contract with Nottingham, departing for personal reasons relating to a serious illness within his family in his native Slovakia.
