Name Milan Jurcina Career start 2005 Playing career Weight 114 kg | Height 1.93 m Shoots Right Role Ice hockey player Salary 1.6 million USD (2012) | |
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KHL teamFormer teams Dinamo RigaBoston BruinsWashington CapitalsColumbus Blue JacketsNew York IslandersRauman LukkoHC Fribourg-Gotteron NHL Draft 241st overall, 2001Boston Bruins Current teams HC Fribourg-Gotteron (Defenseman), Slovak Men\'s National Ice Hockey Team (#68 / Defenseman) Similar People Vladimir Vujtek, Miroslav Satan, John Tavares, Jack Capuano, Al Arbour | ||
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Milan Jurčina ( [ˈmɪlan jurˈt͡ʃɪna]; born June 7, 1983) is a Slovak professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers (DEL) in Nuremberg, Germany. Internationally, he plays for the Slovak national hockey team.
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Playing career
Jurčina began his career with Liptovský Mikuláš' under-18 and -20 teams from 1997 to 2000 to
The 6-foot-4 Jurčina was drafted by the Boston Bruins 241st overall in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. After spending three seasons with the Halifax Mooseheads of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), Jurcina began his American Hockey League (AHL) career with the Providence Bruins in the 2003–04 season and was brought into the main Boston Bruins roster during the 2005–06 season.
On February 1, 2007, Jurčina was traded to the Washington Capitals in exchange for a conditional fourth-round draft pick in 2008. He was later re-signed to a two-year deal by the Capitals on July 27, 2007.
Jurčina, along with Capitals captain Chris Clark, were traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets on December 28, 2009, for winger Jason Chimera.
Jurčina was selected to represent Slovakia in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, finishing fourth with his team.
At the trade deadline on March 3, 2010, Jurčina was traded back to the Washington Capitals for a conditional sixth-round draft pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. Surgery to repair a sports hernia, however, prevented him from playing in the remainder of the 2009–10 season.
On July 2, 2010, Jurčina, an unrestricted free agent, signed a one-year, $1 million deal with the New York Islanders.
On August 22, 2014, Jurčina joined Dinamo Riga of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) on trial, eventually signing a one-year contract eight days later.
He remained in the KHL in 2015-16, but took his game to Croatia, suiting up for Medveščak Zagreb. He made 49 appearances for the club, scoring four goals while assisting on ten more. In early February 2016, Jurčina parted ways with Medvescak to finish the season elsewhere.
On February 15, 2016, he put pen to paper on a contract with Eisbären Berlin of the German top-tier Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) for the remainder of the 2015–16 season. In September 2016, he signed a deal with fellow DEL side Nürnberg IceTigers for the 2016-17 campaign.