Milan Jurčina

Milan Jurcina
Born (1983-06-07) June 7, 1983
Liptovský Mikuláš, Czechoslovakia
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight 243 lb (110 kg; 17 st 5 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Right
DEL team
Former teams		 Eisbären Berlin
Boston Bruins
Washington Capitals
Columbus Blue Jackets
New York Islanders
Rauman Lukko
HC Fribourg-Gottéron
Dinamo Riga
Medvescak Zagreb
National team  Slovakia
NHL Draft 241st overall, 2001
Boston Bruins
Playing career 2003–present

Milan Jurčina (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈmɪlan jurˈt͡ʃɪna]; born June 7, 1983) is a Slovak professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for Eisbären Berlin of the German top-tier Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Internationally, he plays for the Slovak national hockey team.[1]

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.[2] He was later re-signed to a two-year deal by the Capitals on July 27, 2007.[3]

Jurčina, along with Capitals captain Chris Clark, were traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets on December 28, 2009, for winger Jason Chimera.[4]

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.[5] 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.[6]

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.[7]

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.[8]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2000–01 Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 68 0 5 5 56 6 0 2 2 12
2001–02 Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 61 4 16 20 58 13 5 3 8 10
2002–03 Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 51 15 13 28 102 25 6 6 12 40
2003–04 Providence Bruins AHL 73 5 12 17 52 2 0 1 1 2
2004–05 Providence Bruins AHL 79 6 17 23 92 17 1 3 4 30
2005–06 Providence Bruins AHL 7 0 3 3 8 — — — — —
2005–06 Boston Bruins NHL 51 6 5 11 54 — — — — —
2006–07 Boston Bruins NHL 40 2 1 3 20 — — — — —
2006–07 Washington Capitals NHL 30 2 7 9 24 — — — — —
2007–08 Washington Capitals NHL 75 1 8 9 30 7 0 0 0 6
2008–09 Washington Capitals NHL 79 3 11 14 68 14 2 0 2 12
2009–10 Washington Capitals NHL 27 0 4 4 14 — — — — —
2009–10 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 17 1 2 3 10 — — — — —
2010–11 New York Islanders NHL 46 4 13 17 30 — — — — —
2011–12 New York Islanders NHL 65 3 8 11 30 — — — — —
2012–13 Piráti Chomutov ELH 22 0 3 3 20 — — — — —
2012–13 Lukko SM-liiga 14 5 2 7 26 12 1 6 7 16
2013–14 HC TPS SM-liiga 21 1 5 6 18 — — — — —
2013–14 HC Fribourg-Gottéron NLA 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2014–15 Dinamo Riga KHL 46 5 5 10 46 — — — — —
NHL totals 430 22 59 81 280 21 2 0 2 18

International

Year Team Comp GP G A Pts PIM
2002 Slovakia WJC 7 1 1 2 14
2003 Slovakia WJC 1 0 0 0 0
Junior int'l totals 8 1 1 2 14
2006 Slovakia OG 6 0 1 1 8
2006 Slovakia WC 7 2 1 3 8
2007 Slovakia WC 7 1 1 2 8
2010 Slovakia OG 7 0 0 0 0
2011 Slovakia WC 6 0 2 2 4
2013 Slovakia WC 8 0 2 2 6
2014 Slovakia OG 4 0 0 0 0
Senior int'l totals 45 3 7 10 34

References

  1. ↑ Milan Jurčina sa proti Česku zranil, na majstrovstvá nepôjde 20 April 2012
  2. ↑ "Capitals Acquire Defenseman Milan Jurcina from Boston". Washington Capitals. Retrieved 2007-07-27.
  3. ↑ "Capitals Re-Sign Defenseman Milan Jurcina". Washington Capitals. Retrieved 2007-07-27.
  4. ↑ "Capitals Trade Clark, Jurcina to Blue Jackets for Chimera". TSN.
  5. ↑ "Capitals re-acquire Jurcina from Blue Jackets". TSN.
  6. ↑ "DINAMO RĪGA vienojas ar aizsargu Milan Jurčina". Dinamo Rīga.
  7. ↑ "Jurcina leaves Medvescak". www.medvescak.com. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
  8. ↑ Berlin, Eisbären. "Eisbären Berlin :: Eisbären Berlin verpflichten Verteidiger Milan Jurčina". www.eisbaeren.de. Retrieved 2016-02-19.

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