Tomáš Duba

Tomáš Duba
Born	July 2, 1981 Czechoslovakia
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	169 lb (77 kg; 12 st 1 lb)
Position	Goaltender
Catches	Left
EBEL team Former teams	EC KAC SaiPa HC Znojemsti Orli HC Plzeň Leksands IF TPS HC Sparta Praha Ässät HC Oceláři Třinec HC Zlin Lev Poprad Bolzano HC Krefeld Pinguine
NHL Draft	217th overall, 2001 Pittsburgh Penguins
Playing career	2000–present

Tomáš Duba (born July 2, 1981 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech professional ice hockey goaltender, currently playing for EC KAC of Austria.

Playing career

Whilst with HC Sparta Praha as a youth, Duba was drafted in the seventh round of the NHL, 217th overall, by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft.

After playing with Ässät of the Finnish SM-liiga, Duba returned on May 1, 2009, back to his native Czech Republic and signed with HC Oceláři Třinec.^[1]

On January 20, 2013, Duba left Bolzano HC and signed for the remainder of the 2012–13 season, with Krefeld Pinguine of the German DEL.^[2] He then stayed with the Krefeld team through the 2015-16 season. In April 2016, he inked with EC KAC of the Austrian league EBEL.^[3]

International play

Duba appeared for the Czech national junior team (Under 20) in the 2000 Junior World Championships and 2001 Junior World Championships in Sweden and Moscow respectively. In 2001 Championships he won an award for the best goalie, while playing for SaiPa in Finland's SM-liiga. After this date, he has played for the Czech national team.

References

1. "Oceláře posílili Duba, Tomas a Cartelli" (in Czech). HC Oceláři Třinec. 2009-05-01. Retrieved 2010-02-03.
2. "Pinguine commit to Tomas Duba" (in German). Krefeld Pinguine. 2013-01-20. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
3. "Tomáš Duba neuer Goalie des EC-KAC | EC-KAC - Klagenfurt Eishockey". www.kac.at. Retrieved 2016-04-19.

External links

• Tomáš Duba's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
• Tomáš Duba at the official HC Sparta Praha website