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Profile and Hockey Career of Pavol Demitra

Date and place of birth
29 November 1974 Dubnica nad Váhom, former Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia).
Demitra is survived by his wife, Maja, and two children, Lucas and Zara. Demitra and his wife had a third child, Tobias, who died shortly after he was born in 2005. Tobias and Zara were twins.

Position played
Forward

First drafted to the NHL by Ottawa Senators
in 1993 in the 9th round, 227th overall

International career for Czechoslovak and Slovak national teams
World Championships: 1996, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2011
Winter Olympic Games: 2002, 2006 and 2010
World Cup: 1996 and 2004
In total played 77 games and scored 27 goals

Medals won
Bronze medal at the World Championship 2003 in Finland
Bronze medal at the Junior World Championship 1993 in Sweden

Captain of the Slovak national team
Winter Olympics 2006 in Torino
World Championship 2011 in Slovakia (where he also ended his international career for Slovakia)

Awards and achievements
Participated in the NHL All-Star Game in 1999, 2000 and 2002
Was awarded the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy in 2000
Was awarded a prize for being one of the most productive players and leading scorers of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver
Golden Puck award in 2003 for the best Slovakian player of the year

National honours and tributes
Team Slovakia retired Demitra's number 38 jersey on 11 September 2011 and 38 is not to be worn by any other player in the national squad
The hockey stadium in Trenčín, where Demitra lived and played, has been named after him and is now called Zimný Štadión Pavla Demitru. You can see the Facebook page for this event here
The Principal of the elementary school in Dubnica nad Váhom, which Demitra attended, is organising for the school to be renamed from 4.základná škola s materskou škôlkou to Základná škola s materskou škôlkou Pavla Demitru. You can support this event on its Facebook page here
Slovak fans are voting for a Memorial of Pavol Demitra to be built. You can give your vote on the Facebook page for this event here

Clubs Pavol Demitra played for

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, Russia KHL

Season: 2010-11
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl was the very last club that Demitra played for during his long and successful hockey career before the tragedy happened on 7 September 2011. The team were on their way to their first game, and an opening match of the KHL season 2011-12, against Dynamo Minsk, Belarus when their plane crashed just after the take off. The whole team of Lokomotiv became victims of this terrible tragedy. The club have suspended their participation in 2011-12 season and are hoping to be back next year with a new roster.
Demitra had a very successful first season with Yaroslavl. He played 54 games in total, scored 18 goals and had 42 assists which made him one of the leading performers of the team.
Full details and the statistics on the official website of the Kontinental Hockey League or on the official website of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey club: "Our club suffered a terrible tragedy which killed our team. September 7, 2011 will forever remain a black date not only for the club, but for the world of sports. At the airport, Tunoshna a plane crashed with our players and coaches who were on their way to Minks to play their first match of the season. It is impossible to imagine that there is no more team that we trusted, were so proud of and loved immensely. Life is not fair, but we just have to accept this loss and move on. Live and play hockey for the sake of these children, in memory of them.
Hockey club Lokomotiv expresses its deepest sympathy to all relatives and friends of the victims. The whole world mourns with you."

Vancouver Canucks, Canada NHL

Seasons: 2008-09, 2009-10
Vancouver Canucks was Demitra's last NHL team he played for. Pavol played two seasons with the club during which he made himself favourite among his teammates, as well as the fans. He completed 114 games, scored 26 goals and assisted 52 times.
Full details and the statistics on the official NHL website for Vancouver Canucks

Vancouver Canucks hockey club: "It is with great sadness that we learn of the sudden passing of Pavol Demitra and his colleagues of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey club. Pavol was dedicated and passionate about his young family and the game of hockey. Pavol was a valued teammate and member of our organization and will be sorely missed. We send our deepest condolences to the entire Demitra family and their friends so affected by this tragedy.”

Minnesota Wild, USA NHL

Seasons: 2006-07, 2007-08
Demitra spent two seasons with the Wild during his NHL career. He played 139 games in which he scored 40 goals and assisted to 78.

Minnesota Wild hockey club: “Pavol Demitra was a valuable member of our team for two seasons and helped the Wild claim its first-ever Northwest Division title in 2008. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Demitra family as well as all of the families that lost loved ones today."

Los Angeles Kings, USA NHL

Season: 2005-06
Demitra's one and only season with the Kings gave him 62 points by scoring 25 goals and assisting to 37 in 58 games.

LA Kings hockey club: "The Los Angeles Kings organization is deeply saddened with the tragic news of this morning’s plane crash in Russia that was carrying the members of the KHL’s Lokomotiv organization, including former Kings forward Pavol Demitra, former Kings prospect Jan Marek and many other members of the NHL family. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all the family and friends of those affected by this terrible occurrence."

St. Louis Blues, USA NHL

Seasons: 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04

The Blues acquired Demitra in a trade in 1996 after he was a holdout with the Senators. Demitra spent parts of eight seasons with the Blues and scored at least 35 goals three times. He made the All-Star team three times as a member of the Blues and is the franchise's fifth-leading scorer of all time with 493 points in 494 games. In 2000, he won the Lady Byng Trophy thanks largely to having just 8 penalty minutes in 71 games. Pavol's eight seasons with the Blues is considered as one of his highlights of his hockey career. He excelled with the club in 494 games, scoring 204 goals and 289 goal assists.

St. Louis Blues hockey club: "Pavol was an incredibly passionate and dedicated player and his influence in St. Louis was not only felt on the ice, but throughout the community."

Grand Rapids Griffins, USA AHL

Season: 1996-97
Demitra's only season with the Grand Rapids Griffins started after playing for the Las Vegas Thunder in the same season. During this season Pavol ended his career at a lower level than the NHL before being recruited by the Blues. He played 42 games, scored 20 goals and assisted 30 times.

Las Vegas Thunder, USA AHL

Season: 1996-97
Demitra's entered his hockey career at the Las Vegas Thunder after completing one game at Dukla Trenčín and before transferring to the Grand Rapids Griffins club in the American Hockey League. Pavol played 22 games for the Thunder in which he scored 8 times and assisted 13 goals.

Prince Edward Senators, USA AHL

Seasons: 1994-95, 1995-96
Demitra's two seasons with Prince Edward Senators were during the same seasons as with the Ottawa Senators. He played 109 games and collected 155 points (54 goals and 101 assists)

Ottawa Senators, Canada NHL

Seasons: 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96
This was the season when Demitra first entered the NHL drafted by the Senators in the 9th round. Demitra's draft is considered as one of the best draft steals in the NHL history.
He was a prospect brimming with potential but forever going up and down between the big club in Ottawa and the farm team in Charlottetown. A trade to the Blues was a godsend for Demitra, who was holding out, and one of the rare miscalculations by a Senators management team known for unearthing and developing talent. During the three seasons in Ottawa Demitra played 59 games, recording 12 goals and 14 assists.

HC Dukla Trenčín, Slovakia

Seasons: 1992-93, 1996-97, 2004-05 (during the NHL lockout)
Trenčín was the place where Demitra started rising as a star we all knew him. In his first season Pavol played 46 games in which her scored 11 goals and made 17 assists, recording 28 points in total. During the 1996-97 Demitra only played one game with the club of Dukla Trenčín before moving to Las Vegas Thunder in the American Hockey League. The third and last season Demitra played for Dukla was during the NHL lock-out season in which he collected 82 points in 54 games by scoring 28 goals and assisting to 54.

Spartak ZTS Dubnica, Slovakia

Seasons: 1991-92, 1992-93
Demitra started his career at the men's level with the Spartak ZTS Dubnica when he was 17 years old. During his first season with the club he recorded 23 points (13 goals and 10 assists) over 28 games. During his second season with Dubnica he only played 4 games in which he scored 3 goals before he moved to play for Trenčín.

NHL Statistics
Regular season: 847 games, 304 goals and 464 assists
Play-offs: 94 games, 23 goals and 36 assists

KHLStatistics
Regular season: 54 games, 18 goals and 43 assists
Play-offs: 18 games, 6 goals and 15 assists

This website has been created in memory of Pavol Demitra, a sensational person and Legendary Slovak ice hockey player
who will never be forgotten.
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