Иigmund Pálffy ( Slovak: Žigmund Pálffy ; also a variant of the name Sigmund ; May 5, 1972 , Skalica , Czechoslovakia ) is a Slovak hockey player, a former striker of the Skalica club, who played in the Slovak Extra League .
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| Position | right winger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 178 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grab | left | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Zhigo, Ziggy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Czechoslovakia  Slovakia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Was born | May 5, 1972 (47 years) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NHL draft | in 1991 selected in the 2nd round under the general 26th number by the club " New York Islanders " | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He played in the NHL from 1993 to 2006 for the New York Islanders , Los Angeles Kings and Pittsburgh Penguins . In January 2006, he announced his retirement, but in the summer of 2007 he resumed performances. He also returned to the national team of Slovakia , for which he had not played since 2005, to play at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver .
Play career
After a good season in the Czechoslovak Championship and an impressive game for the national team at the World Youth Championship in 1991, Palffy was selected in the NHL Draft in the 2nd round under the 26th number of the New York Islanders. After spending two more years in Czechoslovakia, Zhigmund moved to North America. He spent most of the 1993/94 season at the IHL for the Salt Lake Golden Eagles , playing only five matches for the Islanders without scoring points. He spent the next season between the IHL and the NHL, playing for the Denver Grizzlies and the Islanders.
In the 1995/96 season, Palffy entrenched at the base of the club, gaining 87 (43 + 44) points in 81 matches by the end of the season. Already in the first game of the season against the “ Florida Panthers ” scored two goals, bringing victory to his team with a score of 2: 1. The next two seasons were also successful for Palffy, in which he scored 90 (48 + 42) and 87 (45 + 42) points, respectively. In the 1998/99 season , despite the fact that he played only 50 matches, he scored 50 (22 + 28) points. At the end of the season, the Islanders faced financial problems and on June 20 exchanged Palffy, striker Brian Smolinski , goalkeeper Marcel Cousino and the 1999 fourth round pick at the Los Angeles Kings pick for strikers Olli Jokinen and Josh Green , defender Matthew Biron and 1999 pick in the first round of the draft [1] .
At Kings, Palffy continued his strong performance in the NHL, often playing along with yet another Slovakian Joseph Stumpel and Canadian superstar Luke Robital . A shoulder injury began to limit Palffy's playing time. After the 2003/04 season , the Kings wanted to leave Palffy on the team, but in a telephone conversation with the owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Mario Lemieux Palffy agreed to sign the contract with the Penguins. The contract was signed shortly after the 2004/05 lockout for three years, in the amount of $ 13.5 million.
After 42 games in the 2005/06 season, Puffy announced his retirement from hockey. On January 18, 2006, then-Penguin general manager Craig Patrick said that the cause of retirement, according to Sigmund himself, was a long-standing shoulder injury. As a result, in 12 NHL seasons, Palffy scored 713 (329 + 384) points in 684 games.
In the international arena, Palffy played for the national teams of Czechoslovakia and Slovakia . 2002 World Champion. He also won a bronze medal at the 2003 World Cup .
In the summer of 2007, he announced his return and signed a contract with the club HK 36 from his hometown Skalitsa. In the first season he became the top scorer of the Slovak Extra League, scoring 76 (30 + 46) points in 47 matches. He also resumed playing for the national team. After the season 2012/2013 ended his career [2] .
In total, during his career in the national team and clubs he played 1359 games, scored 763 goals.
Achievements
- World Champion 2002
- 2003 World Championship bronze medalist
- Bronze medalist at the 1991 World Youth Championships
- Champion of Czechoslovakia 1992
- The best newcomer to the championship of Czechoslovakia 1991
- Top scorer and sniper of the Czechoslovak Championship 1992
- Top scorer and assistant Czechoslovak championship 1993
- Top scorer and assistant to the 1994 Olympics
- 2003 World Championship Top Scorer
- Top scorer of the championship of Slovakia 2008, 2009, 2012 and 2013
- The best sniper championship of Slovakia 2009
- The best assistant to the championship of Slovakia 2012
- Top scorer and assistant to the play-off of the championship of Slovakia 2008
- Top scorer and sniper of the Slovakia 2009 playoff championship
- Entered the symbolic national team of the Slovak Championship 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013
- Member of the NHL All-Star Matches 1997 , 1998 , 2001 and 2002
Statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | AND | R | BUT | ABOUT | Sh | AND | R | BUT | ABOUT | Sh | ||
| 1990/91 | Nitra | CHL | 50 | 34 | sixteen | 50 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1991/92 | Dukla (Trencin) | CHL | 32 | 23 | 25 | 48 | - | 13 | 18 | eight | 26 | - | ||
| 1992/93 | Dukla (Trencin) | CHL | 43 | 38 | 41 | 79 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1993/94 | Salt Lake Golden Eagles | Ihl | 57 | 25 | 32 | 57 | 83 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1993/94 | New York Islanders | NHL | five | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1994/95 | Denver Grizzlies | Ihl | 33 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1994/95 | New York Islanders | NHL | 33 | ten | 7 | 17 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1995/96 | New York Islanders | NHL | 81 | 43 | 44 | 87 | 56 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1996/97 | Dukla (Trencin) | SE | one | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1996/97 | New York Islanders | NHL | 80 | 48 | 42 | 90 | 43 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1997/98 | New York Islanders | NHL | 82 | 45 | 42 | 87 | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1998/99 | Skalitsa | SE | 9 | eleven | eight | nineteen | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1998/99 | New York Islanders | NHL | 50 | 22 | 28 | 50 | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1999/00 | Los angeles kings | NHL | 64 | 27 | 39 | 66 | 32 | four | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2000/01 | Los angeles kings | NHL | 73 | 38 | 51 | 89 | 20 | 13 | 3 | five | eight | eight | ||
| 2001/02 | Los angeles kings | NHL | 63 | 32 | 27 | 59 | 26 | 7 | four | five | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2002/03 | Los angeles kings | NHL | 76 | 37 | 48 | 85 | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2003/04 | Los angeles kings | NHL | 35 | sixteen | 25 | 41 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2004/05 | Skalitsa | SE | eight | ten | 3 | 13 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2004/05 | Slavia (Prague) | Che | 41 | 21 | nineteen | 40 | thirty | 7 | five | 2 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 2005/06 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 42 | eleven | 31 | 42 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2007/08 | Skalitsa | SE | 47 | thirty | 46 | 76 | 93 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 26 | ||
| 2008/09 | Skalitsa | SE | 53 | 52 | 47 | 99 | 46 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 12 | ||
| 2009/10 | Skalitsa | SE | 36 | 17 | 36 | 53 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | ||
| 2011/12 | Skalitsa | SE | 48 | 26 | 57 | 83 | 76 | 6 | 3 | four | 7 | 6 | ||
| 2012/13 | Skalitsa | SE | 39 | 26 | 47 | 73 | 103 | 7 | 3 | five | eight | 2 | ||
| Czechoslovak Extra League | 125 | 95 | 82 | 177 | 18 | 13 | 18 | eight | 26 | - | ||||
| Ihl | 90 | 45 | 55 | 100 | 123 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Slovak extra liga | 241 | 172 | 244 | 416 | 358 | 49 | 31 | 47 | 78 | 64 | ||||
| Czech Extra League | 41 | 21 | nineteen | 40 | thirty | 7 | five | 2 | 7 | 2 | ||||
| NHL | 684 | 329 | 384 | 713 | 322 | 24 | 9 | ten | nineteen | eight | ||||
International Career
As part of the Czechoslovak team, he participated in:
- Youth World Championship 1991 (Bronze medalist)
- Canada Cup 1991
- World Junior Championships 1992
As part of the Slovak team, he participated in:
- Olympic Games 1994
- 1996 World Cup
- 1996 World Cup
- 1999 World Cup
- 2002 Olympic Games
- 2002 World Championship (World Champion)
- World Championship 2003 (Bronze medalist)
- World Championship 2005
- Olympic Games 2010
Statistics
| Year | Team | Tournament | AND | R | BUT | ABOUT | Sh |
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| 1991 | Czechoslovakia | MFM | 7 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 2 |
| 1991 | Czechoslovakia | QC | four | one | 0 | one | 2 |
| 1992 | Czechoslovakia | MFM | 6 | 3 | one | four | 6 |
| 1994 | Slovakia | Oi | eight | 3 | 7 | ten | eight |
| 1996 | Slovakia | World Cup | five | 2 | 0 | 2 | ten |
| 1996 | Slovakia | KM | 3 | one | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 1999 | Slovakia | World Cup | 6 | five | five | ten | 6 |
| 2002 | Slovakia | Oi | one | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | Slovakia | World Cup | 3 | one | 6 | 7 | 2 |
| 2003 | Slovakia | World Cup | 9 | 7 | eight | 15 | 18 |
| 2005 | Slovakia | World Cup | 7 | five | four | 9 | ten |
| 2010 | Slovakia | Oi | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | eight |
| Youth team | 13 | ten | 7 | 17 | eight | ||
| Czechoslovakia | four | one | 0 | one | 2 | ||
| Slovakia | 49 | 24 | 35 | 59 | 64 | ||
Personal life
In December 2005, he married the leading Slovak television Andrea Belanyova. January 2, 2007 they had a daughter, Saskia. In 2010, they divorced [3] . Palffy is also the father of the Slovak hockey player Denis Hudets (born January 20, 1993) [4] , who now plays for Dukla Trencin .
Notes
- ↑ Bryan Smolinski - Notes . NHL.com. The appeal date is July 31, 2015.
- ↑ s., SPORT.SK, sro & Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia a. . Žigmund Pálffy definitívne končí kariéru , Šport.sk . The appeal date is October 19, 2018.
- ↑ Rozvod Pálffyho a Belányiovej ?! Česi hokejistu nazvali slovenský Woods (sk-SK), Pravda.sk (April 23, 2010). The appeal date is October 19, 2018.
- ↑ as, Petit Press . Pálffy hral po prvý raz proti svojmu synovi (words) , sport.sme.sk . Date of appeal October 19, 2018.
Links
- Zhigmund Palffy - Statistics on The Internet Hockey Database (eng.)
- Zhigmund Palffy - Olympic statistics on Sports-Reference.com (English)
- Jigmund Palffy - statistics on eliteprospects.com
- Jigmund Palffy - profile on the NHL website