Vishnevsky, Lubomir

Club

A pupil of the Slovan hockey club from the capital of Slovakia . Debuting for the club’s main team at the beginning of the 1994/95 season, Vishnevsky almost immediately became its main player. In total, he played 6 years for Slovan, twice - in 1998 and 2000 - becoming the winner of the Slovak extra-league .

In 2000, drafted by the NHL club Los Angeles Kings . Unlike most other European hockey players who, after a draft, are sent to gain experience in farm clubs , Vishnevsky immediately after moving overseas spent a full season for Los Angeles, gaining 39 points in the regular season draw. At the end of the season, the Slovak defender was included in the symbolic team of NHL newcomers.

During the lockout, Vishnevsky went home, signing a one-year contract with Slovan. For this year, Lubomir once again won the championship of Slovakia and was recognized as the best player in the championship.

In the very first season after the lockout ended, Vishnevsky, who returned to the California club, set a personal performance record - 67 points (17 + 50) in the 2005/06 regular season . The following year he was included in the Western Conference team for the match of all NHL stars . In a very productive match even for informal games - 12: 9 in favor of the West team - Vishnevsky was noted for the puck and assist ^[1] .

June 29, 2008, with the start of the NHL season, Vishnevsky changed his club - exchanged for Edmonton Oilers , from where forward Jarrett Stoll and defender Matt Green proceeded in the opposite direction ^[2] . But the Slovak did not stay long in a new place: in March 2010, Anaheim Ducks , who needed to strengthen the defensive line ^[3] , agreed with Edmonton to transfer Wisniewski in exchange for Ryan Whitney and the right to choose a draft.

January 1, 2011 Lubomir Vishnevsky scored the hundredth puck in the NHL, distinguishing himself in the game against Philadelphia ^[4] .

In the summer of 2012, Wisniewski moved to the New York Islanders ; during a lockout that began in October, he again played for Slovan.

February 27, 2016 completed the professional career of a hockey player.

Team

Vishnevsky is one of the leaders of the Slovak national team in the number of matches played and tournaments played. He participated in four Olympic games and ten world championships, twice represented Slovakia at the World Cup. In total, Vishnevsky has 82 matches for the national team, in which he scored 50 points (14 + 36) ^[5] . Like Miroslav Shatan , Vishnevsky has a full set of World Championship awards - gold of 2002 , silver of 2000 , bronze of 2003 .

Tournaments in which Lyubomyr Vishnevsky took part:

• Olympic Games: 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010
• World Championship : 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2011
• World Cup : 1996, 2004

• Champion of Slovakia: 1998, 2000, 2005
• World Champion: 2002
• The best hockey player in Slovakia: 2005
• Member of the NHL All-Star Game : 2007
• Included in the second NHL stars team: 2011

Statistics October 20, 2013

  --- Regular Season --- ---- Playoffs ----
   Season Team Lge GP GA Pts PIM GP GA Pts PIM
   -------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------
   1994-95 Slovan Bratislava Slova 32 12 19 31 16 9 1 3 4 2
   1995-96 Slovan Bratislava Slova 35 8 6 14 22 13 1 5 6 2
   1996-97 Slovan Bratislava Slova 44 11 12 23 14 2 0 1 1 0
   1997-98 Slovan Bratislava Slova 36 7 9 16 16 11 2 2 4 0
   1998-99 Slovan Bratislava Slova 40 10 9 19 31 10 5 5 10 0
   1999-00 Slovan Bratislava Slova 52 21 24 45 38 8 5 3 8 16
   2000-01 Los Angeles Kings NHL 81 7 32 39 36 8 0 0 0 0
   2001-02 Los Angeles Kings NHL 72 4 17 21 14 4 0 1 1 0
   2002-03 Los Angeles Kings NHL 57 8 16 24 28 - - - - -
   2003-04 Los Angeles Kings NHL 58 8 21 29 26 - - - - -
   2004-05 Slovan Bratislava Slova 43 13 25 38 40 14 2 10 12 10
   2005-06 Los Angeles Kings NHL 80 17 50 67 42 - - - - -
   2006-07 Los Angeles Kings NHL 69 18 40 58 26 - - - - -
   2007-08 Los Angeles Kings NHL 82 8 33 41 34 - - - - -
   2008-09 Edmonton Oilers NHL 50 8 23 31 30 - - - - -
   2009-10 Edmonton Oilers NHL 57 10 22 32 16
   2009-10 Anaheim Ducks NHL 16 5 8 13 4 - - - - -
   2010-11 Anaheim Ducks NHL 81 18 50 68 24 6 0 3 3 2
   2011-12 Anaheim Ducks NHL 68 6 21 27 47 - - - - -
   2012-13 Slovan Bratislava KHL 32 6 11 16 22
   2012-13 New York Islanders NHL 35 3 11 14 20 6 0 2 2 2
   2013-14 New York Islanders NHL 24 3 8 11 10
   2014-15 New York Islanders NHL 53 5 15 20 8 4 0 2 2 0
   2015-16 Slovan Bratislava KHL 9 2 8 10 2 4 0 0 0 0
          NHL Totals 883 128 367 495 373 28 0 8 8 4

• Lubomir Wisniewski defended the colors of the Slovak national team at five world championships (1996 - 2000) and was recognized as the best defender of Slovakia (1999 - 2003) five times in a row.
• In 2008, Vishnevsky took part in the World Inline Hockey Championship ^[6] , held in Bratislava , and won his silver medals.
• As part of Anaheim Ducks, he played almost the same name - American defender James Wisnievsky, previously the colors of this club were defended by Vitaly Vishnevsky .
• At the 2010 Olympics, Vishnevsky scored two goals, one of them in the semifinals against Canadians (2: 3 in favor of the hosts of the Olympics). After the match, Vishnevsky noted the excessive passivity of his team as one of the main factors of defeat ^[7] .
• During the same games, Vishnevsky was suspected of using doping, since in his analyzes taken after the match Slovakia - Norway, an increased content of pseudoephedrine was found. However, after clarification of all the circumstances connected with this, the IOC Disciplinary Committee decided not to apply strict sanctions either personally to Vishnevsky or to the Slovak national team ^[8] .

• Lyubomir Vishnevsky - profile on the NHL website
• Profile at tsn.ca
• Lubomir Wisniewski - statistics on European Ice Hockey Online AB (English)
• Eurohockey.com statistics
• Lubomir Wisniewski - statistics on Eliteprospects.com
• Lubomir Wisniewski - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com