Roman Malek ( Czech Roman Málek ; September 25, 1977 , Prague , Czechoslovakia ) - former Czech hockey player , goalkeeper . Champion of the Czech Republic 2003. He completed his career in 2015. Currently, he is the coach of the goalkeepers of the Slavia Prague club, playing in the first Czech league.
 Roman Malek | ||
|---|---|---|
| Position | goalkeeper | |
| Growth | 180 cm | |
| Weight | 75 kg | |
| Grab | left | |
| Citizenship |  Czech | |
| Born | September 25, 1977 (41 years old) | |
| Career | 1996—2015 | |
| NHL draft | in 2001, selected in the 5th round under the general 158th number by the Philadelphia Flyers club | |
| Clubs | ||
| Berounsti Bears Slavia Prague Pilsen Metallurg Magnitogorsk Karlovy Vary Slovan Usti nad Labem MODO Ornskoldsvik Witkowice Sparta Prague Mlada Boleslav | ||
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Career
Roman Malek made his debut in the Czech Extra League for his native club Slavia Prague at the end of the 1996/97 season. In 2001, he was first recognized as the best goalkeeper of the Extra League. In 2003, Malek helped Slavia win the Czech champion’s first title in the club’s history, and he himself was recognized as the best hockey player of the season. The next season he moved to Pilsen and again became the best hockey player in the Czech championship.
Later he played in the Russian Super League and the Swedish Elite Series for Magnitogorsk Metallurg and MODO , respectively. In Extraliga he played for Karlovy Vary and Vitkovice . In 2011, for the third time he was recognized as the best goalkeeper of the Extra League [1] . In January 2014 he moved from Vitkovice to Prague Sparta [2] . After the end of the 2013/14 season, he remained without a club for a long time [3] . In October 2014, he signed a contract with Mlada Boleslav [4] . In the summer of 2015, he completed his playing career and immediately began to train Prague goalkeepers “Slavia” [5] .
From 2001 to 2007 he played for the Czech national team . Member of the 2003 World Cup .
Achievements
Team
- Extra League Champion 2003
- Champion of the Czech First League 2006
- Silver medalist of Extraliga 2011
- Extraleague bronze medalist 2014
Personal
- The best goalkeeper of the Extra League 2001, 2003 and 2011
- Best hockey player Extra League 2003 and 2004
- Best hockey player of the Extra League 2003 playoffs
- The best goalkeeper of the Extra League 2001 (93.5%) and 2003 (94.8%) in the percentage of reflected shots
- The best goalkeeper of the Extra League 2003 in terms of reliability (1.62 goals per match) and the number of dry matches (11 matches to zero)
- The best goalkeeper of the Extra League 2011 in terms of wins (29 wins)
- The best goalkeeper of the playoffs of the first league 2006 in terms of reliability coefficient (1.39 goals per match)
- Czech Extra-League record holder for the number of dry matches in history (56 matches to zero in 628 games)
- Record holder of the Czech Extra League by the number of dry matches in the playoffs for the entire history (13 matches to zero in 73 games)
Statistics
Throughout his career, he played 773 games (in Extralig - 628, in the first Czech league - 73, for the Czech national team - 26, in the Swedish championship - 22, in the Russian championship - 16, in the Spengler Cup - 8)
Family
Married, two children: Roman and Yakub. The eldest son Roman (born December 24, 2000) is the goalkeeper of the Prague junior team Slavia [6] .
Notes
- ↑ Seznam.cz . Oba synové jsou blázni do hokeje, starší bohužel chytá, směje se nejlepší gólman sezóny Málek (Czech) . Date of treatment November 4, 2018.
- ↑ Z Vítkovic do Sparty. Brankář Roman Málek mění v extralize dres | Hokej | Lidovky.cz (Czech) . Lidovky.cz. Date of treatment November 4, 2018.
- ↑ Smutný konec? Někdejší fantom Málek je nechtěný a těžko shání práci . iDNES.cz (August 6, 2014). Date of treatment November 4, 2018.
- ↑ BK Mladá Boleslav . www.bkboleslav.cz. Date of treatment November 4, 2018.
- ↑ Z Málka je kouč. I díky videu chce vychovat nového Francouze | Aktuálně.cz (cs-CZ), Aktuálně.cz - Víte, co se právě děje (July 28, 2015). Date of treatment November 4, 2018.
- ↑ Roman Malek at eliteprospects.com . www.eliteprospects.com. Date of treatment November 4, 2018.