Filip Novák (ice hockey) explained

Position:Defence
Shoots:Left
Height Ft:6
Height In:0
Weight Lb:203
Team:Traktor Chelyabinsk
League:KHL
Former Teams:Ottawa Senators
Columbus Blue Jackets
HC Ceské Budejovice
Dinamo Riga
HC MVD
Dynamo Moscow
HC Slovan Bratislava
Birth Date:May 7, 1982
Birth Place:České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia
Career Start:2002
Career End:2018
Draft Team:New York Rangers
Draft Year:2000
Draft:64th overall
Ntl Team:CZE

Filip Novák (born May 7, 1982) is a Czech professional ice hockey player. Novak currently plays for Traktor Chelyabinsk in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He has won the Gagarin Cup twice with Dynamo Moscow in 2012 and 2013.

Playing career

Novák played junior hockey with HC Budejovice in his native Czech Republic and with the Regina Pats of the Western Hockey League before he was drafted by the New York Rangers in the second round (64th overall) of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. After being drafted, he spent a two further seasons with Regina.

On March 8, 2002, he was part of a blockbuster trade that sent Novák, Igor Ulanov, a first-round selection in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft (later traded to Calgary Flames - Eric Nystrom), a second-round selection in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft (Rob Globke) and a fourth-round selection in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft to the Florida Panthers for Pavel Bure and a second-round selection in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft (Lee Falardeau). Nearing the end of the season, he sustained a serious injury that kept him off the ice until late 2004, when he played with the San Antonio Rampage of the American Hockey League.

Just prior to the start of the 2005–06 NHL season, Novák was traded to the Ottawa Senators for a sixth-round selection in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. On August 8, 2006, Novák signed with the Columbus Blue Jackets as an unrestricted free agent.

On May 1, 2014, Novak was signed to a two-year contract extension to remain with Dynamo Moscow.[1]

During his first season with HC Slovan Bratislava in 2015–16, Novak was traded after just 16 games with the club, remaining in the KHL with Russian club, Traktor Chelyabinsk on October 16, 2015.[2]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

  Regular season Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
1998–99HC České BudějoviceCZE U20 688101843
1999–2000Regina PatsWHL47732397071455
2000–01Regina PatsWHL641750677561456
2001–02Regina PatsWHL60124658125622419
2002–03San Antonio RampageAHL571017277910000
2004–05San Antonio RampageAHL711121384
2005–06Binghamton SenatorsAHL648445258
2005–06Ottawa SenatorsNHL110004
2006–07Syracuse CrunchAHL675323792
2006–07Columbus Blue JacketsNHL60002
2007–08HC MountfieldELH45224501200029
2008–09Dinamo RigaKHL504141885301114
2009–10HC MVDKHL522222412421281030
2010–11Dynamo MoscowKHL2526830
2011–12Dynamo MoscowKHL392911461924616
2012–13Dynamo MoscowKHL424151971151346
2013–14Dynamo MoscowKHL29214165170004
2014–15Dynamo MoscowKHL3231114181104412
2015–16HC Slovan BratislavaKHL1611212
2015–16Traktor ChelyabinskKHL35461048
2016–17HC Dynamo PardubiceELH91238
2016–17HC Slovan BratislavaKHL1103324
2016–17ČEZ Motor České BudějoviceCZE.21424614917831
2017–18ČEZ Motor České BudějoviceCZE.234291152903362
AHL totals2592410512931310000
NHL totals170006
KHL totals33124101125509765202582

International

YearTeamEventResult GPGAPtsPIM
1999Czech RepublicWJC185th71234
Czech RepublicWJC7th7 0 2 2 4
Czech RepublicWC3 0 1 1 4
Junior totals 14 1458
Senior totals 3 0114

Awards and honors

AwardYear
WHL
East Second Team All-Star2001
East First All-Star Team 2002

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Novak extended by Dynamo . . 2014-05-01 . 2014-05-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131025091419/http://www.dynamo.ru/press-center/club_news/81599/ . 2013-10-25 .
  2. Web site: Traktor acquire defenseman Filip Novak . . 2015-10-16 . 2015-10-16 . Russian.