Jozef Čierny Explained

Position:Left wing
Shoots:Left
Height Ft:6
Height In:2
Weight Lb:190
Played For:Edmonton Oilers
Birth Date:May 13, 1974
Birth Place:Zvolen, Czechoslovakia
Career Start:1992
Career End:2012
Draft:35th overall
Draft Year:1992
Draft Team:Buffalo Sabres

Jozef Čierny (in Slovak pronounced as /ˈjɔzef ˈtʂɪerni/; born May 13, 1974, in Zvolen, Czechoslovakia, now Slovakia) is a retired professional ice hockey left winger.

Career

He was drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the second round, 35th overall, of the 1992 NHL Entry Draft. He appeared in just one game in the National Hockey League, appearing for the Edmonton Oilers during the 1993–94 NHL season. He went scoreless in the game, going -1 in a game against the Ottawa Senators.

Čierny played three seasons in Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga before playing for his hometown HKm Zvolen in the Slovak Extraliga. In November 2008, he received a try-out at Graz 99ers but was unsuccessful in obtaining a contract and instead signed a contract in January 2009 with HYS The Hague in Eredivisie.

Career statistics

Team League GP GPG A Pts PIM
1991–92ZTK ZvolenCzech226 10 3 13 8
1992–93Rochester AmericansAHL54 27 27 54 36
1993–94Edmonton OilersNHL1 0 0 0 0
1993–94Cape Breton OilersAHL73 30 27 57 884 1 1 2 4
1994–95Cape Breton OilersAHL73 28 24 52 58
1995–96Detroit VipersIHL20 2 5 7 16
1995–96Los Angeles Ice DogsIHL43 23 16 39 36
1996–97Los Angeles Ice DogsIHL68 27 27 54 10616 8 5 13 7
1997–98Nuremberg Ice TigersDEL45 19 22 41 361 1 0 1 25
1998–99Nuremberg Ice TigersDEL47 22 21 43 6513 3 2 5 37
1999–00Nuremberg Ice TigersDEL55 15 11 26 62
2000–01HKM ZvolenSlovak35 11 5 16 428 1 1 2 6
2000–01HKM Zvolen BSlovak21 0 0 0 0
2002–03HKM ZvolenSlovak23 7 7 14 148 2 2 4 20
2002–03HKM Zvolen BIEL4 1 1 2 2
2002–03HKM Zvolen BSlovak27 2 2 4 6
2003–04HKM ZvolenSlovak54 18 11 29 3817 0 3 3 33
2004–05HKM ZvolenSlovak21 3 3 6 4
2004–05AaB IshockeyDenmark16 2 4 6 415 3 4 7 24
2005–06HKM ZvolenSlovak43 8 12 20 344 2 0 2 2
2005–06HC Banska BystricaSlovak22 2 2 4 0
2006–07HKM ZvolenSlovak50 9 7 16 1810 3 2 5 6
2007–08HKM ZvolenSlovak54 16 27 43 406 1 4 5 2
2008–09HKM ZvolenSlovak17 0 4 4 12
2008–09HK DetvaSlovak22 1 1 2 0
2008–09Graz 99ersEBEL10 2 1 3 6
2008–09HYS The HagueNetherlands16 9 19 28 2910 3 8 11 2
2009–10Tölzer LöwenGermany311 4 15 19 4
2010–11HK Spisska Nova VesSlovak231 15 12 27 305 1 2 3 6
2011–12SCM BrasovErste Liga3 1 1 2 0
2011–12HK MichalovceSlovak24 1 0 1 05 0 0 0 2
AHL totals200857816318241124

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