| Played For: | Florida Panthers Oulun Kärpät Barys Astana Kloten Flyers Ässät Pori HC Oceláři Třinec Grizzlys Wolfsburg |
| Position: | Centre |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 2 |
| Weight Lb: | 194 |
| Birth Date: | November 18, 1984 |
| Birth Place: | Litoměřice, Czechoslovakia |
| Draft: | 38th overall |
| Draft Year: | 2003 |
| Draft Team: | Florida Panthers |
| Career Start: | 2007 |
| Career End: | 2018 |
Kamil Kreps (born November 18, 1984) is a Czech former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL).
As a youth, Kreps played in the 1998 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team from Chomutov.[1]
Kreps played his junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) playing for the Brampton Battalion for three seasons. He scored 19 goals in each of his three seasons and had a high of 61 points in 2002–03. He was drafted in the second round, 38th overall, by the Florida Panthers in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.
In the 2006-07 season, he played his first NHL game with the Panthers on January 7, 2007, against the Vancouver Canucks, registering two shots on net. Kreps scored his first NHL goal on April 6 against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
In the 2010 European Trophy tournament, Kreps won the scoring league while with Oulun Kärpät in the regulation round, totalling 11 points (5 goals, 6 assists) in 8 games.
After four European seasons abroad, Kreps opted to return to his native Czech Republic in signing a one-year deal with HC Oceláři Třinec on May 1, 2014.[2]
On February 12, 2012, he scored his first international goal for the Czech Republic during their 4–0 win over Russia in the 2012 European Hockey Tournament.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1999–2000 | HC Chemopetrol, a.s. | CZE U18 | 48 | 18 | 16 | 34 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | HC Chemopetrol, a.s. | CZE U18 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 | ||
| 2000–01 | HC Chemopetrol, a.s. | CZE U20 | 44 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Brampton Battalion | OHL | 68 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Brampton Battalion | OHL | 53 | 19 | 42 | 61 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | ||
| 2003–04 | Brampton Battalion | OHL | 59 | 19 | 27 | 46 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 2 | ||
| 2004–05 | San Antonio Rampage | AHL | 58 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Texas Wildcatters | ECHL | 12 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 61 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 50 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 76 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 66 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 75 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Kärpät | SM-l | 55 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | Barys Astana | KHL | 52 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2012–13 | Kloten Flyers | NLA | 22 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Ässät | Liiga | 39 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | HC Oceláři Třinec | ELH | 39 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2015–16 | HC Oceláři Třinec | ELH | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | HC Oceláři Třinec | ELH | 46 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2017–18 | Grizzlys Wolfsburg | DEL | 31 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| AHL totals | 175 | 33 | 51 | 84 | 53 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| NHL totals | 232 | 18 | 42 | 60 | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Czech Republic | WJC18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |
| 2004 | Czech Republic | WJC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Junior totals | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |||