| Lukáš Rousek | |
| Birth Date: | 20 April 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Ostrov, Czech Republic |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 11 |
| Weight Lb: | 171 |
| Position: | Right wing |
| Shoots: | Left |
| League: | NHL |
| Team: | Buffalo Sabres |
| Prospect Team: | Rochester Americans |
| Prospect League: | AHL |
| Former Teams: | HC Sparta Praha |
| Draft: | 160th overall |
| Draft Year: | 2019 |
| Draft Team: | Buffalo Sabres |
| Career Start: | 2017 |
Lukáš Rousek (born April 20, 1999) is a Czech professional ice hockey right wing for the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect under contract to the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the sixth round (160th overall) of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft by the Sabres.
Rousek played for HC Sparta Praha in the Czech Extraliga, scoring a career-high 38 points in 49 games during the 2020–21 season.[1]
After drafting Rousek in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, the Buffalo Sabres signed Rousek to a two-year, entry-level contract on April 20, 2021.
During the 2022–23 season, Rousek made his NHL debut with the Sabres in a game on March 27, 2023, against the Montreal Canadiens. He scored his first NHL goal on his first shift, and added an assist later in the game.[2] On June 20, 2023, he was re-signed to a two-year contract with the Sabres.[3]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 2017–18 | HC Sparta Praha | Czech.20 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | HC Sparta Praha | ELH | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 Czech 1. Liga season | 2017–18 | HC Stadion Litoměřice | Czech.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2017–18 | HC Letci Letňany | Czech.2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | HC Sparta Praha | ELH | 34 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | HC Stadion Litoměřice | Czech.1 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | HC Sparta Praha | ELH | 52 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | HC Sparta Praha | ELH | 49 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 19 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 70 | 16 | 40 | 56 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2023–24 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 51 | 10 | 31 | 41 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 10 | ||
| 2023–24 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| ELH totals | 161 | 32 | 46 | 78 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 | ||||
| NHL totals | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||