Vladimír Svitek | |
Position: | Right Wing |
Played For: | HC Košice HPK EK Zell am See HK Triglav Kranj HK Spišská Nová Ves HK Trebišov |
Shoots: | Right |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 2 |
Weight Lb: | 192 |
Birth Date: | 19 October 1962 |
Birth Place: | Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia |
Death Place: | Košice, Slovakia |
Ntl Team: | Czechoslovakia |
Draft: | 137th overall |
Draft Team: | Philadelphia Flyers |
Draft Year: | 1981 |
Career Start: | 1980 |
Career End: | 2001 |
Vladimír Svitek (19 October 1962 – 17 February 2020) was a Slovak professional ice hockey player who played in the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League, Finnish Liiga, and Slovak Extraliga.[1] Svitek was drafted in the seventh round of the 1981 NHL Entry Draft by the Philadelphia Flyers, but he never played professionally in North America.[2] He spent the first ten seasons of his playing career with HC Košice and his final ten seasons in various European leagues.