Jaroslav Kristek

Jaroslav Kristek (born March 16, 1980) is a Czech professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for HC Brumov-Bylnice in the Czech fourth division. He was drafted in the second round, 50th overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1998 NHL entry draft and played 6 games for them during the 2002–03 season. The rest of his career has been spent in various European leagues, mainly the Czech Extraliga. He won a Slovnaft Extraliga championship with HC Košice in 2010–11.

Kristek played two seasons in the Western Hockey League with the Tri-City Americans before joining the Sabres' American Hockey League affiliate, the Rochester Americans, for the 2000–01 season. In three seasons with Rochester, Kristek appeared in 125 games and scored 23 goals. He also appeared in six NHL games with Buffalo during the 2002–03 season, recording no points.

Kristek returned to his native Czech Republic in 2003, initially signing with HC Sparta Praha on May 7 but transferring to HC České Budějovice a few months later without playing any games for Sparta. He later moved on to play in Slovakia.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1995–96 HC Zlín U18 CZE U18 10 13 10 23 — — — — — — 1995–96 HC Zlín U20 CZE U20 34 33 20 53 — — — — — — 1996–97 HC Zlín U20 CZE U20 44 28 27 55 — — — — — — 1997–98 HC Zlín U20 CZE U20 7 8 5 13 — — — — — — 1997–98 HC Zlín CZE 38 2 7 9 18 — — — — — 1997–98 HK Prostějov CZE-2 4 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1998–99 Tri-City Americans WHL 70 38 48 86 55 12 4 3 7 2 1999–00 Tri-City Americans WHL 45 26 25 51 16 2 0 0 0 0 2000–01 Rochester Americans AHL 35 5 3 8 20 — — — — — 2001–02 Rochester Americans AHL 43 3 6 9 20 1 0 0 0 0 2002–03 Buffalo Sabres NHL 6 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 2002–03 Rochester Americans AHL 47 15 17 32 24 — — — — — 2003–04 HC České Budějovice CZE 52 12 14 26 24 — — — — — 2004–05 HC Zlín CZE 45 5 10 15 14 16 2 2 4 6 2005–06 HC Zlín CZE 52 11 6 17 38 6 0 0 0 2 2006–07 HC Zlín CZE 26 3 5 8 10 — — — — — 2006–07 HC Energie Karlovy Vary CZE 13 5 2 7 12 3 0 0 0 10 2007–08 HC Energie Karlovy Vary CZE 51 6 9 15 28 19 10 2 12 2 2008–09 HC Energie Karlovy Vary CZE 47 15 11 26 22 13 2 2 4 4 2009–10 HC Energie Karlovy Vary CZE 44 8 10 18 14 — — — — — 2009–10 HC Zlín CZE 8 2 4 6 12 6 1 4 5 4 2010–11 HC Košice SVK 55 14 32 46 38 14 5 8 13 22 2011–12 Lev Poprad KHL 39 10 6 16 14 — — — — — 2011–12 HC Košice SVK 11 1 1 2 6 12 7 3 10 2 2012–13 Neman Grodno BLR 42 21 33 54 44 12 6 6 12 4 2013–14 Neman Grodno BLR 39 12 24 36 20 14 7 6 13 10 2013–14 Dinamo Minsk KHL 8 0 1 1 8 — — — — — 2014–15 MsHK Žilina SVK 27 8 15 23 16 — — — — — 2014–15 Neman Grodno BLR 19 7 6 13 22 9 2 6 8 2 2015–16 Eispiraten Crimmitschau DEL2 2 0 1 1 2 — — — — — 2015–16 Neman Grodno BLR 21 7 7 14 16 12 2 3 5 8 2016–17 GKS Tychy POL 35 14 15 29 !8 8 4 1 5 4 2017–18 Brest FRA-2 22 7 12 19 4 14 5 7 12 2 2018–19 Courchevel Méribel Pralognan FRA-3 18 24 32 56 6 2 2 3 5 4 2019–20 Courchevel Méribel Pralognan FRA-3 6 3 6 9 4 — — — — — 2021–22 HC Brumov-Bylnice CZE-4 12 10 20 30 8 — — — — — CZE totals 376 69 78 147 192 63 15 10 25 28 NHL totals 6 0 0 0 4 — — — — —

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1998 Czech Republic EJC 6 4 2 6 8 2000 Czech Republic WJC 7 5 1 6 2 Junior totals 13 9 3 12 10