Marek Schwarz

Marek Schwarz (born 1 April 1986) is a Czech former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played 6 games in the National Hockey League with the St. Louis Blues from 2006 to 2008. The rest of his career, which lasted from 2003 to 2023, was mainly spent in the Czech Extraliga. Internationally Schwarz played for the Czech national junior team at several junior tournaments, winning bronze medals at both the 2004 under-18 championships and 2005 World Junior Championships.

Playing career As a youth, Schwarz played in the 2000 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team from Chomutov. He played junior ice hockey in his native Czech Republic with HC Sparta Praha. He made his debut at the senior level with Sparta Praha playing one game in the Czech Extraliga in 2002–03. The following season, he joined the Extraliga full-time at seventeen-years-old and played between three teams – HC Plzeň, HC Oceláři Třinec and Sparta Praha. That off-season, Schwarz was drafted 17th overall by the St. Louis Blues in the 2004 NHL entry draft.

Upon being drafted, he moved to North America to play major junior in the Western Hockey League (WHL) with the Vancouver Giants. He posted a 2.67 GAA and a winning record before moving back to the Czech Republic the following season to continue to play for Sparta Praha.

In 2006–07, he began playing for the Peoria Rivermen, the Blues' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate. He was called up that season and played in his first NHL game on 12 December 2006 against the Chicago Blackhawks. Schwarz made 21 saves on 24 shots as the Blues lost 3–2. At 20 years old, he became the third youngest goaltender in Blues history to play in a game.

On 25 October 2008 Schwarz combined with third-string goalie Ben Bishop for a 4-0 shutout against the Florida Panthers. With Manny Legacé and Chris Mason out due to injuries, Schwarz was called up to play backup to Bishop when Bishop also went down with an injury in the third period. Schwarz completed the shutout with 15 minutes to go.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP W L T OTL MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 1999–00 TJ Mlada Boleslav U18 CZE U18-2 25 — — — — — — — 2.43 — — — — — — — — — 2000–01 TJ Mlada Boleslav U18 CZE U18 45 5 37 0 — 1969 154 0 4.69 .887 — — — — — — — — 2001–02 Sparta Praha U18 CZE U18 45 33 7 0 — 2692 86 9 1.92 .929 — — — — — — — — 2001–02 Sparta Praha U20 CZE U20 1 — — — — — — 0 12.86 .824 6 3 2 368 16 0 2.61 .899 2002–03 Sparta Praha CZE 1 0 1 0 — 1 0 0 0.00 1.000 — — — — — — — — 2002–03 Sparta Praha U18 CZE U18 17 11 1 0 — — — 2 1.44 .935 1 0 1 — — 0 1.00 .967 2002–03 Sparta Praha U20 CZE U20 16 — — — — — — — 2.43 .924 1 0 1 — — 0 4.00 882 2003–04 Sparta Praha CZE 8 1 6 0 — 335 20 0 3.58 .896 — — — — — — — — 2003–04 HC Plzeň CZE 10 4 5 0 — 603 33 0 3.28 .922 — — — — — — — — 2003–04 HC Oceláři Třinec CZE 5 3 2 0 — 280 12 0 2.57 .931 — — — — — — — — 2003–04 HC Mladá Boleslav CZE-2 1 0 1 0 — 63 6 0 5.71 .867 — — — — — — — — 2003–04 Sparta Praha U20 CZE U20 7 — — — — 352 — — 2.39 .930 — — — — — — — — 2004–05 Vancouver Giants WHL 56 26 24 4 — 3304 147 2 2.67 .900 6 2 4 378 18 0 2.86 .903 2005–06 Sparta Praha CZE 15 7 8 — 0 746 32 1 2.57 .920 1 — — — — 0 0.00 1.000 2005–06 HC Berounští Medvědi CZE 4 0 4 — 0 17 32 0 4.45 .878 — — — — — — — — 2005–06 Sparta Praha U20 CZE U20 3 — — — — 178 5 — 1.69 .946 — — — — — — — — 2006–07 St. Louis Blues NHL 2 0 1 — 0 60 3 0 3.00 .880 — — — — — — — — 2006–07 Peoria Rivermen AHL 34 19 13 — 0 1912 88 1 2.76 .899 — — — — — — — — 2007–08 St. Louis Blues NHL 2 0 1 — 0 50 6 0 7.25 .647 — — — — — — — — 2007–08 Peoria Rivermen AHL 33 14 14 — 2 1808 84 0 2.79 .891 — — — — — — — — 2007–08 Alaska Aces ECHL 6 6 0 — 0 375 13 0 2.08 .924 8 5 2 — — — 3.21 .911 2008–09 St. Louis Blues NHL 2 0 0 — 0 16 0 0 0.00 1.000 — — — — — — — — 2008–09 Peoria Rivermen AHL 10 4 4 — 0 523 31 2 3.56 .868 — — — — — — — — 2008–09 Alaska Aces ECHL 5 2 2 — 1 304 16 0 3.15 .904 — — — — — — — — 2008–09 HC Mladá Boleslav CZE 8 2 6 — 0 — — 1 3.67 .907 — — — — — — — — 2009–10 HC Mladá Boleslav CZE 43 17 26 — 0 2302 109 2 2.84 .917 — — — — — — — — 2010–11 HC Mladá Boleslav CZE 44 — — — — — — 2 2.84 .914 — — — — — — — — 2011–12 TPS FIN 35 9 19 — 5 1895 90 — 2.84 .894 1 0 1 29 2 0 4.08 .857 2012–13 Sparta Praha CZE 16 8 8 — 0 745 49 0 3.95 .886 — — — — — — — — 2012–13 Bílí Tygři Liberec CZE 15 7 8 — 0 835 46 0 3.31 .898 — — — — — — — — 2013–14 Bílí Tygři Liberec CZE 19 7 12 — 0 974 60 0 3.70 .898 — — — — — — — — 2013–14 HC Benátky nad Jizerou CZE-2 14 9 5 — 0 — — 5 1.68 .949 5 2 3 — — 0 3.37 .912 2014–15 Bílí Tygři Liberec CZE 6 2 4 — 0 312 17 0 3.27 .873 — — — — — — — — 2014–15 HC Benátky nad Jizerou CZE-2 14 7 7 — 0 — — 2 2.52 .920 — — — — — — — — 2015–16 Bílí Tygři Liberec CZE 18 13 5 — 0 975 32 3 1.97 .919 3 2 1 — — 0 1.80 .925 2015–16 HC Benátky nad Jizerou CZE-2 13 6 7 — 0 — — 1 2.75 .918 — — — — — — — — 2016–17 Orli Znojmo EBEL 31 15 16 — 0 1695 84 0 2.97 .906 4 0 4 — — 0 2.79 .910 2017–18 Orli Znojmo EBEL 47 17 25 — 0 2623 132 0 3.02 .893 — — — — — — — — 2018–19 Bílí Tygři Liberec CZE 6 3 3 — 0 197 9 0 2.74 .904 — — — — — — — — 2018–19 HC Benátky nad Jizerou CZE-2 23 7 16 — 0 — — 1 2.85 .911 — — — — — — — — 2019–20 Bílí Tygři Liberec CZE 6 2 4 — 0 358 16 1 2.68 .897 — — — — — — — — 2019–20 HC Benátky nad Jizerou CZE-2 14 6 7 — 0 — — 1 2.55 .918 — — — — — — — — 2020–21 HC Mladá Boleslav CZE 1 1 0 — 0 60 2 0 2.00 .931 — — — — — — — — 2020–21 HC Slovan Ústí nad Labem CZE-2 8 4 4 — 0 — — 0 3.18 .876 — — — — — — — — 2021–22 HC Mladá Boleslav CZE 2 0 1 — 0 62 3 0 2.90 .857 — — — — — — — — 2022–23 HC Mladá Boleslav-2 CZE-4 9 — — — — — — — 3.56 — 1 0 1 — — — 3.12 —NHL totals 1,044 489 392 33 91 59,879 2,515 77 2.52 .919 70 34 35 4,295 178 5 2.49 .918

International Year Team Event GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% 2003 Czech Republic U18 5 1 3 0 280 10 0 2.14 .940 2004 Czech Republic WJC 6 2 4 1 389 18 1 2.78 .904 2005 Czech Republic WJC 6 4 2 0 362 13 1 2.15 .925 2006 Czech Republic WJC 3 1 2 0 141 6 0 2.56 .909 Junior totals 20 8 11 1 1172 47 2 2.41 —