Marián Cisár

Marián Cisár (born February 25, 1978) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey player. He last played for the Hannover Scorpions of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. He previously played for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League and Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League.

Playing career As a youth, Cisár played in the 1992 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team from Bratislava.

Cisár played junior hockey for the Spokane Chiefs in the Western Hockey League. He was drafted 37th overall by the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League in the 1996 NHL entry draft, but was traded to the Nashville Predators for future considerations without ever having played for the Kings. He was the first player acquired in Predators franchise history, and played in 73 regular season games for Nashville between 1999 and 2002, recording 30 points (13 goals and 17 assists). In 2004, he suffered a concussion playing for the Hannover Scorpions in Germany which ended his season after just 14 games.

He represented the Slovakia national team, and played in 15 games.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1995–96 HC Slovan Bratislava Slovak 13 3 3 6 0 6 3 0 3 0 1996–97 Spokane Chiefs WHL 70 31 35 66 52 9 6 2 8 4 1997–98 Spokane Chiefs WHL 52 33 40 73 34 18 8 5 13 8 1998–99 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 51 11 17 28 31 2 0 0 0 12 1999–00 Nashville Predators NHL 3 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 1999–00 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 78 20 32 52 82 1 0 0 0 0 2000–01 Nashville Predators NHL 60 12 15 27 45 — — — — — 2000–01 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 15 4 7 11 4 — — — — — 2001–02 Nashville Predators NHL 10 1 2 3 8 — — — — — 2001–02 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 2 1 0 1 2 — — — — — 2002–03 HC Znojemsti Orli Czech 9 2 0 2 4 — — — — — 2002–03 Lukko Liiga 26 6 8 14 6 — — — — — 2003–04 Nürnberg Ice Tigers DEL 43 23 13 36 26 2 0 0 0 2 2004–05 Hannover Scorpions DEL 14 4 6 10 8 — — — — — NHL totals 73 13 17 30 57 — — — — — IHL totals 144 35 56 91 117 3 0 0 0 12