Martin Réway

Martin Réway (; born 24 January 1995) is a Czech-born Slovak professional ice hockey forward for Liptovský Mikuláš HK of the Slovak Extraliga. He was selected in the fourth round, 116th overall, by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2013 NHL entry draft.

Playing career Born in Prague, Réway spent his youth career in Slovakia and with Czech side Sparta Praha, before crossing the Atlantic in 2012. He spent two seasons with the Gatineau Olympiques of the QMJHL in Canada. Réway was selected 116th overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2013 NHL entry draft as well as 102nd overall by the HC Slovan Bratislava in the 2012 KHL Junior Draft.

In 2014, Réway returned to Sparta Praha and made his debut with the men's squad in the Czech Extraliga. He started the 2015–16 season with Sparta Praha, but transferred to Fribourg-Gottéron in November 2015. He saw the ice in 19 games of the Swiss National League A (NLA), scoring eight goals while assisting on 13 more.

He signed a three-year entry-level deal with the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League on 18 May 2016. However, he missed the entirety of the 2016–17 season due to injury.

In the following 2017–18 season, Réway made progress in his return to health and was reassigned to begin the year with AHL affiliate, the Laval Rocket. Having appearing in just 5 games over the first month of the season, Réway re-assessed his option and opted to mutually terminate his contract with the Canadiens in order to return home on 29 October 2017. On 8 November 2017, Réway joined Slovak KHL entrant, HC Slovan Bratislava, for the remainder of the season.

Réway returned to playing in the 2018–19 season with hometown club, MHK Dolný Kubín, in the third tier league of Slovakia before agreeing to a one-year contract for the remainder of the year with Swedish outfit, Tingsryds AIF of the HockeyAllsvenskan on 21 November 2018.

In the 2020–21 season, Réway joined fellow Slovak club, HC Košice.

International play

After playing for Slovakia at the U18 and U20 levels, Réway was selected to play for the country's men's national team at the 2014 World Championship and also made the roster for the 2016 World Championship. In 2015, he guided Slovakia's U20 team to a bronze medal at the 2015 World Junior Championships, serving as team captain.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2008–09 MHK Dolný Kubín SVK.2 U18 13 8 12 20 10 — — — — — 2008–09 MHC Martin SVK U18 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2009–10 MHK Dolný Kubín SVK.2 U18 26 32 38 70 24 — — — — — 2010–11 MHC Mountfield Martin SVK U18 20 13 22 35 65 — — — — — 2010–11 MHC Mountfield Martin SVK U20 10 5 5 10 0 — — — — — 2011–12 HC Sparta Praha CZE U18 25 21 39 60 42 9 8 16 24 12 2011–12 HC Sparta Praha CZE U20 5 2 4 6 2 — — — — — 2012–13 Gatineau Olympiques QMJHL 47 22 28 50 56 10 1 11 12 20 2013–14 Gatineau Olympiques QMJHL 43 20 42 62 48 9 5 10 15 16 2014–15 HC Sparta Praha ELH 34 9 28 37 54 8 1 6 7 20 2015–16 HC Sparta Praha ELH 14 5 10 15 6 — — — — — 2015–16 HC Fribourg–Gottéron NLA 19 8 13 21 14 — — — — — 2017–18 Laval Rocket AHL 5 0 2 2 6 — — — — — 2017–18 HC Slovan Bratislava KHL 18 1 4 5 19 — — — — — 2018–19 MHK Dolný Kubín Slovak.2 2 0 7 7 0 — — — — — 2018–19 Tingsryds AIF Allsv 10 0 2 2 6 — — — — — 2019–20 Rytíři Kladno ELH 17 0 6 6 0 — — — — — 2019–20 HK Poprad Slovak 7 3 1 4 16 — — — — — 2020–21 HC Košice Slovak 39 12 18 30 39 3 0 1 1 6 2021–22 HC RT Torax Poruba Czech.1 27 4 16 20 14 — — — — — 2022–23 EHC Freiburg DEL2 20 6 17 23 4 — — — — — 2022–23 HK Spišská Nová Ves Slovak 13 5 8 13 6 13 3 9 12 2 ELH totals 65 14 44 58 60 8 1 6 7 20

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2011 Slovakia U17 10th 3 1 1 2 6 2012 Slovakia WJC18 D1A 11th 5 4 7 11 8 2013 Slovakia WJC 8th 60222 2014 Slovakia WJC 8th 546104 2014 Slovakia WC 9th 70332 2015 Slovakia WJC 74592 2016 Slovakia WC 9th 70110 Junior totals 26 13 21 34 22 Senior totals 14 0 4 4 2