Michal Sersen

Michal Sersen (born December 28, 1985) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey defenceman who lastly played for HC Slovan Bratislava of the Slovak Extraliga. Sersen was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins 130th overall in the 5th round of the 2004 NHL entry draft.

Playing career Sersen began his professional career with Bratislava at age 17 in 2002. During the 2002–03 season he had five goals and four assists in 33 games with the junior team before being promoted to the top-level Extraliga team. At the end of the season he entered the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League Import Draft and was selected first overall by the Rimouski Océanic, where he was teammates with the Sidney Crosby, the Penguins' first selection in 2005. In his first season, he scored 25 points in 45 games and 6 points in 9 playoff games. He played the 2005–06 season for the Quebec Remparts, scoring 79 points in 63 games, and 21 points in 23 playoff games. That season he was on the Memorial Cup All-Star team, second-team QMJHL for the regular season and the 2005–06 QMJHL Plus-Minus champion.

After failing to earn a spot on the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins roster in 2006, Sersen returned to Slovakia to again play for Bratislava. Pittsburgh traded the rights to Sersen to the Tampa Bay Lightning in October 2008.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2001–02 HC Slovan Bratislava SVK U18 30 6 11 17 54 8 1 7 8 14 2001–02 HC Slovan Bratislava SVK U20 7 1 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 2002–03 HC Slovan Bratislava SVK U18 7 1 1 2 6 6 0 1 1 8 2002–03 HC Slovan Bratislava SVK 17 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2003–04 Rimouski Océanic QMJHL 45 7 18 25 30 9 1 5 6 6 2004–05 Rimouski Océanic QMJHL 67 9 33 42 74 13 0 8 8 18 2005–06 Québec Remparts QMJHL 63 22 57 79 76 23 3 18 21 36 2006–07 HC Slovan Bratislava SVK 42 1 4 5 28 14 0 1 1 2 2007–08 HC Slovan Bratislava SVK 54 9 9 18 58 18 1 2 3 6 2008–09 HC Slovan Bratislava SVK 40 4 12 16 49 — — — — — 2009–10 HC Slovan Bratislava SVK 41 3 8 11 32 15 2 8 10 28 2010–11 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg KHL 51 3 8 11 48 — — — — — 2011–12 HC Sparta Praha ELH 52 6 19 25 59 5 1 1 2 6 2012–13 HC Lev Praha KHL 12 1 0 1 6 — — — — — 2012–13 HC Slovan Bratislava KHL 29 1 7 8 18 4 0 1 1 4 2013–14 HC Slovan Bratislava KHL 33 3 11 14 28 — — — — — 2014–15 HC Slovan Bratislava KHL 59 5 17 22 79 — — — — — 2015–16 HC Slovan Bratislava KHL 57 4 8 12 57 4 0 0 0 29 2016–17 HC Slovan Bratislava KHL 22 1 7 8 10 — — — — — 2016–17 HC ’05 iClinic Banská Bystrica SVK 10 2 4 6 0 15 1 5 6 12 2017–18 HC Slovan Bratislava KHL 29 4 5 9 12 — — — — — 2017–18 HC ’05 iClinic Banská Bystrica SVK 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2018–19 HC Slovan Bratislava KHL 62 4 9 13 33 — — — — — 2019–20 HC Slovan Bratislava SVK 54 5 14 19 26 — — — — — 2020–21 HC Slovan Bratislava SVK 43 1 15 16 32 10 0 2 2 10 2021–22 HC Slovan Bratislava SVK 45 4 5 9 16 16 1 7 8 10 2022–23 HC Slovan Bratislava SVK 50 1 6 7 53 6 0 2 2 0 SVK totals 398 30 77 107 294 94 5 27 32 68 KHL totals 354 26 72 98 291 8 0 1 1 33

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 2003 Slovakia WJC18 7 0 1 1 8 2011 Slovakia WC 1 0 0 0 0 2012 Slovakia WC 10 0 0 0 4 2013 Slovakia WC 8 0 2 2 6 2015 Slovakia WC 7 1 1 2 2 2016 Slovakia WC 4 0 1 1 2 2017 Slovakia WC 7 0 1 1 4 Senior totals 37 1 5 6 18

Awards and honors Award Year Slovak Champion 2003, 2007, 2008, 2017, 2022