Pavel Skrbek

Pavel Skrbek (born August 9, 1978) is a Czech former ice hockey defenceman. He played briefly in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Nashville Predators between 1998 and 2001, though most of his career, which lasted from 1995 to 2018, was spent in the Swedish Hockey League and Czech Extraliga.

Playing career Skrbek played one year in his native Czech Republic before being drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2nd round, 28th overall in the 1996 NHL entry draft. After being drafted Skrbek returned to the Czech Republic and played 2 more years there.

For the 1998–1999 season Skrbek came to North America. He joined the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL and played 64 games with the team, scoring 22 points. That year he also made his NHL debut, appearing in 4 games with the Penguins. He spent the 1999–2000 season in the minors, playing the majority of the year with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins before being traded to the Nashville Predators and playing briefly with the Milwaukee Admirals. Skrbek then spent the majority of the 2000–2001 season with the Admirals while also appearing in 5 games with the Predators.

For the 2001–2002 season Skrbek cracked the Predators starting lineup, but after 3 games he endured a concussion that sidelined him for the majority of the year. After recovering from the injury Skrbek chose to go back to the Czech Republic rather than the Predators. Since the 2002–2003 season Skrbek has played for a number of teams in the SEL.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1994–95 Poldi SONP Kladno CZE U20 29 7 6 13 — — — — — — 1995–96 HC Poldi Kladno CZE U20 29 10 12 22 — — — — — — 1995–96 HC Poldi Kladno CZE 14 0 0 0 4 5 0 0 0 4 1996–97 HC Poldi Kladno CZE 36 1 5 6 26 3 0 0 0 4 1997–98 HC Velvana Kladno CZE 47 4 10 14 124 — — — — — 1998–99 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 4 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 1998–99 Syracuse Crunch AHL 64 6 16 22 38 — — — — — 1999–00 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 51 7 16 23 50 — — — — — 1999–00 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 6 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2000–01 Nashville Predators NHL 5 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 2000–01 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 54 2 22 24 55 5 0 0 0 2 2001–02 HC Vagnerplast Kladno CZE 24 2 3 5 30 — — — — — 2002–03 Luleå HF SWE 39 2 2 4 61 4 0 0 0 10 2003–04 Luleå HF SWE 34 4 4 8 84 5 0 4 4 6 2004–05 Mora IK SWE 48 1 11 12 68 — — — — — 2005–06 Luleå HF SWE 49 5 12 17 88 6 0 0 0 11 2006–07 Luleå HF SWE 44 5 14 19 54 4 0 0 0 8 2008–09 HC GEUS OKNA Kladno CZE 5 0 2 2 8 — — — — — 2008–09 Skellefteå AIK SWE 50 4 11 15 64 10 1 0 1 8 2009–10 Skellefteå AIK SWE 50 4 17 21 68 10 0 2 2 4 2010–11 Skellefteå AIK SWE 13 0 1 1 8 — — — — — 2010–11 Frölunda HC SWE 27 2 6 8 10 — — — — — 2011–12 Rytíři Kladno CZE 8 1 2 3 4 — — — — — 2011–12 JYP FIN 17 0 3 3 12 — — — — — 2012–13 Luleå HF SWE 31 4 8 12 14 14 0 3 3 6 2013–14 Luleå HF SWE 49 1 11 12 20 6 0 0 0 6 2014–15 HC Olomouc CZE 39 5 16 21 32 — — — — — 2015–16 HC Olomouc CZE 35 5 17 22 41 2 0 0 0 4 2016–17 HC Olomouc CZE 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2017–18 Orli Znojmo EBEL 6 0 2 2 4 — — — — — CZE totals 209 18 55 73 269 10 0 0 0 12 SWE totals 477 36 108 144 573 59 1 9 10 59 NHL totals 12 0 0 0 8 — — — — —

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1996 Czech Republic EJC 5 2 3 5 10 1998 Czech Republic WJC 7 2 4 6 8 Junior totals 12 4 7 11 18

Awards 1998: Named Best Defenseman at World Junior Championship 1998: World Junior Championship Second All-Star team