Ronald Petrovický

Ronald Petrovický (born February 15, 1977) is a Slovak former ice hockey right winger. He played professionally in Europe and in North America in the National Hockey League (NHL) as well as international play for the Slovakia men's national ice hockey team.

Playing career As a youth, Petrovický played in the 1991 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team from Poprad.

Petrovicky moved to Canada to play junior hockey with the Tri-City Americans, Prince George Cougars and the Regina Pats of the Western Hockey League (WHL). While a member of the Cougars, the Calgary Flames chose him in the 1996 NHL entry draft. He would sign with the Flames organization in 1998, and played for the Flames' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate for two seasons before joining Calgary. He played two seasons for the NHL team before joining the New York Rangers via the 2002 NHL Waiver Draft for the 2002–03 season. A year later, he was transferred to the Atlanta Thrashers, again via the waiver draft.

During the NHL lockout, Petrovicky played his first professional hockey in Europe, playing for Zilina and Brynas. He played one more season with the Thrashers before joining the Pittsburgh Penguins. For the 2007–08 season, Petrovicky moved to Europe, playing for Dukla Trencin, EV Zug and Modo Hockey. He signed with Dinamo Riga for the 2008–09 season. He was released on 24 December 2008.

Just before the 2009 NHL pre-season, Petrovicky was invited to training camp by the Vancouver Canucks but was released from camp on September 23, 2009.

International He also played with the Slovakia men's national ice hockey team in the 2000 and 2004 Ice Hockey World Championships. He won the silver medal as part of the 2000 Slovak team.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1993–94 Dukla Trenčín SVK 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1994–95 Tri–City Americans WHL 39 4 11 15 86 — — — — — 1994–95 Prince George Cougars WHL 21 4 6 10 37 — — — — — 1995–96 Prince George Cougars WHL 39 19 21 40 61 — — — — — 1996–97 Prince George Cougars WHL 72 32 37 69 119 15 4 9 13 31 1997–98 Regina Pats WHL 71 64 49 113 168 9 2 4 6 11 1998–99 Saint John Flames AHL 78 12 21 33 114 7 1 2 3 19 1999–00 Saint John Flames AHL 67 23 33 56 131 3 1 1 2 6 2000–01 Calgary Flames NHL 30 4 5 9 54 — — — — — 2001–02 Calgary Flames NHL 77 5 7 12 85 — — — — — 2002–03 New York Rangers NHL 66 5 9 14 77 — — — — — 2003–04 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 78 16 15 31 123 — — — — — 2004–05 MsHK Žilina SVK 34 10 9 19 34 — — — — — 2004–05 Brynäs IF SEL 10 0 5 5 25 — — — — — 2005–06 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 60 8 12 20 62 — — — — — 2006–07 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 31 3 3 6 28 3 0 0 0 2 2006–07 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 4 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 2007–08 Dukla Trenčín SVK 2 0 1 1 2 — — — — — 2007–08 MODO Hockey SEL 18 1 1 2 10 — — — — — 2007–08 EV Zug NLA 10 0 0 0 35 7 0 0 0 8 2008–09 Dinamo Rīga KHL 30 2 3 5 49 — — — — — 2009–10 Springfield Falcons AHL 6 0 0 0 19 — — — — — AHL totals 155 35 54 89 268 10 2 3 5 25 NHL totals 342 41 51 92 429 3 0 0 0 2

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1994 Slovakia EJC C 6 11 6 17 4 2000 Slovakia WC 2 0 0 0 0 2004 Slovakia WC 9 1 0 1 10 2006 Slovakia OG 6 1 0 1 2 Senior totals 17 2 0 2 12

Awards and achievements Named to the WHL East Second All-Star Team in 1998