Nations in the NHLSlovak NHL players 2000–01
29 Slovak players played in the NHL in 2000–01. Together they scored 663 points, the sixth most of any country, and Slovakia finished fifth of 9 in the nations league. Ziggy Palffy scored the most, 89 points.
29
NHL players
663
Points
5th
Nations league
0
Goalie wins
SLOVAK LEADERS
Points
Ziggy PalffyINACTIVE
LAKRW· 73 GP
38G51A89P
Marian HossaINACTIVE
OTTRW· 81 GP
32G43A75P
Miroslav SatanINACTIVE
BUFRW· 82 GP
29G33A62P
4
Jozef StumpelINACTIVE
LAKLW· 63 GP
16G39A55P
5
Pavol DemitraINACTIVE
STLRW· 44 GP
20G25A45P
In the nations league
5th
of 9 ranked nations
21
league points
Rate3rdTop trio6thBlue line8thGoalies8thPer million4th
Slovakia accounts for 3.0% of the NHL's players and 3.6% of its points.
The full nations leagueEvery Slovak player in the NHL, team by team
Pavol DemitraINACTIVE
RW · 44 GP · 20G 25A45PMichal HandzusINACTIVE
C · 46 GP · 14G 18A32PLadislav NagyINACTIVE
LW · 46 GP · 8G 9A17PLubos BarteckoINACTIVE
LW · 50 GP · 5G 8A13PPeter SmrekINACTIVE
D · 20 GP · 2G 3A5PJaroslav ObsutINACTIVE
D · 4 GP · 0G 0A0PZdeno CharaINACTIVE
D · 82 GP · 2G 7A9PJuraj KolnikINACTIVE
RW · 29 GP · 4G 3A7PBranislav MezeiINACTIVE
D · 42 GP · 1G 4A5PRobert PetrovickyINACTIVE
C · 11 GP · 0G 0A0PZiggy PalffyINACTIVE
RW · 73 GP · 38G 51A89PJozef StumpelINACTIVE
LW · 63 GP · 16G 39A55PLubomir VisnovskyINACTIVE
D · 81 GP · 7G 32A39PMarian GaborikINACTIVE
RW · 71 GP · 18G 18A36PLubomir SekerasINACTIVE
D · 80 GP · 11G 23A34PPeter BartosINACTIVE
LW · 13 GP · 4G 2A6PShow all 13 teams
Season by season
In the NHL Draft
Eight Slovak players were picked in the 2026 NHL Draft, none of them in the first round. Adam Goljer went first, at number 49 to the Los Angeles Kings.
Slovak NHL players all time
Slovakia against Ukraine
Slovakia
5th in the league
5–1
Ukraine
7th in the league
Slovakia wins 5–1 against Ukraine.
0.48Points per game0.48
226Best trio172
0.27Defencemen's points per game0.34
–Goalies' save percentage–
5.4NHL players per million inhabitants0.2
663Total points276
29Players in the NHL8
Czechia
Russia
Sweden
Canada
Finland
USA
LatviaContinue reading
Top scorer
Ziggy Palffy
Slovakia's top scorer in 2000–01.
The team
Los Angeles Kings
Where Ziggy Palffy plays.
Nations in the NHL
Every nation in the NHL
How many players each country has in the NHL, with a page for each.
Nations league
NHL battle of the nations 2000–01
The countries compared per player rather than in raw totals.
Against Sweden
Sweden vs Slovakia
Seven rounds, season by season.
The Swedes
Every Swede in the NHL
Team by team, with position and stats.