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Slovak NHL players 2017–18

12 Slovak players played in the NHL in 2017–18. Together they scored 134 points, the ninth most of any country, and Slovakia finished ninth of 10 in the nations league. Richard Panik scored the most, 35 points.

12
NHL players
134
Points
9th
Nations league
23
Goalie wins
2017–18Last season82/82 games
2016–172018–19

SLOVAK LEADERS

In the nations league

9th
of 10 ranked nations
12
league points
Rate10thTop trio10thBlue line8thGoalies10thPer million5th

Slovakia accounts for 1.2% of the NHL's players and 0.7% of its points.

The full nations league

Slovak goalies

Regular season. Most games first.
GoalieGPW-L-OTLSV%GAASO
Jaroslav HalakNYI
5420-26-0.9083.191
Peter BudajTBL
83-3-0.8763.760

Every Slovak player in the NHL, team by team

12 players across 9 teams.
BOSBoston Bruins2 players
Zdeno CharaINACTIVE
D · 73 GP · 7G 17A24P
Peter CehlarikINACTIVE
LW · 6 GP · 1G 1A2P
CHIChicago Blackhawks2 players
Richard PanikINACTIVE
RW · 72 GP · 14G 21A35P
Tomas JurcoINACTIVE
RW · 29 GP · 6G 4A10P
OTTOttawa Senators2 players
Marian GaborikINACTIVE
RW · 46 GP · 11G 10A21P
Christian JarosINACTIVE
D · 2 GP · 0G 0A0P
CGYCalgary Flames1 player
Marek HrivikINACTIVE
LW · 3 GP · 0G 0A0P
EDMEdmonton Oilers1 player
Andrej SekeraINACTIVE
D · 36 GP · 0G 8A8P
NYINew York Islanders1 player
Jaroslav HalakINACTIVE
G · 54 GP · 20 W · .90820W
TBLTampa Bay Lightning1 player
Peter BudajINACTIVE
G · 8 GP · 3 W · .8763W
TORToronto Maple Leafs1 player
Martin MarincinINACTIVE
D · 2 GP · 0G 0A0P
Show all 9 teams
VGKVegas Golden Knights1 player
Tomas TatarINACTIVE
LW · 82 GP · 20G 14A34P

Season by season

Slovakia had 2 players in the NHL in 1989–90 and 9 in 2025–26. The peak was 2003–04, with 37. Under each bar is the nations league placing, in gold for the 2 seasons Slovakia won.
–
–
–
–9
893
8
3
3
512
798
7
5
3
237
203
3
3
5
618
309
4
1
8
112
814
8
4
10
1010
1020
10
9
9
109
1225

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.

Every pick in 2026 →The draft through the years →

Slovak NHL players all time

Regular season, whole careers. The record seasons count completed seasons only.

Slovakia against Switzerland

The nations league's five categories plus raw points and player count. The higher value takes the round.
Slovakia
Slovakia
9th in the league
1–6
Switzerland
Switzerland
3rd in the league

Switzerland wins 6–1 against Slovakia.

0.41Points per game0.47
93Best trio153
0.31Defencemen's points per game0.35
.908Goalies' save percentage.913
2.2NHL players per million inhabitants1.6
134Total points307
12Players in the NHL14
Slovakia against Switzerland season by season
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Top scorer
Richard Panik
Slovakia's top scorer in 2017–18.
The team
Chicago Blackhawks
Where Richard Panik 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 2017–18
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.