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NHL Draft Preview- Slovak Prospects
Written by: Daniel Kysel on 06/14/2001 
North America - players #33 Tomas Malec 13/05/1982 6'1" 185 D Rimouski QMJHL #36 Igor Pohanka 05/07/1983 6'3" 185 C Prince Albert WHL #73 Marek Svatos 17/07/1982 5'9" 170 RW Kootenay WHL #103 Frantisek Skladany 22/04/1982 5'11" 180 LW Boston Univ. HE #117 Milan Jurcina 07/06/1983 6'4" 190 D Halifax QMJHL North America - goalies #8 Peter Budaj 18/09/1982 6'0" 200 G Toronto OHL #14 Jan Chovan 07/09/1983 5'11" 178 G Belleville OHL Europe - players #21 Tomas Slovak 05/04/1983 6'1" 191 D Kosice Extraliga #48 Tomas Surovy 24/09/1981 6'0" 191 C/W Poprad Extraliga #60 Ivan Kolozvary 16/02/1983 6'0" 169 W Trencin Jr. Juniors #73 Peter Polcik 23/07/1983 6'4" 187 LW Nitra Jr. Juniors #83 Michal Kolarik 08/10/1982 6'3" 196 C Trinec Jr. Czech Jrs. #87 Peter Macek 13/05/1983 6'1" 165 D B.Bystrica Division I #96 Lukas Srnka 25/02/1982 6'3" 176 W Trencin Jr. Juniors #108 Rene Jarolin 16/09/1981 6'3" 191 C S.N.Ves Division I #109 Dominik Granak 11/06/1983 5'11" 163 D Trencin Jr. Juniors #113 Martin Zajac 25/10/1981 6'2" 212 D Trencin Extraliga #121 Tomas Frolo 26/01/1982 6'1" 194 D Vsetin Jr. Czech Jrs. #122 Karol Sloboda 16/05/1983 6'0" 172 D Trencin Jr. JuniorsIn spite of last two years no Slovak kid has a real chance to be picked up in first round. However Malec, Pohanka and Slovak might be seleceted in second or in third rounds. Budaj, Svatos and Surovy could be good picks in the top 100 as well. Other kids like Chovan, Skladany, Kolozvary and Jurcina should be selected in this draft too. I am not in the position to say who else of Slovak native players would be on the list of draftees. Most of above mentioned players skated in junior as well as senior leagues. But only some of them played regularly and proved they are able to succeed on senior level e.g. Zajac and Jarolin.
Other (non-ranked) prospects Tomas Oravec 13/03/1982 5'11" 165 LW Kelowna WHL Lubomir Pisar 04/02/1981 6'2" 195 G Martin Extraliga Tomas Starosta 20/05/1981 6'1" 192 D Trencin Extraliga Miroslav Kristin 22/01/1982 6'0" 178 W Zilina Division I Jaroslav Betka 31/03/1981 5'9" 170 W Vsetin Czech Jrs.Oravec - good rookie season on WHL, finnished as 4th leading rookie scorer.
Pisar - gifted goalie, pretty good performances on Extraliga.
Starosta - regular player on Extraliga, impressive regular season as well as the playoffs.
Kristin - 3rd leading goal scorer on Div. I (29 goals in 39 games), besides this he shined in the junior league playoffs.
Betka - smallish forward recorded 71 points in 43 games, third-best on
Czech junior league.
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