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Jan Marek (ice hockey, born 1979)

{{Short description|Czech ice hockey player (1979–2011)}}

{{About|the hockey player born 1979|the hockey player born 1947|Jan Marek (disambiguation){{!}}Jan Marek}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Jan Marek

| image = Jan Marek.JPG

| caption =

| image_size = 230px

| ntl_team = CZE

| played_for = HC Oceláři Třinec
HC Sparta Praha
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
HC CSKA Moscow
Atlant Mytishchi

| position = Centre

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 187

| birth_date = {{birth date|1979|12|31|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Jindřichův Hradec, Czechoslovakia

| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|09|07|1979|12|31}}

| death_place = Yaroslavl, Russia

| draft = 243rd overall

| draft_year = 2003

| draft_team = New York Rangers

| career_start = 1998

| career_end = 2011

}}

{{MedalTableTop}}

{{MedalCountry | {{ih|CZE}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2010 Cologne|Ice hockey

{{MedalBronze | 2011 Bratislava|Ice hockey}}}}

{{MedalBottom}}

Jan Marek (December 31, 1979 – September 7, 2011) was a Czech professional ice hockey centre. He was selected by the New York Rangers in the 8th round (243rd overall) of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

Marek played in the Czech Extraliga for HC Oceláři Třinec and HC Sparta Praha before moving to Russia in 2006. He would play in the Russian Superleague and the Kontinental Hockey League for Metallurg Magnitogorsk, HC CSKA Moscow and Atlant Moscow Oblast. He led the KHL in goals scored in the 2008–09 KHL season with 35.{{Citation needed|date=October 2011}} Marek signed with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl for the 2011-12 KHL season but was killed before playing a game for the team.

Death

{{Main|2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash}}

On September 7, 2011, Marek died when a Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger aircraft, carrying nearly the entire Lokomotiv team, crashed just outside Yaroslavl, Russia. The team was traveling to Minsk to play their opening game of the season against HC Dinamo Minsk, with its coaching staff and prospects. Lokomotiv officials said "everyone from the main roster was on the plane plus four players from the youth team."{{Cite web |url=http://www.lifenews.ru/news/68920 | title =First pictures from the crash of Yak-42 near Yaroslavl | publisher =Lifenews.ru | date=2011-09-07 | accessdate=2011-09-07}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.lifenews.ru/news/68927 | title =The list of Lokomotiv players who died | publisher =Lifenews.ru | date=2011-09-07 | accessdate=2011-09-07}}{{Cite web | url =https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/7180944/russian-investigators-pilot-error-led-khl-lokomotiv-yaroslavl-plane-crash | title =Pilot error blamed for plane crash | publisher =ESPN | date =2011-11-02 | accessdate =2025-01-07 }}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

1995–96

| HC Vajgar Jindřichův Hradec

| CZE U18

| 39

292756| —————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1996–97

| HC Vajgar Jindřichův Hradec

| CZE U20

|

|
1997–98

| HC Vajgar Jindřichův Hradec

| CZE U20

| 32

212849| 9549
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1997–98

| HC Vajgar Jindřichův Hradec

| CZE.2

| 19

347| —————
1998–99

| HC Železárny Třinec

| CZE U20

|

|
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1998–99

| HC Železárny Třinec

| ELH

| 33

2242

| 6

0000
1999–2000

| HC Oceláři Třinec

| CZE U20

| 6

551010

| 1

0000
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1999–2000

| HC Oceláři Třinec

| ELH

| 32

1564

| 2

0000
1999–2000

| HC Slezan Opava

| CZE.2

| 3

0114

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1999–2000

| SHC Vajgar Jindřichův Hradec

| CZE.2

| 4

03310

| —

————
2000–01

| HC Oceláři Třinec

| ELH

| 38

74112

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2001–02

| HC Oceláři Třinec

| ELH

| 52

13274044

| 6

1346
2002–03

| HC Oceláři Třinec

| ELH

| 51

32306242

| 12

641022
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2003–04

| HC Sparta Praha

| ELH

| 50

21305162

| 11

491326
2004–05

| HC Sparta Praha

| ELH

| 38

7212826

| 5

2242
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2005–06

| HC Sparta Praha

| ELH

| 48

22325466

| 17

44824
2006–07

| Metallurg Magnitogorsk

| RSL

| 47

17304770

| 15

7101710
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2007–08

| Metallurg Magnitogorsk

| RSL

| 49

16324840

| 11

4372
2008–09

| Metallurg Magnitogorsk

| KHL

| 53

35377262

| 12

641026
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2009–10

| Metallurg Magnitogorsk

| KHL

| 35

7132014

| 10

3144
2010–11

| CSKA Moscow

| KHL

| 46

14243846

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2010–11

| Atlant Moscow Oblast

| KHL

| 5

2028

| 20

7101710
bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | ELH totals

! 342

! 105

! 151

! 256

! 248

! 59

! 17

! 22

! 39

! 80

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | RSL totals

! 96

! 33

! 62

! 95

! 110

! 26

! 11

! 13

! 24

! 10

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | KHL totals

! 139

! 58

! 74

! 132

! 130

! 42

! 16

! 15

! 31

! 40

=International=

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ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Year

! Team

! Event

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

2007

| Czech Republic

| WC

| 6

2354
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2009

| Czech Republic

| WC

| 5

2134
2010

| Czech Republic

| WC

| 9

3034
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2011

| Czech Republic

| WC

| 9

12314
bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | Senior totals

! 29

! 8

! 6

! 14

! 26

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

{{Commons category|Jan Marek}}

  • {{icehockeystats}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Marek, Jan}}

Category:1979 births

Category:2011 deaths

Category:Czech ice hockey centres

Category:Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Russia

Category:HC CSKA Moscow players

Category:Metallurg Magnitogorsk players

Category:HC Oceláři Třinec players

Category:HC Sparta Praha players

Category:New York Rangers draft picks

Category:HC Slezan Opava players

Category:Sportspeople from Jindřichův Hradec

Category:Victims of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash

Category:Ice hockey people from the South Bohemian Region

Category:21st-century Czech sportsmen