Juraj Valach
{{short description|Slovak ice hockey player}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Juraj Valach
| image = Juraj Valach - Fribourg-Gottéron vs. HKM Zvolen, 24.08.2010 (2).jpg
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| position = Defence
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 8
| weight_lb = 227
| team = HK Spišská Nová Ves
| league = Slovak
| former_teams = HKM Zvolen
HC Kometa Brno
HC Slavia Praha
HC Slovan Bratislava{{Cite web|url=http://www.hcslovan.sk/sk/spravy/obranu-posilni-juraj-valach/|title=Obranu posilní Juraj Valach|language=Slovak|work=hcslovan.sk}}
Piráti Chomutov
EHC Black Wings Linz
| ntl_team = SVK
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|2|1}}
| birth_place = Topoľčany, Czechoslovakia
| death_date =
| death_place =
| draft = Undrafted
| career_start = 2006
| career_end =
}}
Juraj Valach (born 1 February 1989) is a Slovak professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for HK Spišská Nová Ves in the Slovak Extraliga.
Career
After playing for Piráti Chomutov for four seasons in the Czech Extraliga, Valach became a free agent at the end of the 2018-19 season. He decided to sign his first contract in the EBEL and agreed to a one-year deal with EHC Black Wings Linz on 1 July 2019.{{cite web| url = https://www.blackwings.at/news/beitrag/verstaerkung-fuer-die-black-wings-defensive.html | title = Reinforcement for the Black Wings defense | publisher = EHC Black Wings Linz | date = 1 July 2019 | accessdate = 1 July 2019 | language = German}}
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 | ||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM | ||||||||
| 2003–04
| SVK U18 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2003–04 | HKm Zvolen | SVK.2 U18 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 22
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004–05
| HKm Zvolen | SVK U18 | 35 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 44
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2004–05 | HKm Zvolen | SVK.2 U18 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004–05
| HKm Zvolen | SVK U20 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2005–06 | HKm Zvolen | SVK U18 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 53
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2005–06
| HKm Zvolen | SVK U20 | 40 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 54
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2005–06 | HKm Zvolen | SVK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006–07
| WHL | 58 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 75
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
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| 2007–08 | Vancouver Giants | WHL | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007–08
| WHL | 38 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 44
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2007–08 | WHL | 30 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 38
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2008–09
| HKm Zvolen | SVK U20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2008–09 | HKm Zvolen | SVK | 46 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 63
| 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| 2008–09
| SVK.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2009–10 | HKm Zvolen | SVK | 44 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 143
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2010–11
| HKm Zvolen | SVK | 56 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 80
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
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| 2011–12 | ELH | 24 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 53
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011–12
| ELH | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 18
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2012–13 | HC Kometa Brno | ELH | 46 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 22
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013–14
| HC Slavia Praha | ELH | 47 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 52
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2014–15 | HC Slavia Praha | ELH | 43 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 68
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015–16
| KHL | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2015–16 | ELH | 19 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 20
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2016–17
| Piráti Chomutov | ELH | 51 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 46
| 16 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 |
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| 2017–18 | Piráti Chomutov | ELH | 52 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 89
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018–19
| Piráti Chomutov | ELH | 44 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 28
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2019–20 | AUT | 32 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 30
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020–21
| HC Slovan Bratislava | SVK | 45 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 34
| 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2021–22 | HC Slovan Bratislava | SVK | 46 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 56
| 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 |
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! colspan="3" | SVK totals ! 238 ! 12 ! 37 ! 49 ! 376 ! 51 ! 3 ! 10 ! 13 ! 78 | ||||||||
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! colspan="3" | ELH totals ! 346 ! 33 ! 60 ! 93 ! 396 ! 26 ! 5 ! 1 ! 6 ! 38 |
=International=
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! Year ! Team ! Event ! Result ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |
| 2006
| Slovakia | U17 | 9th | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
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| 2006 | Slovakia | WJC18 | 7th | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2007
| Slovakia | WJC | 8th | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
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| 2009 | Slovakia | WJC | 4th | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| 2014
| Slovakia | WC | 9th | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
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| 2018 | Slovakia | OG | 11th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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! colspan="4" | Junior totals ! 24 ! 1 ! 6 ! 7 ! 42 |
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! colspan=4 | Senior totals ! 10 ! 0 ! 3 ! 3 ! 6 |
Awards and honors
References
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External links
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