Martin Gernát

{{Short description|Slovak ice hockey player}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Martin Gernát

| image = Martin Gernát.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|4|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Košice, Slovakia

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 5

| weight_lb = 187

| position = Defence

| shoots = Left

| league = KHL

| team = Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

| prospect_team =

| prospect_league =

| former_teams = HC Sparta Praha
HC Košice
Lausanne HC
HC Oceláři Třinec

| ntl_team = SVK

| draft = 122nd overall

| draft_year = 2011

| draft_team = Edmonton Oilers

| career_start = 2013

| career_end =

}}

Martin Gernát (born 11 April 1993) is a Slovak professional ice hockey defenceman for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Playing career

Gernát was drafted in the fifth round, 122nd overall, by the Edmonton Oilers in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. After his draft selection, he would spend two seasons in the junior Western Hockey League with the Edmonton Oil Kings before signing a three-year entry-level contract with the Oilers on April 20, 2013.[https://www.nhl.com/oilers/news/oilers-agree-to-terms-with-gernat/c-666763 Oilers agree to terms with Gernat] He spent the next three seasons playing in the American Hockey League for the Oklahoma City Barons and the Bakersfield Condors before he was traded to the Anaheim Ducks on February 29, 2016 for Patrick Maroon.[https://www.nhl.com/ducks/news/ducks-acquire-gernat-and-2016-fourth-round-pick-from-edmonton-in-exchange-for-maroon/c-871446 Ducks Acquire Gernat and 2016 Fourth-Round Pick from Edmonton in Exchange for Maroon] He would play just five games for the Ducks' AHL affiliate the San Diego Gulls before signing for HC Sparta Praha for the 2016–17 season.[https://sport.aktuality.sk/c/218056/sparta-praha-ziskala-dalsieho-slovenskeho-obrancu-zo-zamoria/# Sparta Praha získala ďalšieho slovenského obrancu zo zámoria] (in Czech) Gernát broke his contract with Sparta Praha in July 2017.

On 7 June 2023, Gernát signed as a free agent to a one-year contract with Russian club, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the KHL, for the 2023–24 season.{{cite web | url = https://hclokomotiv.ru/article/8482 | title = Martin Gernat joins Lokomotiv | publisher = Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | date = 7 June 2023 | accessdate = 7 June 2023 | language = Russian}}

International play

Gernát was selected to play for Slovakia at the 2012 World Junior Championships.

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Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! 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

2008–09

| HC Prešov 07

| SVK.2 U18

| 41

| 6

| 28

| 34

| 36

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 2009–10

| HC Prešov 07

| SVK.2 U18

| 6

| 3

| 6

| 9

| 6

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2009–10

| HC Košice

| SVK U18

| 41

| 4

| 24

| 28

| 22

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2009–10

| HC Košice

| SVK U20

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 2

2010–11

| HC Prešov 07

| SVK U18

| 8

| 3

| 4

| 7

| 22

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 2010–11

| HC Košice

| SVK U18

| 9

| 3

| 4

| 7

| 24

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2010–11

| HC Košice

| SVK U20

| 28

| 3

| 15

| 18

| 20

| 12

| 3

| 3

| 6

| 10

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| 2011–12

| Edmonton Oil Kings

| WHL

| 60

| 9

| 46

| 55

| 46

| 20

| 7

| 6

| 13

| 8

2012–13

| Edmonton Oil Kings

| WHL

| 23

| 3

| 10

| 13

| 14

| 22

| 6

| 11

| 17

| 6

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2013–14

| Oklahoma City Barons

| AHL

| 57

| 4

| 17

| 21

| 26

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

2013–14

| Bakersfield Condors

| ECHL

| 3

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 6

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2014–15

| Oklahoma City Barons

| AHL

| 54

| 1

| 8

| 9

| 32

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2015–16

| Bakersfield Condors

| AHL

| 22

| 0

| 3

| 3

| 14

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2015–16

| San Diego Gulls

| AHL

| 5

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 2

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2016–17

| HC Sparta Praha

| ELH

| 41

| 3

| 9

| 12

| 28

| 4

| 1

| 1

| 2

| 0

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2017–18

| HC Prešov Penguins

| SVK.2

| 3

| 0

| 2

| 2

| 6

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2017–18

| HC Košice

| Slovak

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 2

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2017–18

| Lausanne HC

| NL

| 11

| 2

| 2

| 4

| 8

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2018–19

| HC Oceláři Třinec

| ELH

| 48

| 8

| 12

| 20

| 52

| 13

| 0

| 5

| 5

| 16

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| 2019–20

| HC Oceláři Třinec

| ELH

| 50

| 6

| 28

| 34

| 36

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2020–21

| HC Oceláři Třinec

| ELH

| 50

| 13

| 28

| 41

| 28

| 16

| 1

| 6

| 7

| 14

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2021–22

| Lausanne HC

| NL

| 46

| 13

| 16

| 29

| 24

| 8

| 4

| 1

| 5

| 9

2022–23

| Lausanne HC

| NL

| 46

| 8

| 19

| 27

| 55

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2023–24

| Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

| KHL

| 64

| 8

| 18

| 26

| 27

| 20

| 5

| 5

| 10

| 12

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! colspan="3" | ELH totals

! 189

! 30

! 77

! 107

! 144

! 33

! 2

! 12

! 14

! 30

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

! Result

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

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

2011

| Slovakia

| WJC18

| 10th

| 6

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 2

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| 2012

| Slovakia

| WJC

| 6th

| 6

| 1

| 1

| 2

| 2

2017

| Slovakia

| WC

| 14th

| 7

| 2

| 0

| 2

| 6

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| 2021

| Slovakia

| WC

| 8th

| 8

| 1

| 1

| 2

| 2

2021

| Slovakia

| OGQ

| Q

| 3

1230
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| 2022

| Slovakia

| OG

| {{bronze3}}

| 7

0224
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! colspan="4" | Junior totals

! 12

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

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! colspan=4 | Senior totals

! 25

! 4

! 5

! 9

! 12

References

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