Miroslav Šatan
{{Short description|Slovak ice hockey player (born 1974)}}
{{use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Miroslav Šatan
| image = Miroslav Šatan.jpg
| image_size = 230px
| caption = Šatan in 2010
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|10|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = Jacovce, Czechoslovakia
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lb = 191
| position = Right wing
| shoots = Left
| played_for = Dukla Trenčín
Edmonton Oilers
Buffalo Sabres
Slovan Bratislava
New York Islanders
Pittsburgh Penguins
Boston Bruins
Dynamo Moscow
| ntl_team = SVK
| draft = 111th overall
| draft_year = 1993
| draft_team = Edmonton Oilers
| career_start = 1992
| career_end = 2014
}}
Miroslav Šatan ({{IPA|sk|ˈmirɔslaw ˈʂatan}}; born 22 October 1974) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey right winger, who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL), five in the Tipos Extraliga, and three in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Šatan was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2019.
Playing career
=Pre-NHL=
In 1991–92, Šatan played for the local HC Topoľčany and did remarkably well, as he scored 30 goals and had 22 assists in just 31 games. He then graduated to the senior division within the same year. When he became 18, he joined Dukla Trenčín rather than enter compulsory army service for Slovakia (which stopped in 2006). He played there for the 1992–93 and 1993–94 seasons.{{Cite web|title=Miroslav Šatan biography|url=http://referaty.atlas.sk/prakticke-pomocky/zivotopisy/1901/miroslav-satan-biography|url-status=dead|website=referaty.atlas.sk|date=30 November 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070102162327/http://referaty.atlas.sk/prakticke-pomocky/zivotopisy/1901/miroslav-satan-biography|archive-date=2 January 2007}}
=Edmonton Oilers=
Šatan was drafted 111th overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft by the Edmonton Oilers. Prior to his entry into the NHL, he played in the Czechoslovak and Slovak leagues and he had scored nine goals in eight games representing Slovakia at the 1994 Winter Olympic Games.{{Cite web|url=https://hockeydraft.ca/players/miroslav-satan.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1|title=Miroslav Satan|website=hockeydraft.ca}}
In 1994–95, Šatan played a season in the minor leagues, split between four teams including the Oilers' minor league affiliate, the Cape Breton Oilers, and the International Hockey League's Detroit Vipers. While with the Vipers, he scored the winning goal in an exhibition game against Wayne Gretzky's Ninety-Niners, an all-star team put together by Gretzky during the 1994–95 NHL lockout.
=Buffalo Sabres=
After two seasons with the Oilers, Šatan was traded to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for Craig Millar and Barrie Moore. He would lead the Sabres in scoring on six occasions. During the 2004–05 NHL Lockout, Šatan played for Slovan Bratislava in the Slovak Extraliga. After the lockout, Šatan was not offered a contract by the Sabres.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=2121110|title=Satan a free agent after Sabres decline option | publisher =ESPN | date = 1 August 2005 | access-date = 4 August 2009}}
=New York Islanders=
Šatan signed as a free agent with the New York Islanders on 3 August 2005.{{cite web |url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=132333|title=Satan signs with Islanders | publisher =TSN | date = 3 August 2005 | access-date = 4 August 2009}} He led the Islanders in goals in the 2005–06 season. His 35 goals during the season were his highest goal-output since the 2001–02 season with the Sabres. Almost half his 35 goals came on the power play (17), also a career personal best. Šatan tied for the team lead in points with 66, shared with captain Alexei Yashin. Also in 2005–06, Šatan went seven for ten (70%) and was third in the NHL in shooting percentage in the shootout.
On 2 December 2006, he scored his 300th career goal, against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Earlier in the season, he had recorded his 300th career assist and his 600th career point.
On 24 March 2007, Šatan missed the Islanders' game in Philadelphia for personal reasons, ending a streak of having played in 305 consecutive games. It was the fourth longest active streak at the time, and marked the second time in his career that he had played over 250 consecutive games. He had a 256-game streak as a member of the Sabres that ended in November 2002.
=Pittsburgh Penguins=
On 3 July 2008, Šatan signed a one-year contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins.{{cite web|url=http://penguins.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=367718&page=NewsPage&service=page|title=Penguins sign Miroslav Satan|publisher=Pittsburgh Penguins|date=3 July 2008|access-date=4 August 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601235523/http://penguins.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=367718&page=NewsPage&service=page|archive-date=1 June 2009}} During the 2008–09 season, Šatan was placed on waivers by Pittsburgh on 4 March 2009, the same day as the NHL trade deadline, not long after playing in his 1,000th NHL game. Having not been claimed by another team, Šatan was assigned to the Penguins' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.{{cite web|url=http://penguins.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=412322&page=NewsPage&service=page|title=Pittsburgh assign Miroslav Satan to Wilkes-Barre|publisher=Pittsburgh Penguins|date=4 August 2009|access-date=4 August 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601223823/http://penguins.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=412322&page=NewsPage&service=page|archive-date=1 June 2009}} In Wilkes-Barre, Šatan had three goals and nine points in ten games. Various reports credited him with being upbeat and a good influence, especially with the younger players.
On 10 April 2009, Šatan was recalled by Pittsburgh and cleared re-entry waivers. He re-established himself with the Penguins in the 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs when he played against the Washington Capitals in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals on April 23.{{cite web |url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/171578-dont-hate-satan-unless-your-washington|title=Pittsburgh Penguins' Satan rising to the occasion | publisher =bleacherreport.com | date = 9 May 2009 | access-date = 4 August 2009}} He then played in nine games and won his first ever Stanley Cup as a member of the Penguins.
The Penguins did not re-sign Šatan when his contract expired at the end of the season, and he was not signed during the free agency period.
=Boston Bruins=
On 2 January 2010, Šatan signed a US$700,000 contract with the Boston Bruins for the remainder of the 2009–10 season. The contract included a no movement clause.{{cite news|title=Bruins sign Miroslav Šatan for the remainder of the season|url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=304389|date=2 January 2010}} He made his Bruins debut against the Ottawa Senators on January 5, finishing with a +2 plus-minus. He scored his first a goal as a Bruin on January 7 against Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Antti Niemi. On April 21, he scored the game-winning goal in double overtime to defeat the Buffalo Sabres and take a 3–1 lead in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals. On April 26, Šatan then scored the series-winning goal over the Sabres with 5:11 remaining in the game.{{cite web |url=http://www.nhlsnipers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/miroslav_satan_boston_bruins.jpeg.jpg |title=Archived copy |access-date=13 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714181117/http://www.nhlsnipers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/miroslav_satan_boston_bruins.jpeg.jpg |archive-date=14 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}
=Dynamo Moscow=
At the beginning of 2011, Šatan signed with Dynamo Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) until the end of 2010–11 season. The club opted not to renew his contract upon its expiry.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sports.ru/en/hockey/94885443.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517164849/http://www.sports.ru/en/hockey/94885443.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 May 2011|title=Moscow release Satan, Strbak, and Chris Simon | Sports.ru in English".}}
=Return to Slovan Bratislava and retirement=
On 8 September 2011, Šatan moved to the Slovak Extraliga to rejoin former club Slovan Bratislava.{{cite news|date=9 September 2011|title=Miro Šatan v Slovane! Zatiaľ na mesiac|url=http://www.hcslovan.sk/sk/spravy/satan-je-spaet/|access-date=10 September 2011}} In 2012–13, Slovan moved from the Slovak Extraliga to the KHL and named Šatan team captain. He was badly injured by his former Boston Bruins teammate Zdeno Chára in a match against Lev Praha on 3 November 2012.{{cite news|title=Slovan zvíťazil v Prahe nad Levom. Chára zranil Šatana|url=http://aktualne.atlas.sk/oprasenie-federalneho-derby-zmlsne-si-lev-na-rozbehnutom-slovane/sport/hokej/|access-date=3 November 2012|date=3 November 2012|archive-date=27 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927003100/http://aktualne.atlas.sk/oprasenie-federalneho-derby-zmlsne-si-lev-na-rozbehnutom-slovane/sport/hokej/|url-status=dead}} Subsequently, Šatan said he did not know if he would play another hockey match in his life.{{cite news|title=Miroslav Šatan: "Modlite sa, aby som ešte hral!"|url=http://sport.aktuality.sk/c/141988/miroslav-satan-modlite-sa-aby-som-este-hral/|access-date=18 December 2012|date=18 December 2012}} Šatan would return to play in the 2013 IIHF World Championship.{{cite news|title=Age No Obstacle for Miroslav Šatan|url=http://www.iihf.com/competition/352/news/news-singleview-2013/browse/11/recap/7785.html/|access-date=4 May 2013|date=4 May 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927123344/http://www.iihf.com/competition/352/news/news-singleview-2013/browse/11/recap/7785.html/|archive-date=27 September 2013}}
Šatan announced his retirement from professional ice hockey on 20 May 2014.{{cite web |title=Slovenská legenda se loučí, Šatan ukončil aktivní kariéru |url=https://sport.aktualne.cz/hokej/slovenska-legenda-se-louci-satan-ukoncil-aktivni-karieru/r~63e4fbbee04111e389540025900fea04/ |website=Aktuálně.cz |access-date=15 May 2023 |language=cs-CZ |date=20 May 2014}}{{cite web |title=Former Sabres star Satan announces retirement |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/former-sabres-star-satan-announces-retirement/c-720049 |website=NHL.com |access-date=15 May 2023 |date=20 May 2014}}
Post-playing career
In September 2015, Šatan was appointed general manager for Team Europe to compete in the 2016 World Cup.{{cite news|last1=Hornby|first1=Lance|title=Satan to run Team Europe for World Cup in 2016|url=http://torontosun.com/2015/09/09/satan-to-run-team-europe-for-world-cup-in-2016/wcm/a1d11ce1-3110-47cd-849d-70d34e8be89b|newspaper=Toronto Sun|access-date=16 November 2017|date=9 September 2015}} Team Europe finished second in the tournament after losing the final series to Canada.{{cite web|title=Canada rallies to beat Team Europe, wins World Cup of Hockey|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/17673794/canada-defeats-team-europe-win-world-cup-brad-marchand-late-goal|publisher=ESPN|access-date=16 November 2017|date=30 September 2016}}
In June 2019, he was elected President of the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation.{{cite news|first=Daniel|last=Etchells|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1081375/slovak-ice-hockey-federation-elects-new-president|title=Slovak Ice Hockey Federation elects new President|publisher=Inside the Games|date=29 June 2019|access-date=30 June 2019}}
Personal life
Šatan grew up in Topoľčany, Slovakia. He married his long-time girlfriend Ingrid in 2004. They have a son, Miroslav Jr., born in March 2006 and a daughter, Viktoria, born in July 2009, and live in Jericho, New York. Miroslav Jr. also plays hockey, and was drafted by the Washington Capitals in the seventh round of the 2024 NHL entry draft.{{cite web |last=Cerullo |first=Chris |url=https://russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2024/06/29/miroslav-satan-washington-capitals-seventh-round-pick-2024/ |title=Capitals draft son of Satan |website=Russian Machine Never Breaks |date=June 29, 2024 |access-date=June 29, 2024}}
Because Šatan's name is a heteronym of Satan, many devil-related jokes have been made at his expense. During his career, many sports-data sites (including Fox Sports, Sports Illustrated, ESPN and Yahoo) used the number 666 in the URL of Šatan's page.{{Cite web |title=Miroslav Satan Is Known by the Number of the Beast |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/61089-miroslav-satan-is-known-by-the-number-of-the-beast |url-status=dead |website=Bleacher Report |access-date=10 January 2020 |archive-date=15 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715094434/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/61089-miroslav-satan-is-known-by-the-number-of-the-beast}} A popular April Fool's joke had Šatan traded to the New Jersey Devils and been made captain of his new team, making Šatan the "leader" of the Devils. After Šatan announced his retirement in 2014, the Yahoo headline read: "Satan be gone!"{{Cite news|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/satan-be-gone--miroslav-satan-calls-it-a-career-after-iihf-worlds-190438069.html;_ylt=AwrBT9TA3OJYKvcAny9XNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEyYXQ0a3VoBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwM0BHZ0aWQDQjM2NTRfMQRzZWMDc3I-|title=Satan be gone: Miroslav Satan calls it a career after IIHF worlds}}
Awards and honors
- Slovak Extraliga champion (1994, 2012)
- NHL All-Star Game (2000, 2003)
- World Championships Best Forward, All-Star Team, and scoring leader (2000)
- World Championships gold medal (2002)
- Stanley Cup champion (2009)
- KHL All-Star Game (2014)
- Inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame (2019){{cite news|title=Šatan and Pálffy become IIHF hall of famers|date=27 May 2019|work=Radio and Television of Slovakia|location=|url=https://enrsi.rtvs.sk/articles/news/196713/satan-and-palffy-become-iihf-hall-of-famers|access-date=15 June 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2019/wm/news/9226/class-of-2019-named|title=Hall of Fame Class of 2019 named|last=Podnieks|first=Andrew|author-link=Andrew Podnieks|date=6 February 2019|website=International Ice Hockey Federation|access-date=28 November 2021}}
- Named to the IIHF All-Time Slovakia Team (2020)
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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| style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! colspan="3" style="background:#fff;"| ! rowspan="99" style="background:#fff;"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="99" style="background:#fff;"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs | ||||||||
| style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||
| 1991–92
| SVK.2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6
| — | — | — | — | — |
| style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| 1992–93 | TCH | 38 | 11 | 6 | 17 | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1993–94
| Dukla Trenčín | SVK | 30 | 32 | 16 | 48 | 16
| 9 | 10 | 6 | 16 | — |
| style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| 1994–95 | AHL | 25 | 24 | 16 | 40 | 15
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1994–95
| IHL | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
| style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| 1994–95 | CoHL | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1994–95
| IHL | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6
| — | — | — | — | — |
| style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| 1995–96 | NHL | 62 | 18 | 17 | 35 | 22
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996–97
| Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 64 | 17 | 11 | 28 | 22
| — | — | — | — | — |
| style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| 1996–97 | NHL | 12 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 4
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997–98
| Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 79 | 22 | 24 | 46 | 34
| 14 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
| style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| 1998–99 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 81 | 40 | 26 | 66 | 44
| 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| 1999–2000
| Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 81 | 33 | 34 | 67 | 32
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| Dukla Trenčín | SVK | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000–01
| Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 82 | 29 | 33 | 62 | 36
| 13 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 |
| style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| 2001–02 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 82 | 37 | 36 | 73 | 33
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002–03
| Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 79 | 26 | 49 | 75 | 20
| — | — | — | — | — |
| style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| 2003–04 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 82 | 29 | 28 | 57 | 30
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003–04
| SVK | 7 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 41
| — | — | — | — | — |
| style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| 2004–05 | Slovan Bratislava | SVK | 18 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 14
| 18 | 15 | 7 | 22 | 16 |
| 2005–06
| NHL | 82 | 35 | 31 | 66 | 38
| — | — | — | — | — |
| style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| 2006–07 | New York Islanders | NHL | 81 | 27 | 32 | 59 | 46
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2007–08
| New York Islanders | NHL | 80 | 16 | 25 | 41 | 39
| — | — | — | — | — |
| style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| 2008–09 | NHL | 65 | 17 | 19 | 36 | 36
| 17 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 2008–09
| Wilkes–Barre/Scranton Penguins | AHL | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
| style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| 2009–10 | NHL | 38 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 12
| 13 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 |
| 2010–11
| Slovan Bratislava | SVK | 10 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 22
| — | — | — | — | — |
| style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| 2010–11 | KHL | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011–12
| Slovan Bratislava | SVK | 49 | 23 | 29 | 52 | 127
| 12 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 10 |
| style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| 2012–13 | Slovan Bratislava | KHL | 21 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 22
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013–14
| Slovan Bratislava | KHL | 23 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 8
| — | — | — | — | — |
| style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! colspan="3"|SVK totals ! 117 !! 84 !! 72 !! 156 !! 222 ! 39 !! 33 !! 27 !! 60 !! 26 | ||||||||
| style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! colspan="3"|NHL totals ! 1,050 !! 363 !! 372 !! 735 !! 464 ! 86 !! 21 !! 33 !! 54 !! 41 | ||||||||
| style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! colspan="3"|KHL totals ! 50 !! 17 !! 10 !! 27 !! 34 ! 2 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 |
=International=
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{{MedalCountry | {{ih|SVK}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships}}
{{MedalGold | 2002 Sweden|}}
{{MedalSilver | 2000 Russia|}}
{{MedalSilver | 2012 Finland/Sweden|}}
{{MedalBronze | 2003 Finland|}}
{{MedalBottom}}
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| style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="99" style="background:#fff;"| ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||
| 1994
| Slovakia | WJC C | 4 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 4 |
| style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| 1994 | Slovakia | OLY | 8 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 1994
| Slovakia | WC C | 6 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 18 |
| style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| 1995 | Slovakia | WC B | 7 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 4 |
| 1996
| Slovakia | WC | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| 1996 | Slovakia | WCH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000
| Slovakia | WC | 9 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 14 |
| style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| 2002 | Slovakia | OLY | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002
| Slovakia | WC | 9 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2 |
| style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| 2003 | Slovakia | WC | 9 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| 2004
| Slovakia | WC | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| 2005 | Slovakia | WC | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 2006
| Slovakia | OLY | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| 2007 | Slovakia | WC | 7 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 |
| 2010
| Slovakia | OLY | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| 2010 | Slovakia | WC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011
| Slovakia | WC | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| 2012 | Slovakia | WC | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| 2013
| Slovakia | WC | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| 2014 | Slovakia | WC | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! colspan="3"|Senior totals ! 129 !! 61 !! 49 !! 110 !! 84 |
See also
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Ice hockey stats}}
- [https://archive.today/20130119102202/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/players/666 Sports Illustrated Player profile]
- [http://www.hockeycollector.websnadno.cz/index.php?menu=4 Miroslav Šatan´s hockey cards gallery]
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Olympics.com|miroslav-satan}}
- {{SOŠV profile|miroslav-satan}}
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