Samuel Buček
{{Short description|Slovak ice hockey player}}
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{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Samuel Buček
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1998|12|19}}
| birth_place = Nitra, Slovakia
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lb = 192
| position = Right wing
| shoots = Right
| team = HK Nitra
| league = Slovak
| former_teams = KooKoo
HC Slovan Bratislava
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
HC Oceláři Třinec
| ntl_team = SVK
| draft = Undrafted
| career_start = 2017
| career_end =
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Samuel Buček (born 19 December 1998) is a Slovak professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for HK Nitra of the Slovak Extraliga.
Playing career
Undrafted, Buček made his professional debut playing in the Tipsport liga (Slovak) with HK Nitra during the 2015–16 season.{{Cite web|title=Samuel Buček znova hráčom Nitry|url=http://www.hockeynitra.com/?q=clanok/samuel-bucek-znova-hracom-nitry/1319|url-status=dead|website=HK Nitra|date=18 October 2019|language=sk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802202435/http://www.hockeynitra.com/?q=clanok/samuel-bucek-znova-hracom-nitry/1319|archive-date=2 August 2020}}
Buček made 5 appearances in the Finnish Liiga, with KooKoo before returning to Nitra during the 2019–20 season. He moved to fellow Slovakian club, HC Slovan Bratislava during the following 2020–21 season, collecting 11 points through just 14 games.{{Cite web|title=A resounding support for the offence, Samuel Buček signed a contract with HC Slovan|url=http://www.hcslovan.sk/en/spravy/a-resounding-support-for-the-offense-samuel-bucek-signed-a-contract-with-hc-slovan-copy-1/|url-status=dead|website=HC Slovan Bratislava|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026153220/https://www.hcslovan.sk/en/spravy/a-resounding-support-for-the-offense-samuel-bucek-signed-a-contract-with-hc-slovan-copy-1/|archive-date=26 October 2020}}
As a free agent, Buček opted to pursue a career in North America. On 11 July 2022, he became the first player in franchise history to be signed by the Coachella Valley Firebirds of the American Hockey League (AHL). He was signed to a one-year contract for the Firebirds inaugural season in 2022–23, serving as the primary affiliate to the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League (NHL).{{Cite web|title=Coachella Valley Firebirds sign first two players|url=https://cvfirebirds.com/2022/07/11/coachella-valley-firebirds-sign-first-two-players/|website=Coachella Valley Firebirds|date=11 July 2022|access-date=13 March 2025}} Before joining the Firebirds, on 8 August 2022, Buček signed a one-year contract with Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk of the KHL, opting to pursue a career in Russia instead.{{Cite web|script-title=ru:Нефтехимик подписал контракт с Самуэлем Бучеком|trans-title=Neftekhimik signed a contract with Samuel Bucek|url=https://hcnh.ru/news/club-life/neftekhimik-podpisal-kontrakt-s-samuelem-buchekom/|website=HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk|date=8 August 2022|access-date=13 March 2025|language=ru}}
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
Bold indicates led league
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs | ||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||
| 2014–15
| HK Nitra | SVK-Jr | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0
| 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2015–16 | HK Nitra | SVK-Jr | 10 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 14
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015–16
| HK Nitra | SVK | 26 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2015–16 | USHL | 18 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 24
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016–17
| QMJHL | 52 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 26
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2017–18 | Chicago Steel | USHL | 49 | 20 | 24 | 44 | 48
| 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 2018–19
| HK Nitra | SVK | 53 | 30 | 21 | 51 | 20
| 18 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2019–20 | KooKoo | FIN | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019–20
| HK Nitra | SVK | 42 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 36
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2020–21 | SVK | 14 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4
| 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2021–22
| HK Nitra | SVK | 50 | 41 | 23 | 64 | 34
| 19 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 18 |
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| 2022–23 | KHL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022–23
| CZE | 36 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4
| 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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! colspan="3" | SVK totals ! 185 !! 92 !! 66 !! 158 !! 98 ! 41 !! 22 !! 18 !! 40 !! 30 |
=International=
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! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="102" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||
| 2014
| Slovakia | U17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2015 | Slovakia | IH18 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 2016
| Slovakia | U18 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
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| 2018 | Slovakia | WJC | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
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! colspan="4"| Junior totals ! 19 !! 9 !! 8 !! 17 !! 14 |
Awards and honours
References
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External links
- {{Ice hockey stats}}
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Category:Chicago Steel players
Category:HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk players
Category:HC Oceláři Třinec players
Category:HC Slovan Bratislava players
Category:Shawinigan Cataractes players
Category:Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Canada
Category:Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Finland
Category:Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Russia
Category:Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in the Czech Republic
Category:Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
Category:Slovak ice hockey right wingers