Marian Hossa
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Marián Hossa (Born January 12 1979, in Stará Ľubovňa, Czechoslovakia, now Slovakia) is a Slovak professional ice hockey player. He plays right wing.
Playing career
Early in his career he suffered a severe injury to his anterior cruciate ligament while playing in with the Portland Winter Hawks, but recovered. He was drafted 12th overall in the NHL 1997 Entry Draft by Ottawa, and Hossa played his first six NHL seasons for Ottawa. In 2000, while playing for the Senators, Hossa accidentally clipped Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Bryan Berard in the eye blinding him and almost ending his career, an incident that deeply affected Hossa.Today Hossa is regarded as one of the top forwards in the league, reaching the 30-goal plateau on multiple occasions, and hitting the 45-goal mark in 2002-2003 and had 80 points. He became the top scorer on the highly regarded Senators team that won a Presidents Trophy and made it to the Conference Finals in 2003.
In 2005, Hossa was engaged in contract negotiations with the Senators. Due to his point output and remarkable skill, his agent felt that he was worth more than the Senators were willing to pay, especially when the team's biggest financial backer was billionaire Eugene Melnyk. Senators' management disagreed, and before he was even signed, manager John Muckler was already discussing with Don Waddell the possibility of trading Hossa. On the morning of August 23rd, 2005 it was announced that he had signed a three year $18 million deal with the Senators; however, in a surprising move that afternoon he was traded to the Atlanta Thrashers along with defenceman Greg de Vries for star forward Dany Heatley. The trade resulted in Hossa's best season ever. He scored 39 goals and added 53 assists for 92 points, surpassing his previous career high by ten points.
Marián has represented the Slovak national hockey team on numerous occasions including the Winter Olympics at Salt Lake City in 2002 and Winter Olympics at Torino in 2006. He also played for Team Slovakia in 1997, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005 and 2006 World Ice Hockey Championships. His brother, Marcel Hossa, is a member of the New York Rangers.
Awards
- 1998 WHL West First All-Star Team
- 1998 Canadian Major Junior First All-Star Team
- 1998 Memorial Cup All-Star Team
- Won the 1998 Memorial Cup with the Portland Winterhawks
- 1999 NHL All-Rookie Team
- Played in the 2001 NHL All-Star Game
- Played in the 2003 NHL All-Star Game
- Played in the 2004 NHL All-Star Game
Records
- In 2003-04 finished fifth in NHL scoring with 82 points
- In 2005-06 finished 11th in NHL scoring with 92 points
- 4th place on Ottawa Senators all-time scoring list with 188 goals and 202 assists
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PP | SH | GW | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1997-98 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1998-99 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 60 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 37 | +18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1999-00 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 78 | 29 | 27 | 56 | 32 | +5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2000-01 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 81 | 32 | 43 | 75 | 44 | +19 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2001-02 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 80 | 31 | 35 | 66 | 50 | +11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | ||
| 2002-03 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 80 | 45 | 35 | 80 | 34 | +8 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 6 | ||
| 2003-04 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 81 | 36 | 46 | 82 | 46 | +4 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2005-06 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 80 | 39 | 53 | 92 | 67 | +17 | 14 | 7 | 7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 8 years | Totals | NHL | 547 | 227 | 255 | 482 | 302 | +81 | 68 | 11 | 39 | 51 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 18 | ||
Stats as of April 18th, 2006.
International play
- Played for Team Slovakia in the 1997 Ice Hockey World Championships
- Played for Team Slovakia in the 1999 Ice Hockey World Championships
- Played for Team Slovakia in the 2001 Ice Hockey World Championships
- Played for Team Slovakia in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City
- Played for Team Slovakia in the 2004 Ice Hockey World Championships
- Played for Team Slovakia in the 2005 Ice Hockey World Championships
- Played for Team Slovakia in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino
- Played for Team Slovakia in the 2006 Ice Hockey World Championships
- Team Slovakia - 61 caps / 30 goals (March 22 2006)
| Slovak national ice hockey team at 2006 World Ice Hockey Championships |
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