Tomáš Kůrka
Born (1981-12-14) 14 December 1981
Most, Czechoslovakia
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for Carolina Hurricanes
HC Litvínov
HC Sparta Praha
NHL Draft 32nd overall, 2000
Carolina Hurricanes
Playing career 19982020

Tomáš Kůrka (born 14 December 1981) is a Czech former ice hockey forward. He played 17 games in the National Hockey League with the Carolina Hurricanes between 2003 and 2004. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1998 to 2020, was mainly spent in the Czech Extraliga.

Playing career

Kůrka was drafted by the Carolina Hurricanes as their second-round pick, No. 32 overall, in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. Kůrka spent two seasons playing junior level in the Ontario Hockey League with the Plymouth Whalers before moving to the Hurricanes organization in 2001.

After spending a season in the American Hockey League with the Lowell Lock Monsters, Kůrka made his NHL debut with the Hurricanes during 2002–03 NHL season, playing 14 games, scoring 3 goals and 2 assists for 5 points. He would go on to play just 3 more games for Carolina, scoring no points. With the 2004–05 NHL season locked-out and eventually cancelled, Kůrka split the season in the AHL with the Providence Bruins and back home in the Czech Republic for HC Litvínov.

He chose to remain in Europe, signing for KalPa in the Finnish SM-liiga. He also played for Ilves in the same league, before moving to Södertälje SK in the Swedish HockeyAllsvenskan.

Kůrka then returned to the Czech Extraliga in 2007, signing for HC České Budějovice.[1] He joined Slavia Prague for a second time in 2011.[2]

On 8 November 2013, Tomas Kůrka was announced as a Cardiff Devils player, he will play his first game for the Devils on Sunday 10 November 2013 against the Hull Stingrays. He scored a Penalty Shot on his full debut.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1996–97 HC Chemopetrol CZE U18 3722113320
1997–98 HC Chemopetrol CZE U18 4438236190
1998–99 HC Chemopetrol CZE U20 31201131
1998–99 HC Chemopetrol CZE 60000
1999–00 Plymouth Whalers OHL 6436286437 1776136
2000–01 Plymouth Whalers OHL 4715294420 168132113
2001–02 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 7113152824 51122
2002–03 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 6117122910
2002–03 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 143252
2003–04 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 556263214
2003–04 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 30000
2004–05 HC Chemopetrol CZE 291566
2004–05 Providence Bruins AHL 4083114 1743713
2005–06 KalPa SM-liiga 5623113420
2006–07 Ilves SM-liiga 192576
2006–07 KalPa SM-liiga 183478
2006–07 Södertälje SK SWE-2 102350 100114
2007–08 HC Mountfield CZE 5219153420
2008–09 HC Mountfield CZE 5017133020
2009–10 HC Mountfield CZE 1275124
2009–10 HC Slavia Praha CZE 3117121931
2010–11 HC Sparta Praha CZE 38481212
2010–11 HC Eaton Pardubice CZE 70222
2011–12 HC Slavia Praha CZE 421382130
2011–12 HC Oceláři Třinec CZE 72350 51232
2012–13 Shakhtyor Soligorsk BLR 369112012
2012–13 Krefeld Pinguine DEL 92240 61342
2013–14 SC Langenthal SUI-2 51012
2013–14 Cardiff Devils EIHL 3623214414
2014–15 Sputnik Nizhny Tagil VHL 5110122216 70444
2015–16 Cardiff Devils EIHL 5120193918 41120
2016–17 Rostock Piranhas GER-3 2715233836
2017–18 Rostock Piranhas GER-3 4419284736
2018–19 Rostock Piranhas GER-3 4718385643 62574
2019–20 Rostock Piranhas GER-3 4015284324 33032
CZE totals 2748071151125 4411172837
AHL totals 227445610052 22551015
NHL totals 173252

International

Year Team Event GPGAPtsPIM
1999 Czech Republic WJC18 75162
Junior totals 75162

References

  1. "Kůrka je v Mountfieldu spokojen a odmítl tak i nabídku z Finska". denik.cz (in Czech). 20 September 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  2. "Do Slavie se vrací Tomáš Kůrka, klub opouští jeho jmenovec Žižka". hc-slavia.cz (in Czech). 30 April 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
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