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Czechia Zbynek Michalek
#4 HC Kometa Brno / Czechia - 18/19
1-time World Championship Silver Medal 1
1-time World Championship Bronze Medal 1
1-time AHL Calder Cup Champion 1
Date of Birth
Dec 23, 1982
Position
D
Age
42
Height
6'2" / 189 cm
Place of Birth
Jindrichuv Hradec, CZE
Weight
209 lbs / 95 kg
Nation
Czechia
Shoots
R
Youth Team
KLH Jindrichuv Hradec
Status
Retired

Michálek is a big defenseman who is excellent defensively. Blocks a lot of shots and can play a shutdown role for his team. A decent powerplay guy, too, thanks to a hard shot. Could play a more physical game.
- Erik K. Piri, EP (2014)

Brother: Milan Michalek

Team Staff profile of Zbynek Michalek also available

© Photo: Timo Savela

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Zbynek Michalek Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1999-00 HC Karlovy Vary U20 Czechia U20 40* 2* 10* 12* 20* -* |
2000-01 Shawinigan Cataractes QMJHL 69* 10* 29* 39* 52* 41* | Playoffs 3 0 0 0 0 2
2001-02 Shawinigan Cataractes QMJHL 68* 16* 35* 51* 54* 25* | Playoffs 12 8 9 17 17 -5
Czechia U20 (all) International-Jr 3* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
2002-03 Houston Aeros AHL 62* 4* 10* 14* 26* 16* | Playoffs 23 1 1 2 6 7
2003-04 Minnesota Wild NHL 22* 1* 1* 2* 4* -7* |
Houston Aeros AHL 55* 5* 16* 21* 32* -5* | Playoffs 2 1 0 1 0 2
2004-05 Houston Aeros AHL 76* 7* 17* 24* 48* -10* | Playoffs 5 1 2 3 4 0
2005-06 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 82* 9* 15* 24* 62* 4* |
Czechia WC 9* 3* 0* 3* 6* 0* |
Czechia (all) International 12* 3* 0* 3* 6* -* |
2006-07 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 82* 4* 24* 28* 34* -20* |
Czechia WC 7* 0* 1* 1* 4* 0* |
Czechia (all) International 9* 0* 2* 2* 4* -* |
2007-08 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 75* 4* 13* 17* 34* 9* |
Czechia WC 7* 0* 0* 0* 6* -7* |
Czechia (all) International 7* 0* 0* 0* 6* -7* |
2008-09 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 82* 6* 21* 27* 28* -13* |
2009-10 Phoenix Coyotes “A” NHL 72* 3* 14* 17* 30* 5* | Playoffs 7 0 2 2 2 -4
Czechia OG 5* 0* 0* 0* 2* 0* |
Czechia (all) International 5* 0* 0* 0* 2* -* |
2010-11 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 73* 5* 14* 19* 30* 0* | Playoffs 7 0 1 1 0 1
Czechia WC 8* 0* 1* 1* 0* 6* |
Czechia (all) International 8* 0* 1* 1* 0* 0* |
2011-12 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 62* 2* 11* 13* 24* 0* | Playoffs 6 0 1 1 0 2
2012-13 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 34* 0* 2* 2* 14* 4* |
Czechia “A” WC 8* 3* 1* 4* 2* 2* |
Czechia (all) International 8* 3* 1* 4* 2* 2* |
2013-14 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 59* 2* 8* 10* 24* 6* |
Czechia OG 5* 0* 1* 1* 2* 3* |
Czechia (all) International 5* 0* 1* 1* 2* 3* |
2014-15 Arizona Coyotes NHL 53* 2* 6* 8* 12* -6* |
St. Louis Blues NHL 15* 2* 2* 4* 6* 3* | Playoffs 6 0 0 0 4 -2
2015-16 Arizona Coyotes NHL 70* 2* 5* 7* 20* 3* |
2016-17 Arizona Coyotes NHL 3* 0* 0* 0* 0* 1* |
Tucson Roadrunners AHL 43* 6* 8* 14* 32* -4* |
Czechia WCup 3* 1* 0* 1* 2* 1* |
Czechia (all) International 6* 1* 0* 1* 2* -1* |
2017-18 HC Sparta Praha Czechia 30* 5* 13* 18* 16* -1* | Playoffs 3 0 0 0 2 -3
Czechia (all) International 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
2018-19 HC Kometa Brno Czechia 13* 0* 0* 0* 2* 4* | Playoffs 10 0 1 1 0 -3

Zbynek Michalek Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2005-06 Czechia EHT 3* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
2017-18 Czechia EHT 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |

Zbynek Michalek Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
AHL 4 236* 22* 51* 73* 0.31* 138* -3* | 3 30 3 * 3 * 6 * 0.20 * 10 * 9 *
Czechia 2 43* 5* 13* 18* 0.42* 18* 3* | 2 13 0 * 1 * 1 * 0.08 * 2 * -6 *
Czechia U20 1 40* 2* 10* 12* 0.30* 20* -* | 0 * * * * * *
EHT 2 5* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 0* 0* | 0 * * * * * *
International 9 62* 7* 5* 12* 0.19* 24* -3* | 0 * * * * * *
International-Jr 1 3* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 0* -* | 0 * * * * * *
NHL 13 784* 42* 136* 178* 0.23* 322* -11* | 4 26 0 * 4 * 4 * 0.15 * 6 * -3 *
OG 2 10* 0* 1* 1* 0.10* 4* 3* | 0 * * * * * *
QMJHL 2 137* 26* 64* 90* 0.66* 106* 66* | 2 15 8 * 9 * 17 * 1.13 * 17 * -3 *
WC 5 39* 6* 3* 9* 0.23* 18* 1* | 0 * * * * * *
WCup 1 3* 1* 0* 1* 0.33* 2* 1* | 0 * * * * * *
* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Zbynek Michalek Career Highlights

Season
Awards by season
Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
01/19/2019
01/19/2019 Confirmed No team HC Kometa Brno
10/19/2017
10/19/2017 Confirmed Tucson Roadrunners HC Sparta Praha
07/01/2015
07/01/2015 Confirmed St. Louis Blues Arizona Coyotes
03/02/2015
03/02/2015 Confirmed Arizona Coyotes St. Louis Blues
06/23/2012
06/23/2012 Confirmed Pittsburgh Penguins Phoenix Coyotes
07/01/2010
07/01/2010 Confirmed Phoenix Coyotes Pittsburgh Penguins
Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2000, 1 #59 overall by Victoriaville Tigres in the CHL Import Draft

Cult/Star player for Arizona Coyotes

Cult/Star player for Czechia

Cult/Star player for Houston Aeros

Cult/Star player for Shawinigan Cataractes

Career transactions
- 2012-06-22 • Traded to the Phoenix Coyotes for Marc Cheverie, the rights to Harrison Ruopp & a 2012 3rd round pick (Oskar Sundqvist)
- 2011-09-08 • Signed by the Pittsburgh Penguins
- 2005-08-26 • Traded to the Phoenix Coyotes for Erik Westrum & Dustin Wood
- 2001-09-29 • Signed by the Minnesota Wild

Other memorable dates
- 2004-03-09 • Scored his first NHL goal (vs. San Jose Sharks vs. Yevgeni Nabokov)
- 2004-01-16 • Made his NHL debut (vs. Pittsburgh Penguins)