| Roman Turek | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Turek withHC Mountfield in 2007 | |||
| Born | (1970-05-21)May 21, 1970 (age 55) | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| Caught | Right | ||
| Played for | HC České Budějovice Nürnberg Ice Tigers Dallas Stars St. Louis Blues Calgary Flames | ||
| National team |  Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic | ||
| NHL draft | 113th overall,1990 Minnesota North Stars | ||
| Playing career | 1988–2010 | ||
Roman Turek (born May 21, 1970) is a Czech former professionalice hockeygoaltender who played for theDallas Stars,St. Louis Blues andCalgary Flames in a nine-yearNational Hockey League (NHL) career. He last played in theCzech Extraliga forHC České Budějovice.
Drafted 113th overall by theMinnesota North Stars in the1990 NHL Entry Draft on June 16, 1990, Turek moved with the franchise toDallas, where he initially played as the third-string goaltender behindAndy Moog andArtūrs Irbe before serving as the backup toEd Belfour. He won aStanley Cup in this role in 1999. Despite his backup role, he achieved international glory with the Czech Republic national team, backstopping them to a gold medal at the 1996 World Championships. In this year, he also played in Germany for theNürnberg Ice Tigers.
The Stars, fearing they would lose Turek to theAtlanta Thrashers in the upcoming expansion draft, traded him to theSt. Louis Blues in the 1999 off-season on June 19, 1999, and Turek finally got his chance to shine as he topped the league with seven shutouts and won theWilliam M. Jennings Trophy in his first season. He helped the Blues to thePresidents' Trophy that year and the Blues entered theplayoffs with high expectations. However, St. Louis was eliminated in seven games by the eighth-seededSan Jose Sharks, with some aggravated Blues fans pinning responsibility on Turek because of some soft goals he allowed, including one in game 7 that was fired from centre ice by Sharks captainOwen Nolan.[1][2] However, he played a second season with the Blues while being challenged for the starting position by backupBrent Johnson. He put up good numbers again, this time helping the Blues reach the playoffs as the fourth seed, where they again faced the Sharks in the first round. This time, Turek helped the Blues eliminate the Sharks in six games and then helped them sweep the Dallas Stars, his former team, in the second round. However, in the third round against theColorado Avalanche, soft goals plagued him again (including one scored after an attempt to scoop the puck into his glove with his stick) and again in some fan circles bore the brunt of the blame for the Blues' third round 4–1 ouster.
In the off-season, Turek was traded to theCalgary Flames on June 23, 2001.
In the 2003–04 season, Turek's status as the Flames' starting goaltender was altered drastically when, following an injury to Turek,Darryl Sutter traded a conditional draft pick to the San Jose Sharks forMiikka Kiprusoff. Though he struggled in San Jose, Kiprusoff's stellar performances in Calgary relegated Turek to the bench. However, Turek was a dependable backup, as Kiprusoff led the Flames to the2004 Stanley Cup Finals against theTampa Bay Lightning.
In 2004, Turek restructured his contract to substantially drop his salary from $5 million plus bonuses for the 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons. The restructuring brought his salary to between $1 million and $2 million, with potential earnings relying heavily on performance bonuses. The restructuring saved the Calgary Flames organization between $3 million and $4 million in the 2004–05 season.[3]
Turek announced his retirement from the NHL on August 9, 2005.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | T | OTL | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | GP | W | L | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | ||
| 1987–88 | TJ Motor České Budějovice | CSSR-JR | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | VTJ Písek | CSSR-2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | VTJ Písek | CSSR-2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | TJ Motor České Budějovice | CSSR | 26 | — | — | — | — | 1244 | 98 | 0 | 4.73 | .880 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | TJ Motor České Budějovice | CSSR-2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | HC České Budějovice | CSSR | 43 | — | — | — | — | 2555 | 121 | — | 2.84 | .923 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | HC České Budějovice | CZE | 44 | 23 | 15 | 6 | — | 2532 | 109 | 3 | 2.58 | .927 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 180 | 11 | 0 | 3.67 | .866 | ||
| 1994–95 | HC České Budějovice | CZE | 44 | 20 | 18 | 6 | — | 2586 | 118 | 2 | 2.74 | .920 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 501 | 26 | 0 | 3.11 | .915 | ||
| 1995–96 | Nürnberg Ice Tigers | DEL | 48 | — | — | — | — | 2787 | 154 | — | 3.32 | — | 5 | — | — | 338 | 14 | — | 2.48 | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 263 | 9 | 0 | 2.06 | .930 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Michigan K-Wings | IHL | 29 | 8 | 13 | 4 | — | 1555 | 77 | 0 | 2.97 | .905 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 23 | 11 | 10 | 1 | — | 1324 | 49 | 1 | 2.22 | .901 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Michigan K-Wings | IHL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 119 | 5 | 0 | 2.52 | .928 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 26 | 16 | 3 | 3 | — | 1382 | 48 | 1 | 2.08 | .915 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 67 | 42 | 15 | 9 | — | 3960 | 129 | 7 | 1.95 | .912 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 415 | 19 | 0 | 2.75 | .882 | ||
| 2000–01 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 54 | 24 | 18 | 10 | — | 3232 | 123 | 6 | 2.28 | .901 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 908 | 31 | 0 | 2.05 | .919 | ||
| 2001–02 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 69 | 30 | 28 | 11 | — | 4081 | 172 | 5 | 2.53 | .906 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 65 | 27 | 29 | 9 | — | 3822 | 164 | 4 | 2.57 | .902 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 18 | 6 | 11 | 0 | — | 1031 | 40 | 3 | 2.33 | .914 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | ||
| 2004–05 | HC České Budějovice | CZE-2 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | — | 859 | 23 | 3 | 1.61 | .924 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 360 | 3 | 4 | 0.50 | .979 | ||
| 2005–06 | HC České Budějovice | CZE | 31 | 15 | 11 | 5 | — | 1832 | 69 | 1 | 2.26 | .924 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 618 | 19 | 1 | 1.84 | .941 | ||
| 2006–07 | HC Mountfield | CZE | 35 | 19 | 16 | — | 0 | 1995 | 88 | 2 | 2.65 | .911 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 609 | 29 | 1 | 2.86 | .914 | ||
| 2007–08 | HC Mountfield | CZE | 42 | 29 | 13 | — | 0 | 2494 | 89 | 6 | 2.14 | .929 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 641 | 17 | 3 | 1.59 | .945 | ||
| 2008–09 | HC Mountfield | CZE | 44 | 20 | 24 | — | 0 | 2463 | 104 | 4 | 2.53 | .921 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | HC Mountfield | CZE | 38 | 14 | 24 | — | 0 | 2286 | 109 | 4 | 2.86 | .906 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 298 | 22 | 0 | 4.43 | .872 | ||
| CZE totals | 278 | 140 | 121 | 17 | 0 | 16,188 | 686 | 22 | 2.54 | .920 | 49 | 24 | 25 | 2,847 | 124 | 5 | 2.61 | .919 | ||||
| NHL totals | 328 | 159 | 115 | 43 | — | 19,094 | 734 | 27 | 2.31 | .907 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1,343 | 50 | 0 | 2.23 | .908 | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | GP | W | L | T | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Czechoslovakia | EJC | 5 | — | — | — | 273 | 9 | — | 1.98 | — | |
| 1989 | Czechoslovakia | WJC | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 390 | 16 | 0 | 2.46 | — | |
| 1990 | Czechoslovakia | WJC | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 326 | 14 | 0 | 2.58 | .906 | |
| 1994 | Czech Republic | OLY | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 3 | 0 | 1.50 | .931 | |
| 1994 | Czech Republic | WC | 2 | — | — | — | 120 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 | .892 | |
| 1995 | Czech Republic | WC | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 359 | 9 | 2 | 1.50 | .939 | |
| 1996 | Czech Republic | WC | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 480 | 15 | 1 | 1.88 | .952 | |
| 1996 | Czech Republic | WCH | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 82 | 10 | 0 | 7.32 | .833 | |
| Junior totals | 18 | — | — | — | 989 | 39 | — | 2.37 | — | |||
| Senior totals | 21 | — | — | — | 1161 | 41 | 3 | 2.12 | — | |||
| Award | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| NHL | ||
| William M. Jennings Trophy | 1999 (shared withEd Belfour), 2000 | |
| Stanley Cup champion | 1999 | |
| All-Star Game | 2000 | |
| Second All-Star team | 2000 | |
| International | ||
| Best Goaltender | 1996 | |
| All-Star team | 1995, 1996 | |
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Winner of theWilliam M. Jennings Trophy 1999 (withEd Belfour), 2000 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Golden Hockey Stick 1994 | Succeeded by |
| International | |
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| National | |
