Roman Turek

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Roman Turek (born 21 May, 1970 in Strakonice, Czech Republic) is a retired professional ice hockey player, playing as a goaltender for the Dallas Stars, St. Louis Blues, and Calgary Flames in a 9-year NHL career.

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Playing career

Chosen 113th overall by the Minnesota North Stars in the 1990 Entry Draft, he moved with them to Dallas where he played as the backup to Ed Belfour. Despite his backup role, he achieved international glory with the Czech Republic team, backstopping them to a gold medal at the 1996 World Championships.

He was traded to the St. Louis Blues in the 1999 off-season, and finally got his chance to shine as he topped the league with seven shutouts and won the William M. Jennings Trophy in his first season. He played a second season with the Blues before being acquired by the Calgary Flames.

In the 2003-04 season, Roman's status as the Flames number 1 goaltender was altered drastically when Darryl Sutter traded a conditional draft pick for Miikka Kiprusoff, whose stellar performances relegated Turek to the bench. However, Turek was a dependable backup, and he helped the Flames to the 2004 Stanley Cup finals against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Turek announced his retirement from the NHL on August 9, 2005.

Trivia

Roman Turek used Iron Maiden mascot "Eddie the Head" as the main theme in all his masks from the different NHL teams he played with which created some very individual/interesting masks.

Career statistics

Regular season

   
Season Team League GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA
1996-97 Dallas NHL 6 3 1 0 263 9 0 2.05
1997-98 Dallas NHL 23 11 10 1 1323 49 1 2.22
1998-99 Dallas NHL 26 16 3 3 1381 48 1 2.08
1999-00 St. Louis NHL 67 42 15 9 3960 129 7 1.95
2000-01 St. Louis NHL 54 24 18 10 3232 123 6 2.28
2001-02 Calgary NHL 69 30 28 11 4081 172 5 2.53
2002-03 Calgary NHL 65 27 29 9 3821 164 4 2.57
2003-04 Calgary NHL 18 6 11 0 1301 40 3 2.33
NHL CAREER TOTALS 328 159 115 43 19094 734 27 2.31

Post-season

   
Season Team League GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA
1999-00 St. Louis NHL 7 3 4 0 414 19 0 2.75
2000-01 St. Louis NHL 14 9 5 0 908 31 0 2.05
2003-04 Calgary NHL 1 0 0 0 19 0 0 0.00
NHL CAREER TOTALS 22 12 9 0 1342 50 0 2.23

Awards

International play

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