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Position: Defense / Shoots: LeftHeight: 5-10 / Weight: 188Age: 30 (Turns 31 on August 11, 2007)Birthplace: Topolcany, Slovakia(August 11, 1976)ACQUIRED BY KINGS: The Kings’ fourth-round choice (118th overall) in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft.2005-06: His fifth season with the Kings proved to be his finest establishing career highs in goals (17), assists(50) and points (67)…became the first defenseman in Kings history to lead his team in scoring and for his effortswas named the club’s Most Valuable Player and Outstanding Defenseman in a vote by the local media…the onlydefenseman in the league to lead his team in scoring…finished tied for fourth in scoring among NHL defensemen(Nicklas Lidstrom/80pts., Sergei Zubov/71pts., Bryan McCabe/68pts., Tomas Kaberle/67pts.); fourth in goals(Mathieu Schneider/21; Dion Phaneuf/20; McCabe/19); and tied for fourth in assists (Lidstrom/64, Kaberle/58,Zubov/58, Scott Niedermayer/50)…his 67 points were the fourth highest single season total produced by a Kingsrearguard in franchise history (Larry Murphy/76pts.-1980-81; Steve Duchesne/75pts.-1988-89; Rob Blake/68pts.-1993-94)…led the Kings with 50 assists…ranked second on the team with 10 power play goals (MichaelCammalleri/15)…led the Kings in ice time averaging 23:16/game…led the Kings with 41 power play points (10-31=41)…tied for second on the club with 80 games played…finished second among Kings blueliners and fifthoverall with a rating of plus-7…finished fourth on the club with 116 blocked shots…had a career high nine-gamescoring/assist streak that lasted from 12/10-12/28/05 picking up 12 points (1-11=12)…the assist streak was thelongest by an NHL defensemen since ex-King Garry Galley had an 11-game assist streak while skating withPhiladelphia in 1993-94...recorded his first career hat trick (including the game winner) in a 6-3 victory at Dallason 11/2/05…just the fifth defender in club history to record a hat trick (Blake; Duchesne; Dominic LaVoie; andIan Turnbull are the others)…had six three-point games during the season…had his first three-assist game vs.Nashville on 3/25/06…registered his first career overtime goal giving the Kings a 2-1 win at Minnesota on3/7/06…played in his 300th Kings/NHL game vs. Washington on 12/14/05…scored 36 points (7-29=36) at homeand 31 points (10-21=31) on the road.CAREER:2004-05: Played in his native Slovakia for HC Slovnaft Bratislava and finished second on the team and 12th inthe league in scoring with 38 points (13-25=38)…teammates included Miroslav Satan…helped his club win theSlovak Extraliga championship (12 points in 14 post season games; 2-10=12) while also earning Best Player honorsin the league…his squad beat HKm Zvolen (in seven games) for the title…his squad advanced to the finals bybeating Dukla Trencin in seven games.2003-04: Selected as the Kings Outstanding Defenseman in a vote by the local media…finished second in scoringamong Kings defensemen with 29 points (8-21=29; Jaroslav Modry/32 pts.) despite being limited to 58 gamesbecause of injuries sustained during the season…five of his eight goals came on the power play to lead all Kingsdefensemen…finished second on the team with an average of 24:02 of ice time/game (Modry/24:23)…registeredhis 100th Kings/NHL point with an assist vs. Washington on 12/6/03…played in the first 32 games of the seasonand registered 20 points (6-14=20) with a plus-11 before being sidelined for six games with a concussion…returnedto the lineup on 1/3/04 and played in the next 15 games before sustaining a pinched nerve in his neck at Calgaryon 2/3/04…Had 22 points (7-15=22) in 31 home games and seven points (1-6=7) in 27 road games.2002-03: Finished third in scoring among Kings defensemen with 24 points (8-16=24)…had his first ever twogoalgame and his second career three-point game (2-1=3) in a 4-0 win at Atlanta on 10/29/02…played in his200th Kings/NHL game at Carolina on 3/15/03…averaged 19:20 of ice time/game…missed 25 games due to injuryor illness.2001-02: Finished fourth in scoring among Kings defensemen with 21 points (4-17=21)…two of his four goalswere game winners…played in his 100th NHL/Kings game vs. San Jose on 11/24/01…averaged 16:14 of icetime/game.2000-01: Led all rookie NHL defensemen in scoring with 39 points (7-32=39; fourth overall among allrookies)…ranked second among rookies with 32 assists (Brad Richards/41)…ranked third among rookies with aplus-16 rating…(Colin White/plus-32; Karel Rachunek/plus-17)…had his first career three-point game (1-2=3) vs.Colorado on 11/18/00…joined New Jersey’s Colin White as the selections for the NHL’s All-Rookie Team ondefense…third Kings rookie to be named to the team (Rob Blake/1991; Steve Duchesne/1987)…named Kings BestNewcomer in a vote by local media…scored his first Kings/NHL goal at Phoenix on 10/28/00…finished with aplus-4 three times (10/9/00 at Columbus; 11/16/00 vs. New York Islanders; 1/30/01 vs. Dallas)…three of his sevengoals were game-winners…average 16:58 of ice time/game…had nine multi-point games.1994-00: Recorded 140 points (67-73=140) in 243 games over six seasons with HC Slovan Bratislava of the SlovakExtraliga…made his Extraliga debut with Bratislava at 18-years of age (1994-95 season)…teammate of formerKings draft pick Martin Strbak (’93 NHL Entry Draft) with Bratislava in 1995-96…led all club blueliners with 11goals and was second among blueliners in points (23) in 1996-97…won the playoff title with Bratislava in 1997-98…helpedlead his club to the regular season title in 1998-99 by finishingsecond among defensemen in scoring…led all league defensemenin scoring with 45 points (21-24=45) in 1999-00…also ledBratislava to the playoff title that year.INTERNATIONAL PLAY: Represented Slovakia at: 2006Winter Olympic Games (6 GP, 1-1=2); 2005 World Championship(7 GP, 2-6=8); 2004 World Cup of Hockey (4 GP, 0-0=0); 2003World Championship (bronze medal – 9 GP, 4-8=12; led tournamentin points among defensemen); 2002 World Championship(gold medal – 5 GP, 2-1=3); 2002 Winter Olympic Games (3 GP,1-2=3); 2000 World Championship (silver medal – 9 GP, 0-6=6);1999 World Championship (6 GP, 0-2=2); 1998 Winter OlympicGames (3 GP, 0-0=0); 1997 World Championship (8 GP, 0-1=1);1996 World Championship (5 GP, 0-1=1); 1996 World JuniorChampionship (6 GP, 1-5=6); 1996 World Cup of Hockey (1 GP, 0-0=0); 1995 World Junior Championship - Pool B (sliver medal - 7GP, 1-6=7); 1994 European Junior Championship – Pool C (goldmedal – 6 GP, 2-3=5).PERSONAL: Lives in Bratislava, Slovakia, during the summer…nicknamesare Vish and Lubo…favorite actress is AngelinaJolie…favorite actor is Denzel Washington…favorite action herois Jean Claude Van Dame…favorite movie is TrainingDay…favorite recording artists are Robbie Williams andAfroman…favorite sport to play other than hockey issquash…enjoys sushi restaurants…favorite car is a Ferrari…likesto vacation in Hawaii and Tahiti…enjoys swimming…typical pregamemeal is chicken and pasta or chicken soup…favorite NHL city other than LA is Toronto…favorite videogame is Need for Speed…favorite magazines are Esquire, Maxim, and Speed…childhood idol was PaulCoffey…favorite professional athletes are Michael Jordan and Michael Schumacher…favorite hockey momentis the playoffs against Detroit in 2001…would like to be the GM of a Slovak hockey team after his playingcareer.VISNOVSKY –vs– NHLGP G A PTS PIMGP G A PTS PIMANA 24 1 11 12 6ATL 7 4 5 9 4BOS 6 2 5 7 2BUF 5 0 1 1 4CGY 17 0 8 8 6CAR 7 0 2 2 6CHI 18 2 4 6 12COL 17 3 6 9 8CBJ 15 0 7 7 0DAL 23 9 10 19 10DET 19 2 8 10 10EDM 20 2 5 7 8FLA 5 0 2 2 2LA - - - - -MIN 16 2 3 5 6MTL 5 2 1 3 2NSH 16 2 9 11 4NJ 4 0 0 0 4NYI 4 1 2 3 0NYR 5 1 4 5 0OTT 6 1 5 6 2PHI 5 0 1 1 2PHX 22 3 10 13 20PIT 5 0 2 2 0SJ 24 3 8 11 10STL 18 2 7 9 4TB 4 0 1 1 0TOR 5 0 1 1 8VAN 19 2 4 6 12WSH 7 0 4 4 2CAREER RECORDCAREERHIGHLIGHTSMOST POINTS, Game: 3(8 times)Last: March 25, 2006 vs.Nashville (0-3=3)MOST GOALS, Game: 3November 2, 2005 at DallasMOST ASSISTS, Game: 3March 25, 2006 vs.NashvilleCAREER PENALTY SHOTS:NoneCAREER OVERTIME GOALS: 1March 7, 2006 at Minnesota (3-2)REGULAR SEASONPLAYOFFSSEASON CLUB LEAGUE GP G A PTS PIM GP G A PTS PIM1994-95 HC Slovan Bratislava Slovak 36 11 12 23 10 9 1 3 4 21995-96 HC Slovan Bratislava Slovak 35 8 6 14 22 13 1 5 6 21996-97 HC Slovan Bratislava Slovak 44 11 12 23 n/a 2 0 1 1 n/a1997-98 HC Slovan Bratislava Slovak 36 7 9 16 16 11 2 4 6 81998-99 HC Slovan Bratislava Slovak 40 9 10 19 31 10 5 5 10 01999-00 HC Slovan Bratislava Slovak 52 21 24 45 38 8 5 3 8 162000-01 Los Angeles Kings NHL 81 7 32 39 36 8 0 0 0 02001-02 Los Angeles Kings NHL 72 4 17 21 14 4 0 1 1 02002-03 Los Angeles Kings NHL 57 8 16 24 28 – – – – –2003-04 Los Angeles Kings NHL 58 8 21 29 26 – – – – –2004-05 HC Slovan Bratislava Slovak 43 13 25 38 40 14 2 10 12 102005-06 Los Angeles Kings NHL 80 17 50 67 50 – – – – –NHL Totals 348 44 136 180 154 12 0 1 1 0KINGS Totals 348 44 136 180 154 12 0 1 1 0THE PLAYERS6465