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handed goals in one game: Feb. 15 vs. Atlanta…Playoffs: Threeassists in seven games…1998-99: Tied for St. Louis lead in pointsamong rookies and led rookies in assistsPERSONAL: “Zeus” lists these as his favorites: Elan (band fromSlovakia); “Friends” (TV Show); Pittsburgh (NHL team as a youth);Philadelphia (road city); SSC Neapol, a Slovakian soccer team(professional sports team); tennis (sport other than hockey); Sicily(vacation spot)…first job was a hockey player…most memorablemoment in the NHL was his first game, played with the St. LouisBlues in the 1998-99 season…hockey idol growing up was DusanPasek…favorite professional athlete is Roger Federer….hiddentalent is that he is good at any sport he plays…if he could meetanyone in history it would be Alexander Dubcek, the former leaderof Czechoslovakia who was kidnapped when the Russians invadedCzechslovakia (“I’d love to hear his story and how everythinghappened”)….Speaks Russian, Slovak, and English….mostfamous person in his cell phone contact list is Marek Hamsik, thecaptain of the Slovakia national soccer team….is learning to playgolf…started skating at age four and playing organized hockey atage six…if he didn’t play hockey for a living he would play anothersport…wears CCM skates, size 9.75.CAREER STATISTICSPLAYOFFSSEASON CLUB LEAGUE GP G A PTS PIM GP G A PTS PIM1993-94 Bystrica Jr. Slovakia Jr. 40 23 36 59 - - - - - -1994-95 Bystrica Slovakia 22 15 14 29 10 - - - - -1995-96 Bystrica Slovakia 19 3 1 4 8 - - - - -Slovakia World Jr. 6 0 3 3 2 - - - - -1996-97 HC SKP PS Poprad Slovakia 44 15 18 33 - - - - - -Slovakia World Jr. 6 2 4 6 2 - - - - -1997-98 Worcester AHL 69 27 36 63 54 11 2 6 8 101998-99 St. Louis NHL 66 4 12 16 30 11 0 2 2 81999-00 St. Louis NHL 81 25 28 53 44 7 0 3 3 6Slovakia World Ch. 6 1 4 5 4 - - - - -2000-01 St. Louis NHL 36 10 14 24 12 - - - - -Phoenix NHL 10 4 4 8 21 - - - - -2001-02 Phoenix NHL 79 15 30 45 34 5 0 0 0 2Slovakia Olympics 2 1 0 1 6 - - - - -Slovakia World Ch. 6 1 4 5 4 - - - - -2002-03 Philadelphia NHL 82 23 21 44 46 13 2 6 8 62003-04 Philadelphia NHL 82 20 38 58 82 18 5 5 10 102004-05 HKM Zvolen Slovakia 33 14 24 38 34 - - - - -Slovakia World Cup Did Not Play - Injury2005-06 Philadelphia NHL 73 11 33 44 38 6 0 2 2 2Slovakia Olympics Did Not Play - Injury2006-07 Chicago NHL 8 3 5 8 6 - - - - -2007-08 Los Angeles NHL 82 7 14 21 45 - - - - -2008-09 Los Angeles NHL 82 18 24 42 32 - - - - -Slovakia World Ch. 6 0 4 4 6 - - - - -2009-10 Los Angeles NHL 81 20 22 42 38 6 3 2 5 4Slovakia World Ch. 7 3 3 6 0 - - - - -2010-11 Los Angeles NHL 82 12 18 30 20 - - - - -2011-12 San Jose NHL 67 7 17 24 18 2 0 0 0 0Slovakia World Ch. 8 2 5 7 0 - - - - -Sharks Totals 67 7 17 24 18 2 0 0 0 0NHL Totals 911 179 280 459 468 74 11 21 32 38Selected by St. Louis in the fourth round (101st overall) in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft…Acquired by Phoenix along with Ladislav Nagy, therights to Jeff Taffe and a first-round selection in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft (Ben Eager) from St. Louis for Keith Tkachuk on March 13, 2001…Acquired by Philadelphia along with Robert Esche from Phoenix for Brian Boucher and Nashville’s third-round selection in the 2002 NHLEntry Draft (previously acquired, Phoenix selected Joe Callahan) on June 12, 2002…Acquired by Chicago from Philadelphia for Kyle Calderon Aug. 4, 2006. Signed by Los Angeles as a free agent on July 2, 2007. Signed by San Jose as a free agent on July 1, 2011.2012-13 SAN JOSE SHARKSsjsharks.com • TWITTER: @SanJoseSharks55