Jaroslav Kristek

Jaroslav Kristek
Born (1980-03-16) March 16, 1980
Gottwaldov, TCH
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 183 lb (83 kg; 13 st 1 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shoots Left
Czech team
Former teams
HC Energie Karlovy Vary
Buffalo Sabres
NHL Draft 50th overall, 1998
Buffalo Sabres
Playing career 2000present

Jaroslav Kristek (born March 16, 1980 in Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech ice hockey right wing. He was drafted in the second round, 50th overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. He won a Slovnaft Extraliga championship with HC Košice in 2010–11, and currently plays for HC Lev in the KHL.

Kristek played two seasons in the Western Hockey League with the Tri-City Americans before joining the Sabres' American Hockey League affiliate, the Rochester Americans, for the 2000–01 season. In three seasons with Rochester, Kristek appeared in 125 games and scored 23 goals. He also appeared in six NHL games with Buffalo during the 2002–03 season, recording no points.

Kristek returned to his native Czech Republic in 2003, before later moving to play in Slovakia.

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