Gabriel Spilar, formerly Gabriel Špilár (

Košice Košice ( , ; german: Kaschau ; hu, Kassa ; pl, Коszyce) is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of app ...

, 15 December 1980) is a Slovak former professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

forward.

Personal life

Špilár changed his Slovak name to Spilar in 2009, he explained the change to Slovak journalists as because of not having good memories of his stepfather and wanting to distinguish his own name.Už s novým priezviskom Spilar sa vracia do Žiliny
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Regular season and playoffs

Awards and honours

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* 1980 births Living people Ice hockey people from Košice Slovak ice hockey right wingers North Bay Centennials players HC Košice players HKM Zvolen players HC Sparta Praha players HC Slovan Bratislava players PSG Berani Zlín players MsHK Žilina players Barys Astana players Espoo Blues players HK Nitra players Kazzinc-Torpedo players Vaasan Sport players MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš players HK Dukla Michalovce players Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Finland Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Canada Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in the Czech Republic Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Kazakhstan {{Slovakia-icehockey-bio-stub