Juraj Mikuš (born 30 November 1988) is a Slovak professional

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currently playing for

HC Vítkovice Ridera HC Vítkovice Ridera is an ice hockey club based in Vítkovice (Ostrava), Vítkovice, the Moravia, Moravian-part of Ostrava, in the Czech Republic, competing in the Czech Extraliga. It plays at Ostravar Aréna (formerly ''Palác kultury a sportu ...

of the

Czech Extraliga The Czech Extraliga ( cs, Extraliga ledního hokeje, ELH) is the highest-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic. It was created by the 1993 split of the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League following the breakup of Czechoslovakia. The leag ...

(ELH). Mikuš was drafted by the

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in the fifth round of the

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from HC Dukla Trenčín of Slovak Extraliga.

Playing career

After attending the

' pre-season training camp in 2009, he was assigned the Marlies, the Leafs' AHL affiliate, on 19 September 2009. On 20 June 2012, Mikuš left the Maple Leafs organization and signed with HC Lev Praha of the Kontinental Hockey League. After his second season in the KHL in 2013–14, Mikus initially signed a one-year extension to remain with Lev but was later released as a free agent as the club declared bankruptcy and withdrew from KHL participation. On 10 July 2014, Mikus opted to remain in Prague, signing a one-year deal with

HC Sparta Praha Hockey Club Sparta Praha, commonly known as HC Sparta Prague, is a Prague-based Czech ice hockey team playing in the Czech Extraliga. The club has won four Czech championships (most recently in 2007) and four Czechoslovak championships, as ...

of the Czech Extraliga. He played in four seasons with Sparta Praha, before leaving as a free agent and agreeing to a one-year contract with fellow ELH club, HC Kometa Brno, on May 8, 2018.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

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* 1988 births Living people HK Dukla Trenčín players HC Dynamo Pardubice players HC Kometa Brno players HC Lev Praha players HC Vítkovice players Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Slovakia Slovak ice hockey defencemen HC Sparta Praha players Toronto Maple Leafs draft picks Toronto Marlies players Ice hockey people from Trenčín Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in the Czech Republic Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Canada {{Slovakia-icehockey-bio-stub