Karol Križan (born June 5, 1980 in
Žilina
Žilina (; hu, Zsolna, ; german: Sillein, or ; pl, Żylina , names in other languages) is a city in north-western Slovakia, around from the capital Bratislava, close to both the Czech and Polish borders. It is the fourth largest city of ...
,
Czechoslovakia
, rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי,
, common_name = Czechoslovakia
, life_span = 1918–19391945–1992
, p1 = Austria-Hungary
, image_p1 ...
, now
Slovakia
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) is a professional
Slovak 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 h ...
goaltender
In ice hockey, the goaltender (commonly referred to as the goalie) is the player responsible for preventing the hockey puck from entering their team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring. The goaltender mostly plays in or near t ...
currently playing for
HKM Rimavská Sobota in the
Slovak 2. Liga.
Career
Križan played three and a half seasons with
Modo Hockey
Modo Hockey (or MoDo with uppercase letters) is a professional ice hockey club in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The team plays in Sweden's second-tier league HockeyAllsvenskan. The club was founded in 1987 and has won one SHL championships; in 2007. ...
of the Swedish
Elitserien between September 2005 and December 2008.
In the play of Modo against
Timrå IK
Timrå IK is a professional Swedish ice hockey team based in Timrå, north of Sundsvall. It competes in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), which is the top-tier league in Sweden, since being promoted by winning 2021 SHL qualifiers. Previous seaso ...
he scored a goal and recorded a
shutout
In team sports, a shutout ( US) or clean sheet ( UK) is a game in which one team prevents the other from scoring any points. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball.
Shutouts are usuall ...
at the same time. He also led Modo to the Swedish Championship in 2007 with the help of his backup
Michal Zajkowski. On December 17, 2008, he left Modo and moved to
HC Ambrì-Piotta
Hockey Club Ambrì-Piotta is a Swiss professional ice hockey club and a member of the National League (NL). The club was founded September 19, 1937, and is also known as "Bianco-Blu" (English: white and blues). Though they have never won the leagu ...
. On June 30, 2009, he returned to his homeland Slovakia to sign for
MHC Martin
HK Martin is a professional ice hockey team playing in the second highest league (Slovak 1. Liga) in Slovakia.
History
The club was established in 1932 as Slávia Martin. Later the name was changed to Sokol, ŠK, ZŤS, Hutník, Martimex ZŤS, Mar ...
.
Krizan was loaned to
HK Detva of the
Slovak 1.Liga during the season, playing four games there. Krizan then left Detva and Martin to sign with
Växjö Lakers Hockey
Växjö ( ) is a city and the seat of Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden. It had 70,489 inhabitants (2019) out of a municipal population of 95,995 (2021). It is the administrative, cultural, and industrial centre of Kronoberg County ...
of the
HockeyAllsvenskan
HockeyAllsvenskan (previously Allsvenskan and SuperAllsvenskan) is a professional ice hockey league, and the second-highest league in the Swedish ice hockey system (after the SHL). Since the 2009–10 season, the league consists of fourteen team ...
on January 2, 2011. After the end of the 2010–11 season, Krizan was not offered an extended contract with Växjö. On July 28, 2011, Krizan signed a one-year contract with the
Serie A
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team
Sportverein Ritten-Renon. Before the 2013 season, Krizan signed a contract with
Tønsberg Vikings in the Norwegian
Get-ligaen
Eliteserien, known as Fjordkraftligaen due to sponsorship, is the premier Norwegian ice hockey league, organised by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Association. It comprises 10 clubs and works on the premise of promotion and relegation, in which the t ...
.
International
Krizan played with the
Slovakia men's national ice hockey team
The Slovakia men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Slovakia and is controlled by the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation. A successor to the Czechoslovakia national team, it is one of the most successful national ice hockey ...
in the
2004,
2005 and
2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
The 2006 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships was the 70th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 45 countries participated in four levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for ...
, as well as the
2006 Winter Olympics
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second ...
.
References
https://web.archive.org/web/20131224205904/http://tonsberghockey.no/index.php
External links
*
Karol Krizan on Hockeyligan.se– SEL homepage
1980 births
Living people
HC Ambrì-Piotta players
HC 07 Detva players
Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics
MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš players
MHC Martin players
Modo Hockey players
HC Nové Zámky players
Olympic ice hockey players of Slovakia
Sportspeople from Žilina
Ritten Sport players
Slovak ice hockey goaltenders
Tønsberg Vikings players
Växjö Lakers players
MsHK Žilina players
HKM Zvolen players
Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden
Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Norway
Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Switzerland
Expatriate ice hockey players in Italy
Expatriate ice hockey players in Norway
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