Marián Smerčiak (born 24 December 1972) is a Slovak retired professional

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Career

Smerčiak played in the

Slovak Extraliga The Tipos Extraliga (Slovak Extraliga) is the highest-level ice hockey league in Slovakia. From the 2018–19 season to the 2020–21 season, the league included one or two teams from Hungary. In 2009, it was ranked by the IIHF as the fifth stro ...

for

HK Dukla Trenčín Hokejový Klub Dukla Trenčín is a professional Slovak ice hockey club based in Trenčín, playing in the Slovak Extraliga. The club has won three Slovak league championships (1994, 1997, 2004) and one Czechoslovak league championship (1992). Th ...

MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš is a professional ice hockey team in the Slovak Extraliga, top hockey tier in Slovakia. Their home town is Liptovský Mikuláš in Slovakia. The team plays their home games at Liptovský Mikuláš Ice Stadium. Histor ...

HC Slovan Bratislava Hockey Club Slovan Bratislava ( sk, Hokejový klub Slovan Bratislava) is a professional ice hockey club based in Bratislava, Slovakia. In 2012, it left the Slovak Extraliga and joined the international Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). In 2019, i ...

and

HK Spišská Nová Ves HK Spišská Nová Ves is a professional Slovak ice hockey club based in Spišská Nová Ves. They currently play in the Slovak Extraliga. The club is a four-time and current winner of the second highest competition Slovak 1. Liga, as it won in ...

. He also played in the

1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 17. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, was an international winter multi-sport event held fro ...

and the 1996 World Championship for the Slovakia national team.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

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* 1972 births Living people Czechoslovak ice hockey defencemen HK Dubnica players HK Dukla Trenčín players Guildford Flames players Ice hockey players at the 1994 Winter Olympics MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš players Olympic ice hockey players for Slovakia Ice hockey people from Liptovský Mikuláš HC Slovan Bratislava players Slovak ice hockey defencemen HK Spišská Nová Ves players Rostock Piranhas players Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in England Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Germany {{Slovakia-icehockey-bio-stub