Vladimír Dravecký (born 3 June 1985) is a Slovak

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 ...

player who is currently playing for the HC Ocelari Trinec in 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 ...

Career

Dravecký is a product of the

HC Košice Hockey Club Košice is a Slovak professional ice hockey club based in Košice that competes in the Slovak Extraliga, the top tier of Slovak ice hockey. It is the most successful hockey club in Slovakia and the former Czechoslovakia, having won th ...

youth system. He debuted at the Extraliga in the 2001–02 season. His breakthrough came in the 2003–04 season, playing 43 games in the regular season. On 21 May 2007, he signed a 2-year contract with the Los Angeles Kings. Dravecký then played with Kings affiliate the

Manchester Monarchs Manchester Monarchs may refer to: *Manchester Monarchs (AHL) (2001–2015) *Manchester Monarchs (ECHL) The Manchester Monarchs were a professional ice hockey team in the ECHL which began play in the 2015–16 season. Based in Manchester, New ...

for the next two seasons before his return to Europe to play in Kontinental Hockey League with

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 ...

International play

Dravecký participated at the

2010 IIHF World Championship The 2010 IIHF World Championship was the 74th IIHF World Championship, an annual international ice hockey tournament. It took place between 7 and 23 May 2010 in Germany. The games were played in the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, SAP Arena in Mannhei ...

, playing 6 games for

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

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* 1985 births Living people Espoo Blues players HC Ajoie players HC Košice players HC Oceláři Třinec players HC Slovan Bratislava players HC Prešov players HC Yugra players Manchester Monarchs (AHL) players Molot-Prikamye Perm players Reading Royals players Ice hockey people from Košice Slovak ice hockey right wingers Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Russia Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in the Czech Republic Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Switzerland Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Finland {{Slovakia-icehockey-bio-stub