Šimon Hrubec (born June 30, 1991) is a

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professional

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. He is currently playing with

ZSC Lions The Zürcher Schlittschuh Club Lions are a professional ice hockey team located in Zürich, Switzerland, playing in the National League (NL). Their home arena is the 12,000-seat Swiss Life Arena. The team was founded in 1930 and played at the ...

in the

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(NL).

Playing career

Hrubec played with HC České Budějovice in the Czech Extraliga during the

2010–11 Czech Extraliga season The 2010–11 Czech Extraliga season was the 18th season of the Czech Extraliga since its creation after the breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1993. In the regular season, HC Oceláři Třinec finished atop ...

. He later joined HC Oceláři Třinec in 2012. After eight seasons with Oceláři Třinec, Hrubec left the Czech Republic as a free agent. On 14 June 2019, he opted to sign a one-year contract with Chinese club Kunlun Red Star of the KHL. After ten games with Kunlun into his second season with the club in the 2020–21 campaign, Hrubec was traded to contending Russian club,

Avangard Omsk Hockey Club Avangard (, Vanguard), also known as Avangard Omsk, is a professional ice hockey club based in Omsk, Russia. It is a member of the Chernyshev Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Franchise history Early years of Omsk hock ...

, in exchange for financial compensation on 6 November 2020. After two highly successful seasons as Avangard's starting goaltender, Hrubec opted to continue his career in Switzerland by joining ZSC Lions of the NL on a two-year contract on 1 June 2022.

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* 1991 births Living people Avangard Omsk players AZ Havířov players Motor České Budějovice players Czech ice hockey goaltenders SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč players HC Kunlun Red Star players HC Oceláři Třinec players Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for the Czech Republic Ice hockey people from the South Bohemian Region People from Vimperk IHC Písek players HC Tábor players ZSC Lions players Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Russia Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Switzerland Expatriate ice hockey players in China Czech expatriate sportspeople in Canada 21st-century Czech sportsmen {{CzechRepublic-icehockey-goaltender-stub