Jaroslav Obšut Explained

Jaroslav Obšut (born September 3, 1976) is a Slovak former ice hockey player. He last played for HC Bratislava of the Slovak 1.Liga.^[1] Obsut is of German and Slovak descent.^[2]

Playing career

Obšut was drafted to the National Hockey League (NHL) in 1995 by the Winnipeg Jets in the eighth round, 188th overall. Obšut played seven games in the NHL, four for the St. Louis Blues and three for the Colorado Avalanche. After playing with Luleå in the Swedish Elitserien for five seasons, Jaroslav signed a two-year contract with HC Spartak Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League on May 27, 2009.^[3] During his second year with Spartak, Obsut was released to play with league rival, HK Atlant, on November 26, 2010.^[4]

On May 27, 2011, Obsut signed a one-year contract with fellow KHL team, Dynamo Minsk, for the 2011–12 season.^[5]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

	Team	League		GP						GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1994–95	North Battleford North Stars	SJHL		55	21	30	51	126		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Swift Current Broncos	WHL		72	10	11	21	57		6	0	0	0	2
1996–97	Edmonton Ice	WHL		13	2	9	11	4		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL		50	8	26	34	42		4	0	2	2	2
1996–97	Toledo Storm	ECHL		3	1	0	1	0		5	0	1	1	6
1997–98	Raleigh Icecaps	ECHL		60	6	26	32	46		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Syracuse Crunch	AHL		4	0	1	1	4		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Augusta Lynx	ECHL		41	11	25	36	42		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Manitoba Moose	IHL		2	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Worcester IceCats	AHL		31	2	8	10	14		4	0	1	1	2
1999–2000	Worcester IceCats	AHL		7	0	2	2	4		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Peoria Rivermen	ECHL		3	0	4	4	2		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Worcester IceCats	AHL		47	9	12	21	20		7	0	1	1	4
2000–01	St. Louis Blues	NHL		4	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Hershey Bears	AHL		58	3	22	25	48		8	0	2	2	2
2001–02	Colorado Avalanche	NHL		3	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Manitoba Moose	AHL		60	6	13	19	59		14	0	4	4	8
2003–04	Manitoba Moose	AHL		65	11	26	37	42		—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Luleå HF	SEL		49	11	19	30	50		2	0	0	0	50
2005–06	Luleå HF	SEL		48	8	17	25	40		6	0	1	1	6
2006–07	Luleå HF	SEL		51	11	21	32	26		4	0	0	0	4
2007–08	Luleå HF	SEL		52	5	11	16	78		—	—	—	—	—
2008–09	Luleå HF	SEL		54	8	21	29	48		5	2	2	4	10
2009–10	Spartak Moscow	KHL		50	9	14	23	88		6	1	2	3	2
2010–11	Spartak Moscow	KHL		23	2	5	7	26		—	—	—	—	—
2010–11	Atlant Moscow Oblast	KHL		27	2	8	10	12		24	5	5	10	8
2011–12	Dinamo Minsk	KHL		52	5	24	29	22		4	0	0	0	0
2012–13	HC Donbass	KHL		23	1	4	5	12		—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	Spartak Moscow	KHL		16	3	4	7	14		—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	HKm Zvolen	SVK		7	1	1	2	39		—	—	—	—	—
2013–14	HKm Zvolen	SVK		24	6	9	15	41		—	—	—	—	—
2014–15	Corona Wolves Brasov	MOL		38	10	20	30	42		6	0	1	1	20
2014–15	Corona Wolves Brasov	ROU		6	4	4	8	4		8	3	4	7	4
2015–16	HC Prešov 07	SVK.2		31	7	27	34	69		4	1	3	4	0
2016–17	HK Dukla Trenčín	SVK		15	0	1	1	2		—	—	—	—	—
2016–17	HC Prešov 07	SVK.2		10	2	5	7	6		4	0	3	3	0
2017–18	HC Bratislava	SVK.2		36	4	13	17	47		4	1	2	3	4
NHL totals				7	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
SHL totals				254	43	89	132	242		17	2	3	5	70
KHL totals				191	22	59	81	174		34	6	7	13	10

International

Year	Team	Event	Result		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2002	Slovakia	OG	13th		4	0	0	0	2
2004	Slovakia		7th		3	0	0	0	0
2005	Slovakia	WC	5th		4	0	0	0	2
2009	Slovakia	WC	10th		6	0	1	1	0
Senior totals					17	0	1	1	4

Notes and References

1. Web site: Skúsený bek Obšut bude v rodnom Prešove do konca sezóny. sme.sk . 2015-09-16 . 2015-10-07.
2. Web site: Donbass greet Obsut. . 2012-02-12 . 2012-02-12.
3. Web site: Obsut departs for KHL . Kuriren.nu . 2009-05-27 . 2010-07-20 . Swedish.
4. Web site: Obsut to Atlant . allhockey.ru . Russian . 2010-11-26 . 2011-03-31 . 2011-07-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721161800/http://allhockey.ru/news/87705/ . dead .
5. Web site: Libor Pivko, Jaroslav Obsut and Tom Preissing signed with Dynamo Minsk . Russian . . 2011-05-27 . 2011-05-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110530004538/http://hcdinamo.by/news/dynamo/1049.html . 2011-05-30 .