Tomas JURCO

Slovakia

Ice Hockey

Date of Birth: 28 Dec 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.88/6'2''

Place of birth: KOSICE

Birth Country:

Slovakia

Residence: NUR-SULTAN

Residence Country:

Kazakhstan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Ice Hockey	Men SVK Slovakia	3

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
National Indoor Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round - Group C #4 FIN Finland 6 SVK Slovakia 2	Finished
Wukesong Sports Centre	Men's Preliminary Round - Group C #9 SWE Sweden 4 SVK Slovakia 1	Finished
National Indoor Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round - Group C #15 SVK Slovakia 5 LAT Latvia 2	Finished
National Indoor Stadium	Men's Qualification Play-off #19 SVK Slovakia 4 GER Germany 0	Finished
National Indoor Stadium	Men's Play-offs Quarterfinals #23 USA United States 2 SVK Slovakia 3	Finished
National Indoor Stadium	Men's Play-offs Semifinals #27 FIN Finland 2 SVK Slovakia 0	Finished
National Indoor Stadium	Men's Bronze Medal Game #29 SWE Sweden 0 SVK Slovakia 4	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location
11	Men	2014	Sochi, RUS

World Championship
Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	Men	2018	Copenhagen / Herning, DEN
9	Men	2016	Moscow / St. Petersburg, RUS
9	Men	2015	Prague / Ostrava, CZE

Hobbies:

Playing football, watching movies

Occupation:

Athlete

Family:

Parents, Peter and Slavka. Sister, Petra.

Languages spoken:

Slovak, English

Club name:

Barys Nur-Sultan

Position style:

Forward

Hand:

Right

Sporting relatives:

Sister Petra Jurcova (Ice hockey): Represented Slovakia on ten occasions, including at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Plays for ZHK Sarisanka Presov in the Slovakian women's league.

Debut:

2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi

Injuries:

December 2019: Hip surgery to fix a lingering issue. Sidelined him for the remainder of the NHL season.

August 2016: Back surgery after suffering an injury during offseason training.

National league:

Kontinental Hockey League (KHL)

Start:

Began playing at age five. (Info 2014)

Reason:

Started playing hockey while his parents searched for a team for his sister to play on. Though there was no women's team, "they said I could come tomorrow and try, and so, I tried it and stuck with it." (detroitnews.com, 14 Dec 2014)

Hero:

Ice hockey forward Marian Hossa (SVK), four-time Olympian, three-time Stanley Cup champion with the Chicago Blackhawks and Hockey Hall of Fame inductee.

Ice hockey forward Marian Gaborik (SVK), two-time Olympian, world junior bronze medallist and 2014 Stanley Cup champion with the Los Angeles Kings. (Info 2014)

Influence:

His sister, Petra. (griffinshockey.com, 18 Oct 2013)

General Interest

NHL DRAFT
Selected 35th overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft.

PLAYING CAREER
Grand Rapids Griffins, USA (2012-17); Detroit Red Wings, USA (2013-17); Chicago Blackhawks, USA (2017-18); Rockford IceHogs, USA (2017-18); Springfield Thunderbirds, USA (2018-19); Charlotte Checkers, USA (2018-19); Edmonton Oilers, CAN (2019-20); Bakersfield Condors, USA (2019-20); Henderson Silver Knights, USA (2020-21); Vegas Golden Knights, USA (2020-21); Barys Nur-Sultan, KAZ (2021- )

Social Media

https://www.instagram.com/tomasjurco/

Legend

#:: Game
:: Bronze
:: Bronze Medal Event

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