{{short description|Czech professional ice hockey player (born 1985)}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Martin Ruzicka 2012-01-31 4.JPG | caption = | image_size = 230px | name = Martin Růžička | ntl_team = Czech Republic | position = Centre | shoots = Right | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lb = 174 | team = HC Oceláři Třinec | league = Czech | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1985|12|15}} | birth_place = Beroun, Czechoslovakia | career_start = 2005 | career_end = | draft = Undrafted | former_teams =HC Sparta Praha<br>HC Znojemští Orli<br>HC Olomouc<br>Amur Khabarovsk<br>Traktor Chelyabinsk }} '''Martin Růžička''' (15 December 1985)<ref>{{cite web |language=Czech |url=http://www.hcorli.cz/hrac.asp?ID=143 |title=Profile at HC Znojmo official website}}</ref> is a Czech professional ice hockey player. Růžička is currently playing for HC Oceláři Třinec. Růžička has played professionally for HC Sparta Praha, HC Znojemští Orli, HC Olomouc, HC Oceláři Třinec and Amur Khabarovsk.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hcocelari.cz/hrac.asp?id=Martin-Ruzicka-122&sezona=2011&kategorie=MUZ |language=Czech |title=Profile at HC Oceláři Třinec official website |accessdate=July 21, 2011}}</ref> Růžička participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team.<ref>{{cite book |last=IIHF|title=IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011|year=2010 |publisher=Moydart Press |page= 181|isbn= 978-0-9867964-0-1}}</ref>
==Playing career== Ruzicka was born in Beroun, and played his youth hockey with HC Berounsti Medvedi. Ruzicka began his junior hockey career with the HC Sparta Praha Under 18 squad in 2000–01. In 2001, he moved to HC Kladno, first for the under-18 squad, then moved up to the under-20 squad, playing two seasons for Kladno. Kladno won the junior title in 2003.<ref name="hoz">{{cite web |url=http://www.hcorli.cz/hrac.asp?ID=143 |title=Player Profile: Martin RŮŽIČKA |accessdate=July 21, 2011 |publisher=HC Orli Znojmo |language=Czech}}</ref> Růžička then moved to North America to play major junior hockey for the Everett Silvertips in 2003–04. Růžička scored only 4 goals and 12 assists for Everett and was released after the season to re-enter the 2004 CHL European Import Draft.<ref>{{cite news |work=Seattle Times |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2001967787_regr29.html |title=Everett Silvertips Make Roster Move |date=June 30, 2004 |accessdate=July 21, 2011}}</ref> Růžička played for the Lethbridge Hurricanes in 2004–05, scoring 5 goals and 5 assists in 57 games.<ref name="ep.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=23860 |publisher=eliteprospects.com |title=Eliteprospects.com - Martin Ruzicka |accessdate=July 21, 2011}}</ref>
Ruzicka's goal was to play in the NHL<ref name="hoz"/> but he was not drafted by the National Hockey League (NHL) and he returned to the Czech Republic in 2005. From 2005 until 2011, Ruzicka played for several teams in Czech leagues. He had his best season in the Czech Extraliga league with Trinec in 2010–11, scoring 24 goals and 26 assists for 50 points in 51 games. He broke the Extraliga playoff scoring record, scoring 30 points (15 goals, 15 assists) in 15 games. The previous record of 26 points in 13 games was set by Zigmund Palffy in 1992.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=NHL |title=Ruzicka shatters Extraliga playoff scoring record |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=558373 |date=April 6, 2011 |accessdate=July 21, 2011}}</ref> The season led to the attention of Amur Khabarovsk of the KHL, which has signed him for the 2011–12 season.<ref name="ep.com"/>
==International play== Ruzicka played in the 2005 World Junior Championships for the Czech Republic. He has also played in the 2010 World Championship for the Czech Republic. Ruzicka has also played in various 'friendly' games for the Czech Republic.<ref name="ep.com"/>
==Awards== * ''Eurohockey'' Player of the Month, March 2011 * ''Eurohockey'' Player of the Month, October 2012<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eurohockey.com/article/1995-martin-rika-european-player-of-the-month-for-october.html | title = Martin Ruzicka European player of the Month for October | publisher = eurohockey.com | date = 2012-11-01 | accessdate = 2012-11-01}}</ref>
== Career statistics == ===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 2000–01 | HC Sparta Praha | CZE U18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2001–02 | HC Vagnerplast Kladno | CZE U18 | 36 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2002–03 | HC Vagnerplast Kladno | CZE U20 | 48 | 16 | 8 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2003–04 | Everett Silvertips | WHL | 68 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |- | 2004–05 | Lethbridge Hurricanes | WHL | 57 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2005–06 | HC Sparta Praha | CZE U20 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2005–06 | HC Sparta Praha | ELH | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2005–06 | HC Berounští Medvědi | CZE.2 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2006–07 | HC Znojemští Orli | ELH | 51 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2007–08 | HC Znojemští Orli | ELH | 42 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |- | 2007–08 | HC Olomouc | CZE.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2008–09 | HC Znojemští Orli | ELH | 48 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2008–09 | HC Olomouc | CZE.2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2009–10 | HC Oceláři Třinec | ELH | 51 | 23 | 24 | 47 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |- | 2010–11 | HC Oceláři Třinec | ELH | 51 | 24 | 26 | 50 | 40 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 8 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2011–12 | Amur Khabarovsk | KHL | 33 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |- | 2012–13 | HC Oceláři Třinec | ELH | 52 | 40 | 43 | 83 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2013–14 | HC Oceláři Třinec | ELH | 52 | 26 | 29 | 55 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 12 |- | 2014–15 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | KHL | 58 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2013–14 | Chelmet Chelyabinsk | VHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2015–16 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | KHL | 52 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2016–17 | HC Oceláři Třinec | ELH | 33 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |- | 2017–18 | HC Oceláři Třinec | ELH | 49 | 29 | 25 | 54 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2018–19 | HC Oceláři Třinec | ELH | 42 | 19 | 25 | 44 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 12 |- | 2019–20 | HC Oceláři Třinec | ELH | 18 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2020–21 | HC Oceláři Třinec | ELH | 52 | 19 | 44 | 63 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 2 |- | 2021–22 | HC Oceláři Třinec | ELH | 52 | 21 | 27 | 48 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2022–23 | HC Oceláři Třinec | ELH | 52 | 23 | 29 | 52 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 4 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | ELH totals ! 674 ! 269 ! 316 ! 585 ! 346 ! 147 ! 60 ! 64 ! 124 ! 58 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | KHL totals ! 143 ! 28 ! 20 ! 48 ! 64 ! 10 ! 2 ! 0 ! 2 ! 4 |}
===International=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em" |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 2010 | Czech Republic | WC | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2014 | Czech Republic | WC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- | 2018 | Czech Republic | OG | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | Senior totals ! 17 ! 1 ! 1 ! 2 ! 2 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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