# Michael Kostka

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{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1985)}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| alt = 
| image = Michael Kostka - New York Rangers.jpg
| caption = Kostka as a Ranger in October 2014.
| image_size = 230px
| played_for = [Toronto Maple Leafs](/source/Toronto_Maple_Leafs)<br>[Chicago Blackhawks](/source/Chicago_Blackhawks) <br> [Tampa Bay Lightning](/source/Tampa_Bay_Lightning)<br>[New York Rangers](/source/New_York_Rangers)<br>[Ottawa Senators](/source/Ottawa_Senators)<br>[Skellefteå AIK](/source/Skellefte%C3%A5_AIK)
| position = [Defence](/source/Defenceman)
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 210
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|11|28}}
| birth_place = [Ajax](/source/Ajax%2C_Ontario), [Ontario](/source/Ontario), Canada
| draft = Undrafted
| career_start = 2008
| career_end = 2018
}}
'''Michael Christopher Kostka''' (born November 28, 1985) is a Canadian former professional [ice hockey](/source/ice_hockey) [defenceman](/source/defenceman) who played in the [National Hockey League](/source/National_Hockey_League) (NHL).

==Playing career==
<!--thumb|right|Kostka in 2008.-->After playing four seasons at the [University of Massachusetts Amherst](/source/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst), he was signed to a professional contract by the [Buffalo Sabres](/source/Buffalo_Sabres) of the [National Hockey League](/source/National_Hockey_League) on March 25, 2008. He was assigned to the organization's [American Hockey League](/source/American_Hockey_League) (AHL) affiliate (at the time), the [Rochester Americans](/source/Rochester_Americans). In his second professional season he moved with the Sabres to their new AHL affiliate, the [Portland Pirates](/source/Portland_Pirates).

Kostka returned to the Rochester Americans, now the [Florida Panther](/source/Florida_Panther) affiliate for the [2010–11](/source/2010-11_AHL_season) season on August 24, 2010.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://panthers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=536363 | title = Panthers sign Foster, Kostka to American League deals | publisher = [Florida Panthers](/source/Florida_Panthers) | date = 2010-08-24 | accessdate = 2011-03-13}}</ref> On June 30, 2011, Kostka signed a two-way contract with the [Florida Panthers](/source/Florida_Panthers) and was assigned again to the Americans.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/sports_hockey_panthers/2011/06/panthers-sign-rochester-d-mike-kosta-to-two-way-deal.html | title = Panthers sign Mike Kostka to two-way deal | newspaper = [Sun-Sentinel](/source/Sun-Sentinel) | date = 2011-06-30 | accessdate = 2011-06-30 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110702232623/http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/sports_hockey_panthers/2011/06/panthers-sign-rochester-d-mike-kosta-to-two-way-deal.html | archivedate = 2011-07-02 }}</ref> On December 2, 2011, Kostka was traded by the Panthers, along with [Evan Oberg](/source/Evan_Oberg), to the [Tampa Bay Lightning](/source/Tampa_Bay_Lightning) for [James Wright](/source/James_Wright_(ice_hockey)) and [Mike Vernace](/source/Michael_Vernace).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.tsn.ca/tradecentre/story/?id=381830| title = Lightning trade Wright, Vernace to Panther for Kostka, Oberg | publisher = [The Sports Network](/source/The_Sports_Network) | date = 2011-12-02 | accessdate = 2011-12-02}}</ref> Kostka joined the Lightning's AHL affiliate, the [Norfolk Admirals](/source/Norfolk_Admirals_(AHL)) and was a part of their [Calder Cup](/source/Calder_Cup) championship.

On July 1, 2012, Kostka was signed as a free agent to a one-year contract with the [Toronto Maple Leafs](/source/Toronto_Maple_Leafs). Kostka got his first NHL point in his debut NHL game against the [Montreal Canadiens](/source/Montreal_Canadiens) on January 19, 2013.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=636810 | title = Leafs sign McClement & Kostka | publisher = [Toronto Maple Leafs](/source/Toronto_Maple_Leafs) | date = 2012-07-01 | accessdate = 2012-07-01}}</ref> Kostka split the season with the Maple Leafs and their AHL affiliate, the [Toronto Marlies](/source/Toronto_Marlies).

On July 19, 2013, Kostka signed as a free agent to a one-year, two way contract with the defending Stanley Cup champions, the [Chicago Blackhawks](/source/Chicago_Blackhawks).<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=678532 |title=Blackhawks agree with LeBlanc, Peckham, Kostka |publisher=[National Hockey League](/source/National_Hockey_League)| date = 2013-07-18 |accessdate=2013-07-19}}</ref> He then scored his first NHL goal against the Leafs on October 19, 2013, against [Jonathan Bernier](/source/Jonathan_Bernier). After only nine games with the Blackhawks and approaching the last quarter of the season, on February 23, 2014, Kostka was claimed off waivers by the Tampa Bay Lightning.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://lightning.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=706182 | title = Lightning claim defenseman Mike Kostka off waivers | publisher = [Tampa Bay Lightning](/source/Tampa_Bay_Lightning) | date = 2014-02-23 | accessdate = 2014-02-23}}</ref> Kostka finished the season with the Lightning.

Kostka left as a free agent to sign a one-year contract with the [New York Rangers](/source/New_York_Rangers) on July 1, 2014.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://rangers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=724854 | title = Rangers agree to terms with Mike Kostka | publisher = [New York Rangers](/source/New_York_Rangers) | date = 2014-07-01 | accessdate = 2014-07-01}}</ref> He spent most of the season with the Rangers' AHL affiliate [Hartford Wolf Pack](/source/Hartford_Wolf_Pack).

On July 1, 2015, Kostka signed a one-year, two-way contract with the [Ottawa Senators](/source/Ottawa_Senators).<ref>{{cite web| url = http://senators.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773495 | title = Senators agree to terms with Michael Kostka on one-year deal | publisher = Ottawa Senators | date = 2015-07-01 | accessdate = 2015-07-01}}</ref> Kostka was assigned to the Senators' AHL affiliate [Binghamton Senators](/source/Binghamton_Senators). Kostka made his Ottawa debut on March 6, 2016.

In the [2016–17](/source/2016-17_NHL_season) season, while in his second season with the Binghamton Senators, Kostka was included in a trade deadline deal by the Senators along with [Curtis Lazar](/source/Curtis_Lazar) to the [Calgary Flames](/source/Calgary_Flames) in exchange for [Jyrki Jokipakka](/source/Jyrki_Jokipakka) and a conditional second-round pick in [2017](/source/2017_NHL_Entry_Draft).<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.tsn.ca/senators-trade-lazar-to-flames-for-jokipakka-1.684820 | title = Senators trade Lazar to Flames for Jokipakka | publisher = [TSN](/source/The_Sports_Network) | date = 2017-03-01 | accessdate = 2017-03-02}}</ref>

As a free agent in the off-season, Kostka opted to sign his first professional contract abroad in agreeing to a try-out with Swedish top tier club, Skellefteå AIK of the SHL on September 1, 2017.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.skellefteaaik.se/artikel/geahaj71v-5n5bi1/rightback-pa-tryout | title = Defenseman Kostka comes to SAIK on try-out | publisher = [Skellefteå AIK](/source/Skellefte%C3%A5_AIK) | date = 2017-09-01 | accessdate = 2017-09-01 | language = Swedish}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
thumb|right|Kostka in 2014 with the Lightning.|200px
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" 
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! colspan="5" | [Regular season](/source/Regular_season)
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! colspan="5" | [Playoffs](/source/Playoffs)
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [Season](/source/Season_(sports))
! Team
! League
! GP
! [G](/source/Goal_(ice_hockey))
! [A](/source/Assist_(ice_hockey))
! [Pts](/source/Point_(ice_hockey))
! [PIM](/source/Penalty_(ice_hockey))
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|- ALIGN="center"
| 2000–01
| Ajax-Pickering Raiders 
| [OMHA-ETA](/source/Eastern_AAA_Hockey_League)
| 39
| 5
| 13
| 18
| 28
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2001–02
| Ajax-Pickering Raiders
| OMHA-ETA
| 23
| 6
| 11
| 17
| 38
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center"
| 2001–02
| [Ajax Axemen](/source/Ajax_Axemen)
| [OPJHL](/source/Ontario_Provincial_Junior_Hockey_League)
| 19 
| 1
| 4
| 5
| 8
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2002–03
| Ajax Axemen
| OPJHL
| 39
| 4
| 11
| 15
| 32
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center"
| 2003–04
| [Aurora Tigers](/source/Aurora_Tigers)
| OPJHL
| 42
| 9
| 27
| 36
| 4
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [2004–05](/source/2004-05_NCAA_Division_I_men's_ice_hockey_season)
| [U. of Massachusetts-Amherst](/source/University_of_Massachusetts-Amherst)
| [HE](/source/Hockey_East)
| 32
| 1
| 5
| 6
| 14
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" 
| [2005–06](/source/2005-06_NCAA_Division_I_men's_ice_hockey_season)
| U. of Massachusetts-Amherst
| HE
| 36
| 2
| 6
| 8
| 20
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [2006–07](/source/2006-07_NCAA_Division_I_men's_ice_hockey_season)
| U. of Massachusetts-Amherst
| HE
| 39
| 3
| 15
| 18
| 20
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center"
| [2007–08](/source/2007-08_NCAA_Division_I_men's_ice_hockey_season)
| U. of Massachusetts-Amherst
| HE
| 36
| 9
| 12
| 21
| 20
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [2007–08](/source/2007-08_AHL_season)
| [Rochester Americans](/source/Rochester_Americans)
| [AHL](/source/American_Hockey_League)
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" 
| [2008–09](/source/2008-09_AHL_season)
| [Portland Pirates](/source/Portland_Pirates)
| AHL
| 80
| 4
| 26
| 30
| 33
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 6
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [2009–10](/source/2009-10_AHL_season)
| Portland Pirates
| AHL
| 76
| 2
| 25
| 27
| 37
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|- ALIGN="center" 
| [2010–11](/source/2010-11_AHL_season)
| Rochester Americans
| AHL
| 80
| 16
| 39
| 55
| 46
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [2011–12](/source/2011-12_AHL_season)
| [San Antonio Rampage](/source/San_Antonio_Rampage)
| AHL
| 18
| 2
| 4
| 6
| 14
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" 
| 2011–12
| [Norfolk Admirals](/source/Norfolk_Admirals_(AHL))
| AHL
| 52
| 7
| 25
| 32
| 43
| 18
| 6
| 6
| 12
| 8
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [2012–13](/source/2012-13_AHL_season)
| [Toronto Marlies](/source/Toronto_Marlies)
| AHL
| 34
| 6
| 28
| 34
| 38
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" 
| [2012–13](/source/2012-13_NHL_season)
| [Toronto Maple Leafs](/source/Toronto_Maple_Leafs)
| [NHL](/source/National_Hockey_League)
| 35
| 0
| 8
| 8
| 27
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [2013–14](/source/2013-14_NHL_season)
| [Chicago Blackhawks](/source/Chicago_Blackhawks)
| NHL
| 9
| 2
| 1
| 3
| 8
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" 
| [2013–14](/source/2013-14_AHL_season)
| [Rockford IceHogs](/source/Rockford_IceHogs)
| AHL
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 2
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2013–14
| [Tampa Bay Lightning](/source/Tampa_Bay_Lightning)
| NHL
| 19
| 2
| 6
| 8
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
|- ALIGN="center" 
| [2014–15](/source/2014-15_AHL_season)
| [Hartford Wolf Pack](/source/Hartford_Wolf_Pack)
| AHL
| 63
| 5
| 25
| 30
| 35
| 15
| 1
| 4
| 5
| 6
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [2014–15](/source/2014-15_NHL_season)
| [New York Rangers](/source/New_York_Rangers)
| NHL
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" 
| [2015–16](/source/2015-16_AHL_season)
| [Binghamton Senators](/source/Binghamton_Senators)
| AHL
| 50
| 5
| 24
| 29
| 20
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [2015–16](/source/2015-16_NHL_season)
| [Ottawa Senators](/source/Ottawa_Senators)
| NHL
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 4
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" 
| [2016–17](/source/2016-17_AHL_season)
| Binghamton Senators
| AHL
| 46
| 1
| 11
| 12
| 32
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2016–17
| [Stockton Heat](/source/Stockton_Heat)
| AHL
| 15
| 2
| 10
| 12
| 4
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 6
|- ALIGN="center" 
| [2017–18](/source/2017-18_SHL_season)
| [Skellefteå AIK](/source/Skellefte%C3%A5_AIK)
| [SHL](/source/Swedish_Hockey_League)
| 50
| 4
| 13
| 17
| 38
| 16
| 1
| 3
| 4
| 6
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! 85
! 4
! 17
! 21
! 39
! 4
! 0
! 2
! 2
! 0
|}

==Awards and honors==
{| class="wikitable"
! Award
! Year
!
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
| colspan="3" | [College](/source/NCAA_Division_I_men's_ice_hockey)
|-
| All-[Hockey East](/source/Hockey_East) [Second Team](/source/List_of_All-Hockey_East_Teams)
| [2007–08](/source/2007%E2%80%9308_NCAA_Division_I_men's_ice_hockey_season)
| 
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
| colspan="3" | [AHL](/source/American_Hockey_League)
|-
| [Calder Cup](/source/List_of_Calder_Cup_champions) (Norfolk Admirals)
| [2012](/source/2011%E2%80%9312_AHL_season)
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.norfolkadmirals.com/release_story1.php?id=2605|title=Norfolk Admirals Official Website|publisher=Norfolkadmirals.com|accessdate=21 February 2017|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625143330/http://www.norfolkadmirals.com/release_story1.php?id=2605|archivedate=25 June 2012}}</ref>
|-
| [All-Star Game](/source/AHL_All-Star_Classic)
| [2016](/source/2015-16_AHL_season)
|
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:1985 births
Category:Living people
Category:Binghamton Senators players
Category:Canadian ice hockey defencemen
Category:Chicago Blackhawks players
Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
Category:Hartford Wolf Pack players
Category:Ice hockey people from Ontario
Category:New York Rangers players
Category:Norfolk Admirals players
Category:Ottawa Senators players
Category:Sportspeople from Ajax, Ontario
Category:Portland Pirates players
Category:Rochester Americans players
Category:Rockford IceHogs (AHL) players
Category:San Antonio Rampage players
Category:Skellefteå AIK players
Category:Stockton Heat players
Category:Tampa Bay Lightning players
Category:Toronto Maple Leafs players
Category:Toronto Marlies players
Category:UMass Minutemen ice hockey players
Category:Undrafted National Hockey League players
Category:University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni
Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden
Category:Aurora Tigers players
Category:21st-century Canadian sportsmen

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