{{short description|Slovak professional ice hockey player|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Michal Chovan - Fribourg-Gottéron vs. HKM Zvolen, 24.08.2010 (3).jpg | caption = | image_size = 230px | position = Right wing | shoots = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lb = 163 | team = HC Košice | league = Slovak | former_teams = HKM Zvolen<br>HC 07 Detva<br>HC Oceláři Třinec<br>Mountfield HK<br>HK Poprad<br>HC Neman Grodno<br>Motor České Budějovice | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|11|23}} | birth_place = Zvolen, Czechoslovakia | death_date = | death_place = | draft = Undrafted | career_start = 2006 | career_end = }} '''Michal Chovan''' (born November 23, 1987) is a Slovak professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for HC Košice of the Slovak Extraliga.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hckosice.sk/novinky/oceliari-posilnuju-utocne-rady-aj-obranu-zmluvy-dnes-podpisali-david-skokan-michal-chovan|title=Oceliari posilňujú útočné rady aj obranu. Zmluvy dnes podpísali Dávid Skokan, Michal Chovan a Jurij Repe.|language=Slovak|work=hckosice.sk}}</ref>
==Career== Chovan grew up in Zvolen, playing minor and junior ice hockey for the local club.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hkmzvolen.sk/clanok/chovan-opusta-zvolen|title=Chovan opúšťa Zvolen|language=Slovak|work=hkmzvolen.sk}}</ref> He was never drafted. He made his Extraliga debut in the 2005–06 season. He was scoring leader of HKm in 2010–11 season, earning 41 points in 49 games.
==Career statistics== ===Regular season and playoffs=== <small>'''Bold''' indicates led league</small> {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="107" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="107" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 2004–05 | HKM Zvolen | Slovak-Jr. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2005–06 | HKM Zvolen | Slovak-Jr. | 43 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |- | 2005–06 | HKM Zvolen | Slovak | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2006–07 | HKM Zvolen | Slovak-Jr. | 19 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2006–07 | HKM Zvolen | Slovak | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2006–07 | HC 07 Detva | Slovak.1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2007–08 | HKM Zvolen | Slovak-Jr. | 25 | 16 | 28 | 44 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2007–08 | HKM Zvolen | Slovak | 44 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2008–09 | HKM Zvolen | Slovak | 53 | 18 | 26 | 44 | 86 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2009–10 | HKM Zvolen | Slovak | 38 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |- | 2010–11 | HKM Zvolen | Slovak | 49 | 12 | 29 | 41 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2011–12 | HC Oceláři Třinec | Czech | 20 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2011–12 | HC VCES Hradec Králové | Czech.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2011–12 | HK Poprad | Slovak | 15 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2012–13 | HKM Zvolen | Slovak | 41 | 14 | 43 | 57 | 62 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2013–14 | HKM Zvolen | Slovak | 44 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 |- | 2014–15 | HKM Zvolen | Slovak | 43 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2015–16 | HC Neman Grodno | BHL | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2015–16 | Motor České Budějovice | Czech.1 | 31 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2016–17 | Motor České Budějovice | Czech.1 | 40 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 |- | 2017–18 | HKM Zvolen | Slovak | 34 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2018–19 | HKM Zvolen | Slovak | 56 | 20 | '''48''' | 68 | 34 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 2 |- | 2019–20 | HC Košice | Slovak | 44 | 15 | 33 | 48 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2020–21 | HC Košice | Slovak | 45 | 12 | '''44''' | 56 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |- | 2021–22 | HC Košice | Slovak | 49 | 14 | 31 | 45 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2022–23 | HC Košice | Slovak | 39 | 12 | 28 | 40 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | Czech totals ! 20 ! 0 ! 4 ! 4 ! 8 ! — ! — ! — ! — ! — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | Slovak totals ! 617 ! 181 ! 389 ! 570 ! 457 ! 117 ! 16 ! 54 ! 70 ! 141 |}
==Awards and honors== {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Year ! |- ! colspan="3"|Slovak |- | Champion | 2013, 2023 | |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons}} * {{Ice hockey stats}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chovan, Michal}} Category:1987 births Category:HKM Zvolen players Category:HC 07 Detva players Category:HC Oceláři Třinec players Category:Mountfield HK players Category:HK Poprad players Category:HK Neman Grodno players Category:Motor České Budějovice players Category:HC Košice players Category:Living people Category:Slovak ice hockey right wingers Category:Ice hockey people from Zvolen Category:Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in the Czech Republic Category:Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Belarus Category:21st-century Slovak sportsmen