Tomas Zaborsky

#67 HK 32 Liptovsky Mikulas / Slovakia - 26/27

Date of Birth: Nov 14, 1987
Age: 38
Place of Birth: Trencin, SVK
Nation: Slovakia
Youth Team: HK Dukla Trencin
Position: LW/C
Height: 183 cm / 6'0"
Weight: 89 kg / 196 lbs
Shoots: L
Contract: -

Tomas Zaborsky Facts

Player Type: Offensive ForwardSniper
Drafted: 2006 round 5 #137 overall by New York Rangers

A natural scorer with great hands and vision, Zaborsky is a pure offensive forward. His defensive game could use some improvement. Doesn't play a physical or tough game.

Brother: Matus Zaborsky
Uncle: Juraj Durco
Cousin: Juraj Jonas Durco

Tomas Zaborsky Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2003-2004	Dukla Trencin U18	Slovakia U18	46	20	12	32	8	27	Playoffs	7	4	2	6	4	-
2004-2005	Dukla Trencin U18	Slovakia U18	46	44	25	69	53	-	Playoffs	7	4	4	8	39	-
2004-2005	HK Dukla Trencin U20	Slovakia U20	7	1	2	3	0	-	Playoffs	1	0	1	1	0	-
2005-2006	HK Dukla Trencin U20	Slovakia U20	42	39	22	61	18	-	Playoffs	7	10	5	15	2	-
2005-2006	HK Dukla Trencin	Slovakia	4	0	0	0	2	-1
2005-2006	HK 95 Povazska Bystrica Loan	Slovakia2	5	0	1	1	2	-
2006-2007	Saginaw Spirit	OHL	59	19	24	43	18	18	Playoffs	6	1	2	3	4	2
2006-2007	Slovakia U20	WJC-20	6	1	2	3	4	1
2007-2008	Saginaw Spirit	OHL	68	31	39	70	42	16	Playoffs	4	2	1	3	2	-1
2007-2008	Hartford Wolf Pack	AHL	2	0	1	1	0	-1
2008-2009	Hartford Wolf Pack	AHL	8	1	2	3	2	5
2008-2009	Charlotte Checkers	ECHL	28	4	8	12	14	1
2008-2009	Dayton Bombers	ECHL	19	10	6	16	14	1
2009-2010	Ässät Loan	SM-liiga	43	9	17	26	67	4
2009-2010	Slovakia (all)	International	4	2	0	2	-	-
2010-2011	Ässät Loan	SM-liiga	47	23	10	33	6	16	Playoffs	6	0	0	0	0	-1
2010-2011	Slovakia (all)	International	4	1	1	2	-	-
2011-2012	Ässät	SM-liiga	52	35	24	59	41	22
2012-2013	Avangard Omsk	KHL	52	21	20	41	18	14	Playoffs	12	2	2	4	6	-1
2012-2013	Slovakia	WC	8	4	2	6	4	1
2012-2013	Slovakia (all)	International	14	5	4	9	4	0
2013-2014	Avangard Omsk	KHL	14	4	3	7	2	-12
2013-2014	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	KHL	31	8	5	13	4	2	Playoffs	7	1	0	1	4	-2
2013-2014	Slovakia Olympics	OG	3	0	1	1	0	0
2013-2014	Slovakia (all)	International	6	0	1	1	0	0
2014-2015	HIFK	Liiga	60	15	32	47	18	-4	Playoffs	8	4	4	8	16	1
2015-2016	HIFK	Liiga	55	27	21	48	55	17	Playoffs	17	3	7	10	26	2
2016-2017	Brynäs IF	SHL	12	2	2	4	2	-4	Playoffs	11	4	2	6	2	-3
2017-2018	Tappara	Liiga	58	10	13	23	8	5	Playoffs	16	2	6	8	6	2
2018-2019	Tappara	Liiga	47	17	17	34	20	16	Playoffs	11	4	3	7	4	3
2019-2020	SaiPa "A"	Liiga	53	19	22	41	39	-2
2020-2021	SaiPa	Liiga	53	15	26	41	18	-6
2021-2022	Bílí Tygři Liberec	Czechia	11	2	0	2	2	-6
2021-2022	Schwenninger Wild Wings	DEL	41	13	14	27	6	-2
2022-2023	HK Poprad	Slovakia	50	20	24	44	14	-5	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	4	-1
2023-2024	HK Poprad "A"	Slovakia	34	20	9	29	12	-5	Playoffs	6	1	1	2	2	-2
2024-2025	HK Dukla Trencin "C"	Slovakia	8	2	3	5	2	0	Playoffs	11	2	2	4	6	-3
2025-2026	HK Dukla Trencin "A"	Slovakia	13	0	3	3	2	-1
2025-2026	HK 32 Liptovsky Mikulas	Slovakia	36	8	12	20	39	-9	Playoffs	8	2	2	4	2	1
2026-2027	HK 32 Liptovsky Mikulas	Slovakia	8	1	2	3	0	-3

Tomas Zaborsky Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2013-2014	Slovakia	Deutschland Cup	3	0	0	0	0	0
2014-2015	HIFK	Champions HL	10	7	3	10	24	6
2015-2016	HIFK	Champions HL	4	1	0	1	4	-2
2017-2018	Tappara	Champions HL	7	1	7	8	4	9
2018-2019	Tappara	Champions HL	7	2	3	5	2	-1

Tomas Zaborsky Career Totals

League	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	2	10	1	3	4	0.40	2	4	0
Champions HL	4	28	11	13	24	0.86	34	12	0
Czechia	1	11	2	0	2	0.18	2	-6	0
DEL	1	41	13	14	27	0.66	6	-2	0
Deutschland Cup	1	3	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0
ECHL	1	47	14	14	28	0.60	28	2	0
International	4	28	8	6	14	0.50	4*	0	0
KHL	2	97	33	28	61	0.63	24	4	2	19	3	2	5	0.26	10	-3
Liiga (SM-liiga)	9	468	170	182	352	0.75	272	68	5	58	13	20	33	0.57	52	7
OG	1	3	0	1	1	0.33	0	0	0
OHL	2	127	50	63	113	0.89	60	34	2	10	3	3	6	0.60	6	1
SHL	1	12	2	2	4	0.33	2	-4	1	11	4	2	6	0.55	2	-3
Slovakia	6	153	51	53	104	0.68	71	-24	4	28	5	5	10	0.36	14	-5
Slovakia U18	2	92	64	37	101	1.10	61	27*	2	14	8	6	14	1.00	43	-
Slovakia U20	2	49	40	24	64	1.31	18	-	2	8	10	6	16	2.00	2	-
Slovakia2	1	5	0	1	1	0.20	2	-	0
WC	1	8	4	2	6	0.75	4	1	0
WJC-20	1	6	1	2	3	0.50	4	1	0

Tomas Zaborsky Career Highlights

Season	Awards
2003-2004	Slovakia U18 Champion (Trencin)
2005-2006	Slovakia U20 Champion (Trencin)
2011-2012	SM-liiga All-Star Team SM-liiga Best Player of Regular Season (Lasse Oksanen Award) SM-liiga Golden Helmet Liiga Most Game-Winning Goals (8) SM-liiga Most Goals (Aarne Honkavaara Trophy) (35) Liiga Most Shorthanded Goals (4) SM-liiga Player of the Month (November) SM-liiga Player of the Month (December)
2012-2013	KHL All-Star Game
2015-2016	Liiga Most Game-Winning Goals (8) Liiga Silver Medal
2016-2017	SHL SM Silver Medal
2017-2018	Liiga Silver Medal
2018-2019	Liiga Bronze Medal

Transactions

Date	Status	From	To
10/13/2026	Confirmed	HK 32 Liptovsky Mikulas	Unknown
10/28/2025	Confirmed	HK Dukla Trencin	HK 32 Liptovsky Mikulas
05/01/2025	Extension	HK Dukla Trencin	HK Dukla Trencin
05/23/2024	Confirmed	HK Poprad	HK Dukla Trencin
05/29/2023	Extension	HK Poprad	HK Poprad
09/05/2022	Confirmed	Schwenninger Wild Wings	HK Poprad
10/16/2021	Confirmed	Bílí Tygři Liberec	Schwenninger Wild Wings
08/27/2021	Confirmed	SaiPa	Bílí Tygři Liberec
04/26/2019	Confirmed	Tappara	SaiPa
06/19/2017	Confirmed	Brynäs IF	Tappara
05/16/2016	Confirmed	HIFK	Brynäs IF
05/20/2015	Confirmed	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	HC Slovan Bratislava
02/28/2015	Extension	HIFK	HIFK
08/11/2014	Confirmed	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	HIFK
10/15/2013	Confirmed	Avangard Omsk	Salavat Yulaev Ufa
06/01/2012	Confirmed	Ässät	Avangard Omsk
02/14/2011	Extension	Ässät	Ässät
10/09/2010	Loan	Anaheim Ducks	Ässät
07/19/2010	Confirmed	New York Rangers	Anaheim Ducks
10/13/2009	Loan	New York Rangers	Ässät

Tomas Zaborsky Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2006, 1 #36 by Saginaw Spirit in the CHL Import Draft
Cult/Star player for Ässät

- 2015-05-20 • Salavat Yulaev Ufa traded player rights to HC Slovan Bratislava in exchange for 2015 fifth-round draft pick

Career transactions
- 2016-05-16 • Signed to a one-year contract by Brynäs IF
- 2015-02-28 • Signed to a one-year contract extension by HIFK
- 2014-08-11 • Signed to a one-year contract by HIFK
- 2013-10-15 • Traded to Salavat Yulaev Ufa by Avangard Omsk in exchange for Stefan Ruzicka
- 2012-06-01 • Signed to a two-year contract by Avangard Omsk
- 2011-02-14 • Signed to a one-year contract extension with Ässät
- 2010-10-09 • Signed to a one-year contract by Ässät (Loaned by the Anaheim Ducks)
- 2010-07-19 • Traded to the Anaheim Ducks by the New York Rangers in exchange for Matt McCue
- 2009-11-30 • Signed to a one-year contract by Ässät (Loaned by the New York Rangers)
- 2009-10-13 • Signed to a try-out contract by Ässät
- 2008-06-02 • Signed to a three-year entry-level contract by the New York Rangers
- 2008-04-02 • Signed to a try-out contract by the Hartford Wolf Pack
- 2007-04-10 • Released by the Hartford Wolf Pack
- 2007-04-04 • Signed to a try-out contract by the Hartford Wolf Pack
- 2006-2008 • Played in Saginaw Spirit(OHL)
Career assignments
- 2010-10-01 • Assigned to the Elmira Jackals (ECHL) by the Anaheim Ducks
- 2009-02-12 • Assigned to the Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL) by the New York Rangers
- 2009-01-02 • Assigned to the Dayton Bombers (ECHL) by the New York Rangers
- 2008-12-30 • Assigned to the Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL) by the New York Rangers
- 2008-10-06 • Assigned to the Charlotte Checkers (ECHL) by the New York Rangers
- 2008-09-26 • Assigned to the Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL) by the New York Rangers

Other memorable dates
- 2014-01-07 • Selected to Slovakia National Team Olympic roster
- 2013-April • Selected to Slovakia National Team World Championship roster
- 2012-09-04 • Made KHL debut and scored first KHL goal at the same game. Goal was (assisted by M.Skoula and A.Frolov), vs. Dynamo Moskva(A.Yeryomenko)+/-: +1 S: 2 TOI: 18:24
- 2009-10-16 • Made Liiga debut (vs.Jokerit) and scored first Liiga points at the same (1+1)
- 2009-02-20 • Scored first AHL goal (assisted by T.Pyatt and M.Ouellette), vs. the Lowell Devils(D.Caruso)
- 2008-04-05 • Made AHL debut against the Portland Pirates and scored first AHL assist point at the same game
- 2006-10-07 • Scored first OHL points (1+2) against Ottawa 67's
- 2006-09-22 • Made OHL debut (vs.London Knights)