Michal Pivoňka

#12 Kansas City Blades / IHL - 99/00

Date of Birth: Jan 28, 1966
Age: 60
Place of Birth: Kladno, CZE
Nation: Czechia
Youth Team: HC Kladno
Position: C
Height: 187 cm / 6'2"
Weight: 88 kg / 194 lbs
Shoots: L
Status: Retired

Michal Pivoňka Facts

Drafted: 1984 round 3 #59 overall by Washington Capitals

Son: Jacob Pivonka

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Michal Pivoňka Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1982-1983	HC Dukla Jihlava U20	Czechoslovakia U20	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982-1983	Czechoslovakia U18	EJC-18	5	4	5	9	14	-
1983-1984	HC Dukla Jihlava U20	Czechoslovakia U20	-	-	-	-	-	-
1983-1984	TJ Kladno	Czechia2	34	15	13	28	19	-
1983-1984	TJ Kladno	Czechia Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	Qualification	4	3	-	-	-	-
1983-1984	Czechoslovakia U18	EJC-18	5	3	4	7	2	-
1983-1984	Czechoslovakia U20	WJC-20	7	1	2	3	0	-
1984-1985	ASD Dukla Jihlava	Czechoslovakia	33	8	11	19	18	-
1984-1985	Czechoslovakia U20 "C"	WJC-20	7	9	4	13	14	-
1984-1985	Czechoslovakia	WC	10	0	1	1	0	-
1984-1985	Czechoslovakia (all)	International	14	0	-	-	-	-
1985-1986	ASD Dukla Jihlava	Czechoslovakia	42	5	13	18	18	-
1985-1986	Czechoslovakia U20 "C"	WJC-20	7	5	5	10	10	-
1985-1986	Czechoslovakia	WC	10	2	1	3	6	-6
1985-1986	Czechoslovakia (all)	International	17	6	-	-	-	-
1986-1987	Washington Capitals	NHL	73	18	25	43	41	-19	Playoffs	7	1	1	2	2	-
1987-1988	Washington Capitals	NHL	71	11	23	34	28	1	Playoffs	14	4	9	13	4	7
1988-1989	Washington Capitals	NHL	52	8	19	27	30	9	Playoffs	6	3	1	4	10	0
1988-1989	Baltimore Skipjacks	AHL	31	12	24	36	19	-
1989-1990	Washington Capitals	NHL	77	25	39	64	54	-7	Playoffs	11	0	2	2	6	1
1990-1991	Washington Capitals	NHL	79	20	50	70	34	3	Playoffs	11	2	3	5	8	-6
1991-1992	Washington Capitals	NHL	80	23	57	80	47	10	Playoffs	7	1	5	6	13	4
1991-1992	Czechoslovakia	CC	5	0	3	3	2	1
1991-1992	Czechoslovakia (all)	International	7	0	-	-	-	-
1992-1993	Washington Capitals	NHL	69	21	53	74	66	14	Playoffs	6	0	2	2	0	-3
1993-1994	Washington Capitals	NHL	82	14	36	50	38	2	Playoffs	7	4	4	8	2	0
1994-1995	Klagenfurter AC Lockout	Austria	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994-1995	Washington Capitals "A"	NHL	46	10	23	33	50	3	Playoffs	7	1	4	5	21	2
1995-1996	Detroit Vipers	IHL	7	1	9	10	19	7
1995-1996	Washington Capitals	NHL	73	16	65	81	36	18	Playoffs	6	3	2	5	18	1
1996-1997	Washington Capitals	NHL	54	7	16	23	22	-15
1997-1998	Washington Capitals	NHL	33	3	6	9	20	5	Playoffs	13	0	3	3	0	5
1998-1999	Washington Capitals	NHL	36	5	6	11	12	-6
1999-2000	Kansas City Blades	IHL	52	16	34	50	38	-8

Michal Pivoňka Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1989-1990	Washington Capitals	Fr-Tour	4	0	0	0	2	-

Michal Pivoňka Career Totals

League	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	1	31	12	24	36	1.16	19	-	0
Austria	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
CC	1	5	0	3	3	0.60	2	1	0
Czechia Q	0								1	4	3	-	3*	0.75*	-	-
Czechia2	1	34	15	13	28	0.82	19	-	0
Czechoslovakia	2	75	13	24	37	0.49	36	-	0
Czechoslovakia U20	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
EJC-18	2	10	7	9	16	1.60	16	-	0
Fr-Tour	1	4	0	0	0	0.00	2	-	0
IHL	2	59	17	43	60	1.02	57	-1	0
International	3	38	6	-	6*	0.16*	-	-	0
NHL	13	825	181	418	599	0.73	478	18	11	95	19	36	55	0.58	84	11*
WC	2	20	2	2	4	0.20	6	-6*	0
WJC-20	3	21	15	11	26	1.24	24	-	0

Michal Pivoňka Career Highlights

Season	Awards
1982-1983	U18 EJC All-Star Team U18 EJC Bronze Medal
1983-1984	U18 EJC Silver Medal U20 WJC Bronze Medal
1984-1985	Czechoslovakia Extraliga Champion U20 WJC All-Star Team U20 WJC Best Forward U20 WJC Silver Medal World Championship Gold Medal
1985-1986	U20 WJC All-Star Team

Michal Pivoňka Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for Washington Capitals

Career transactions
- 1999-09-27 • Signed as a free agent by the Kansas City Blades

Other memorable dates
- 1986-10-13 • Scored his first NHL goal (vs. New York Rangers vs. Doug Soetaert)
- 1986-10-09 • Made his NHL debut (vs. Pittsburgh Penguins)