Drafted 113th overall by the Minnesota North Stars in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft, Turek moved with the franchise to Dallas, where he initially played as the third-string goaltender behind Andy Moog and Artūrs Irbe before serving as the backup to Ed Belfour. He won a Stanley Cup in this role in 1999. Despite his backup role, he achieved international glory with the Czech Republic national team, backstopping them to a gold medal at the 1996 World Championships. In this year, he also played in Germany for the Nürnberg Ice Tigers.
St. Louis Bluesedit
The Stars, fearing they would lose Turek to the Atlanta Thrashers in the upcoming expansion draft, traded him to the St. Louis Blues in the 1999 off-season, and Turek finally got his chance to shine as he topped the league with seven shutouts and won the William M. Jennings Trophy in his first season. He helped the Blues to the Presidents' Trophy that year and the Blues entered the playoffs with high expectations. However, St. Louis was eliminated in seven games by the eighth-seeded San Jose Sharks, with some aggravated Blues fans pinning responsibility on Turek because of some soft goals he allowed, including one in game 7 that was fired from centre ice by Sharks captain Owen Nolan.[1][2] However, he played a second season with the Blues while being challenged for the starting position by backup Brent Johnson. He put up good numbers again, this time helping the Blues reach the playoffs as the fourth seed, where they again faced the Sharks in the first round. This time, Turek helped the Blues eliminate the Sharks in six games and then helped them sweep the Dallas Stars, his former team, in the second round. However, in the third round against the Colorado Avalanche, soft goals plagued him again (including one scored after an attempt to scoop the puck into his glove with his stick) and again in some fan circles bore the brunt of the blame for the Blues' third round 4–1 ouster.
In the off-season, Turek was traded to the Calgary Flames.
In the 2003–04 season, Turek's status as the Flames' starting goaltender was altered drastically when, following an injury to Turek, Darryl Sutter traded a conditional draft pick to the San Jose Sharks for Miikka Kiprusoff. Though he struggled in San Jose, Kiprusoff's stellar performances in Calgary relegated Turek to the bench. However, Turek was a dependable backup, as Kiprusoff led the Flames to the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
In 2004, Turek restructured his contract to substantially drop his salary from $5 million plus bonuses for the 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons. The restructuring brought his salary to between $1 million and $2 million, with potential earnings relying heavily on performance bonuses. The restructuring saved the Calgary Flames organization between $3 million and $4 million in the 2004–05 season.[3]
Turek announced his retirement from the NHL on August 9, 2005.
Mask designedit
Turek's masks all featured Iron Maiden mascot "Eddie". The artwork was done by Ray Bishop of Bishop Custom Designs.
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Roman Turek born May 21 1970 is a Czech former professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Dallas Stars St Louis Blues and Calgary Flames in a nine year National Hockey League NHL career He last played in the Czech Extraliga for HC Ceske Budejovice Roman TurekTurek with HC Mountfield in 2007Born 1970 05 21 May 21 1970 age 53 Strakonice CzechoslovakiaHeight6 ft 4 in 193 cm Weight220 lb 100 kg 15 st 10 lb PositionGoaltenderCaughtRightPlayed forHC Ceske BudejoviceNurnberg Ice TigersDallas StarsSt Louis BluesCalgary FlamesNational team Czechoslovakia and Czech RepublicNHL draft113th overall 1990Minnesota North StarsPlaying career1988 2010Medal record Representing Czechoslovakia European Junior Championships 1988 Czechoslovakia World Junior Championships 1989 United States 1990 Finland Representing Czech Republic World Championships 1996 Austria Contents 1 Playing career 1 1 Dallas Stars 1 2 St Louis Blues 1 3 Calgary Flames 2 Mask design 3 International play 4 Career statistics 4 1 Regular season and playoffs 4 2 International 5 Awards and honours 6 References 7 External linksPlaying career editDallas Stars edit Drafted 113th overall by the Minnesota North Stars in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft Turek moved with the franchise to Dallas where he initially played as the third string goaltender behind Andy Moog and Arturs Irbe before serving as the backup to Ed Belfour He won a Stanley Cup in this role in 1999 Despite his backup role he achieved international glory with the Czech Republic national team backstopping them to a gold medal at the 1996 World Championships In this year he also played in Germany for the Nurnberg Ice Tigers St Louis Blues edit The Stars fearing they would lose Turek to the Atlanta Thrashers in the upcoming expansion draft traded him to the St Louis Blues in the 1999 off season and Turek finally got his chance to shine as he topped the league with seven shutouts and won the William M Jennings Trophy in his first season He helped the Blues to the Presidents Trophy that year and the Blues entered the playoffs with high expectations However St Louis was eliminated in seven games by the eighth seeded San Jose Sharks with some aggravated Blues fans pinning responsibility on Turek because of some soft goals he allowed including one in game 7 that was fired from centre ice by Sharks captain Owen Nolan 1 2 However he played a second season with the Blues while being challenged for the starting position by backup Brent Johnson He put up good numbers again this time helping the Blues reach the playoffs as the fourth seed where they again faced the Sharks in the first round This time Turek helped the Blues eliminate the Sharks in six games and then helped them sweep the Dallas Stars his former team in the second round However in the third round against the Colorado Avalanche soft goals plagued him again including one scored after an attempt to scoop the puck into his glove with his stick and again in some fan circles bore the brunt of the blame for the Blues third round 4 1 ouster Calgary Flames edit nbsp Turek with the Calgary Flames in 2004 In the off season Turek was traded to the Calgary Flames In the 2003 04 season Turek s status as the Flames starting goaltender was altered drastically when following an injury to Turek Darryl Sutter traded a conditional draft pick to the San Jose Sharks for Miikka Kiprusoff Though he struggled in San Jose Kiprusoff s stellar performances in Calgary relegated Turek to the bench However Turek was a dependable backup as Kiprusoff led the Flames to the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals against the Tampa Bay Lightning In 2004 Turek restructured his contract to substantially drop his salary from 5 million plus bonuses for the 2004 05 and 2005 06 seasons The restructuring brought his salary to between 1 million and 2 million with potential earnings relying heavily on performance bonuses The restructuring saved the Calgary Flames organization between 3 million and 4 million in the 2004 05 season 3 Turek announced his retirement from the NHL on August 9 2005 Mask design editTurek s masks all featured Iron Maiden mascot Eddie The artwork was done by Ray Bishop of Bishop Custom Designs International play edit1994 Played for Czech Republic at 1994 Winter Olympics 1994 Played for Czech Republic at World Championships 1996 Won gold medal for Czech Republic at World Championships 1996 Played for Czech Republic at World Cup of HockeyCareer statistics editRegular season and playoffs edit Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP W L T OTL MIN GA SO GAA SV GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV 1987 88 TJ Motor Ceske Budejovice CSSR JR 1988 89 VTJ Pisek CSSR 2 1989 90 VTJ Pisek CSSR 2 1990 91 TJ Motor Ceske Budejovice CSSR 26 1244 98 0 4 73 880 1991 92 TJ Motor Ceske Budejovice CSSR 2 1992 93 HC Ceske Budejovice CSSR 43 2555 121 2 84 923 1993 94 HC Ceske Budejovice CZE 44 23 15 6 2532 109 3 2 58 927 3 0 3 180 11 0 3 67 866 1994 95 HC Ceske Budejovice CZE 44 20 18 6 2586 118 2 2 74 920 9 5 4 501 26 0 3 11 915 1995 96 Nurnberg Ice Tigers DEL 48 2787 154 3 32 5 338 14 2 48 1996 97 Dallas Stars NHL 6 3 1 0 263 9 0 2 06 930 1996 97 Michigan K Wings IHL 29 8 13 4 1555 77 0 2 97 905 1997 98 Dallas Stars NHL 23 11 10 1 1324 49 1 2 22 901 1997 98 Michigan K Wings IHL 2 1 1 0 119 5 0 2 52 928 1998 99 Dallas Stars NHL 26 16 3 3 1382 48 1 2 08 915 1999 00 St Louis Blues NHL 67 42 15 9 3960 129 7 1 95 912 7 3 4 415 19 0 2 75 882 2000 01 St Louis Blues NHL 54 24 18 10 3232 123 6 2 28 901 14 9 5 908 31 0 2 05 919 2001 02 Calgary Flames NHL 69 30 28 11 4081 172 5 2 53 906 2002 03 Calgary Flames NHL 65 27 29 9 3822 164 4 2 57 902 2003 04 Calgary Flames NHL 18 6 11 0 1031 40 3 2 33 914 1 0 0 19 0 0 0 00 1 000 2004 05 HC Ceske Budejovice CZE 2 15 13 2 0 859 23 3 1 61 924 6 6 0 360 3 4 0 50 979 2005 06 HC Ceske Budejovice CZE 31 15 11 5 1832 69 1 2 26 924 10 5 5 618 19 1 1 84 941 2006 07 HC Mountfield CZE 35 19 16 0 1995 88 2 2 65 911 11 5 6 609 29 1 2 86 914 2007 08 HC Mountfield CZE 42 29 13 0 2494 89 6 2 14 929 11 7 4 641 17 3 1 59 945 2008 09 HC Mountfield CZE 44 20 24 0 2463 104 4 2 53 921 2009 10 HC Mountfield CZE 38 14 24 0 2286 109 4 2 86 906 5 2 3 298 22 0 4 43 872 CZE totals 278 140 121 17 0 16 188 686 22 2 54 920 49 24 25 2 847 124 5 2 61 919 NHL totals 328 159 115 43 19 094 734 27 2 31 907 22 12 9 1 343 50 0 2 23 908 International edit Year Team Event GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV 1988 Czechoslovakia EJC 5 273 9 1 98 1989 Czechoslovakia WJC 7 4 1 1 390 16 0 2 46 1990 Czechoslovakia WJC 6 4 2 0 326 14 0 2 58 906 1994 Czech Republic OLY 2 2 0 0 120 3 0 1 50 931 1994 Czech Republic WC 2 120 4 0 2 00 892 1995 Czech Republic WC 6 3 3 0 359 9 2 1 50 939 1996 Czech Republic WC 8 7 0 1 480 15 1 1 88 952 1996 Czech Republic WCH 3 0 3 0 82 10 0 7 32 833 Junior totals 18 989 39 2 37 Senior totals 21 1161 41 3 2 12 Awards and honours editAward Year NHL William M Jennings Trophy 1999 shared with Ed Belfour 2000 Stanley Cup champion 1999 All Star Game 2000 Second All Star team 2000 International Best Goaltender 1996 All Star team 1995 1996References edit Owen Nolans Red Line Goal on Turek YouTube YouTube Archived from the original on 2016 04 11 Retrieved 2016 11 26 Owen Nolan s Center Ice Goal Shark City Hockey on YouTube Retrieved January 24 2021 Report Turek re works deal with Flames 2004 07 01 Archived from the original on 2004 08 22 External links editBiographical information and career statistics from NHL com or Eliteprospects com or Eurohockey com or The Internet Hockey Database Awards Preceded byMartin Brodeur Winner of the William M Jennings Trophy1999 with Ed Belfour 2000 Succeeded byDominik Hasek Preceded byMilos Holan Golden Hockey Stick1994 Succeeded byJaromir Jagr Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roman Turek amp oldid 1196378917, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
