OHL Alumni Central

Yesterday, we featured the six Ontario Hockey League grads that are playing for Team Canada at the 2010 Spengler Cup in Davos, Switzerland. Today, we look at the eleven OHL grads that are spread out over the other five teams in the tournament. If the player’s name is highlighted in blue, clicking on the name will take you to a previous post at OHL Alumni Central featuring that alumnus.

HC Davos

Petr Taticek – Petr played two seasons for the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, 2001-02 and 2002-03.

Genève-Servette

Dan Fritsche – Dan played four seasons in the Ontario Hockey League from 2001-02 to 2004-05. He played with the Sarnia Sting up until midway through his final season when he joined the London Knights.

Jeff Toms – Jeff played three seasons with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds from 1991-92 to 1993-94.

Spartak Moskva

Branko Radivojevic – Branko played three seasons with the Belleville Bulls from 1998-99 to 2000-01.

Stefan Ruzicka – Stefan played two seasons with the Owen Sound Attack, 2003-04 and 2004-05.

SKA St. Petersburg

Alexei Semenov – Alexei played three seasons with the Sudbury Wolves from 1998-99 to 2000-01.

Maxim Rybin – Maxim played two seasons with the Sarnia Sting, 1999-00 and 2000-01.

HC Sparta Praha

Marek Bartanus – Marek played two seasons with the Owen Sound Attack, 2005-06 and 2006-07.

Jakub Koreis – Jakub played just one season with the Guelph Storm, 2003-04.

Tomas Kurka – Tomas played two seasons with the Plymouth Whalers, 1999-00 and 2000-01.

Radek Smolenak – Radek played two seasons with the Kingston Frontenacs, 2004-05 and 2005-06.

Petr Taticek hoists the cup after Davos wins the 2009 Swiss championship.

Does getting drafted in the first round of the NHL draft, ninth overall, guarantee a long and prosperous National Hockey League career? In the case of Petr Taticek, no.

Taticek played two seasons in the Ontario Hockey League with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in 2001-02 and 2002-03. he was drafted by the Florida Panthers after his first season. The Czech Republic native was just over a point per game player in the OHL. His NHL career to date has consisted of just three games with the Panthers in 2005-06.

Petr hung around North America for just three seasons, playing on several teams in the AHL and CHL. In 2006-07, Taticek played just one game with the AHL’s Hershey Bears before heading to Europe and his homeland, the Czech Republic.

The homecoming only lasted ten games, though. Later that season, Petr found himself playing for HC Davos in the Swiss National-A league and has been with the team since. HC Davos is, of course, the team that hosts the famous Spengler Cup every Christmas. The team finished fourth in the regular season standings this past season in the twelve team league.

Click here to view Petr Taticek’s profile page on the HC Davos official website.

Check out these previous posts about OHL grads playing Switzerland:

Brendan Brooks playing for SCL Tigers

Gardner and Down playing for ZSC Lions

Boyd Devereaux playing for Lugano

You have until May 31, 2010 to try our May version of OHL Alumni Central Trivia.

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