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Vojtech Kloz played just one season in the Ontario Hockey League. Kloz was a Kingston Frontenac in 2003-04. He played 62 games and was definitely a stay-at-home defenseman getting only three assists over the season.

Kloz returned to his native Czech Republic in 2004-05 and played pro in that country at various levels until midway through last season when he made the switch to the Slovak Extraliga and HK 36 Skalica. Vojtech played a total of 39 games at the highest level in the Czech Republic, the Extraliga.

For a reference, the IIHF ranks the Czech Extraliga third in Europe while the Slovak Extraliga is fifth.

Michael Kolarz played three seasons in the Ontario Hockey League from 2004-05 to 2006-07, all with the Kingston Frontenacs. Good enough to earn a spot on Team Czech Republic at the 2007 IIHF World Junior Hockey Tournament but not good enough to be drafted by an NHL club.

Kolarz played a partial season in the Central Hockey League after graduation from the Ontario Hockey League but has since mostly toiled in the Czech Extraliga 2. Last season was his first with MsHK Zilina of the Slovak Extraliga and he is back with the team for the 2010-11 season.

The Slovak Extraliga consists of 13 teams throughout the country of Slovakia. This past season, 2009-10, HK 36 Skalica finished sixth and MsHK Zilina finished tenth.

Check out Michael Kolarz’s profile page on the MsHK Zilina official website.

Check out Vojtech Kloz’s profile page on the HK 36 Skalica official website.

Check out this previous post about OHL alumni playing for HK 36 Skalica.

HK 36 Skalica is known throughout the hockey world as the Slovakian team that houses former NHL sniper, Zigmund Palffy. HK 36 Skalica also had two Ontario Hockey League alumni on the roster for the 2009-10 season.

Vojtech Kloz played just one season in the OHL, 2003-04. The Czech defenseman played 62 regular season games and five playoff games that season for the Kingston Frontenacs. Kloz has since spent all his playing time in either his home Czech Republic or Slovakia. Vojtech played just 9 games with HK 36 Skalica this past season, adding 7 points on 7 assists.

Patrik Lusnak played two and a half seasons in the OHL with the Sudbury Wolves from 2006-07 to 2008-09. During the 2008-09 season, Patrik left to play in the Czech Extraliga with Trinec Ocelari. Over his final two seasons in the OHL, Lusnak was a point per game player. This past season with HK 36 Skalica, Patrik  was 9th on the team in scoring with 18 points in 43 games.

Skalica is located right on the border with the Czech Republic. The team plays in the Slovakian Extraliga and this past season finished 4th in the 13 team league. Each team plays 47 games during their regular season (I believe it should be 48, but the 13th place team seems to have folded after 36 games, leaving the rest with one unplayed game). The team plays their home games at the Zimny Arena which houses 3,180 spectators.

View Vojtech Kloz’s profile page on HK 36 Skalica’s official website here.

View Patrik Lusnak’s profile page on HK 36 Skalica’s official website here.

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Team Slovakia has three Ontario Hockey League alumni on the roster for the 2010 IIHF World Hockey Championships. Two of the three were also on the National team at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Olympians Peter Budaj and Andrej Sekera

 are joined by Richard Panik for the Worlds.

Richard Panik is one of the newest OHL grads to be playing at the pro level. He played his only OHL season in 2009-10 and split the year between the Windsor Spitfires and the Belleville Bulls and could potentially be back with the Bulls next season. He completed the season with the Norfolk Admirals of the AHL. Richard was a second round draft pick of the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2009 NHL draft.

Peter Budaj played three seasons between the pipes for the St. Michael’s Majors from 1999-00 to 2001-02. A second round pick of the Colorado Avalanche in the 2001 NHL draft, Peter has just completed his fifth season with the NHL club.

Andrej Sekera played two seasons in the OHL with the Owen Sound Attack, 2004-05 and 2005-06. Drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2004 NHL draft, Andrej has remained in the Sabres organization.

Click on the country to see what OHL grads are on the roster for the 2010 IIHF World Hockey Championships: Latvia, Canada, Italy(1), Italy (2), Czech Republic, Norway, Finland.

Gabriel Spilar played for the North Bay Centennials of the Ontario Hockey League during the 1998-99 season. He played just 38 regular season games as well as all four of the team’s playoff games as they were swept in the first round by the Ottawa 67′s.

The Slovakia native returned to his homeland after the OHL and played in either Slovakia or the Czech Republic up until the end of the 2007-08 season. 2008-09 saw Spilar test Russia’s KHL with Astana Barys. This season, he moved on to Finland to play for the Espoo Blues.

The Blues finished 8th in the 14 team SM Liiga this season and lost in the preliminary round of the playoffs.

Gabriel can be found on the Espoo Blues official website or on the league’s official website.

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On February 16, the 2010 Olympic Hockey Tournament begins. OHL Alumni Central will update the stats of all OHL graduates throughout the tournament.

Currently, here is the full list of OHL alumni filling roster spots:

Belarus

Sergei Kostitsyn

Canada

Drew Doughty

Chris Pronger

Rick Nash

Corey Perry

Mike Richards

Eric Staal

Joe Thornton

Czech Republic

Josef Vasicek

Finland

Currently no OHL grads on rosters.

Germany

John Tripp

Latvia

Arvids Rekis

Kaspars Daugavins

Herberts Vasiljevs

Norway

Mathis Olimb

Russia

Fedor Tyutin

Slovakia

Peter Budaj

Andrej Sekera

Branko Radivojevic

Sweden

Currently no OHL grads on roster.

Switzerland

Yannick Weber

USA

Dustin Brown

Ryan Callahan

Patrick Kane

Jamie Langenbrunner

Bobby Ryan

Tim Gleason