Roman Tvrdoň (born 29 January 1981) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey player. He played 9 games in the National Hockey League with the Washington Capitals, who had selected him in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. The rest of his career, which lasted from 2001 to 2017, was mainly spent in Europe, primarily in the Slovak Extraliga.
| Roman Tvrdoň | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Tvrdoň in 2006 | |||
| Born | January 29, 1981 Trenčín, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
| Weight | 187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb) | ||
| Position | Center | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | Washington Capitals Nottingham Panthers Plzen HC Bratislava Slovan Zilina HK-SKP Skalica HK 36 Metallurg Zhlobin Dukla Trencin HK Kompanion Kyiv Považská Bystrica TH Unia Oświęcim Guildford Flames SHK 37 Piestany Landshut EV | ||
| National team |  Slovakia | ||
| NHL draft | 132nd overall, 1999 Washington Capitals | ||
| Playing career | 2001–2017 | ||
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1995–96 | HK Dukla Trencin U18 | SVK U18 | 46 | 25 | 15 | 40 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | HK Dukla Trencin U18 | SVK U18 | 42 | 25 | 13 | 38 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | HK Dukla Trencin U20 | SVK U20 | 48 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | HK Dukla Trencin U20 | SVK U20 | 49 | 23 | 23 | 46 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Spokane Chiefs | WHL | 69 | 26 | 44 | 70 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 16 | ||
| 2000–01 | Spokane Chiefs | WHL | 62 | 28 | 34 | 62 | 55 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 49 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 35 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 51 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2004–05 | Nottingham Panthers | EIHL | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Plzen HC | CZE | 39 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Bratislava Slovan | SVK | 50 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2007–08 | Zilina HK-SKP | SVK | 38 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2008-09 | Metallurg Zhlobin | BLR | 24 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 2008–09 | SHK 37 Piestany | SVK-2 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Metallurg Zhlobin | BLR | 22 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | SHK 37 Piestany | SVK-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Skalica HK 36 | SVK | 11 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Dukla Trencin | SVK | 36 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 2010-11 | SHK 37 Piestany | SVK-2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Dukla Trencin | SVK | 51 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | ||
| 2012–13 | HK Kompanion Kyiv | UKR | 33 | 19 | 9 | 28 | 34 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2013-14 | Považská Bystrica | SVK-2 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013-14 | TH Unia Oświęcim | POL | 21 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 2014–15 | Guildford Flames | EIHL | 25 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2015–16 | SHK 37 Piestany | SVK | 27 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2016–17 | EV Landshut | GER-2 | 35 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| SVK totals | 213 | 43 | 67 | 110 | 146 | 42 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 24 | ||||
| NHL totals | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Slovakia | U18 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | |
| 2001 | Slovakia | WJC | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Junior totals | 14 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | |||
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database