Radoslav Suchý | |||
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Radoslav Suchý in 2009 with ZSC Lions
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Born |
Kežmarok, TCH |
April 7, 1976 ||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
Weight | 204 lb (93 kg; 14 st 8 lb) | ||
Position | Defence | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
KHL team Former teams |
Avangard Omsk Phoenix Coyotes Columbus Blue Jackets HK ŠKP Poprad ZSC Lions |
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NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
Playing career | 1997–present |
Medal record | ||
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Representing Slovakia | ||
Ice hockey | ||
World Championships | ||
2000 St Petersburg | Ice hockey | |
2003 Helsinki | Ice hockey |
Radoslav Suchý (born April 7, 1976) is a Slovak ice hockey defenceman currently with Avangard Omsk of the Kontinental Hockey League. He formerly played in the National Hockey League with the Phoenix Coyotes and the Columbus Blue Jackets
Undrafted, Suchý played in the QMJHL with the Sherbrooke Faucons and the Chicoutimi Saguenéens. Suchý was then signed by the Phoenix Coyotes on September 26, 1997, and made his professional debut in the 1997–98 season with the Las Vegas Thunder of the IHL and the Coyotes' affiliate, the Springfield Falcons of the AHL.
Suchý made his NHL debut with the Coyotes in the 1999–2000 season. He played four seasons for the Coyotes before he was traded by the Coyotes, along with a 6th round pick, to the Columbus Blue Jackets for a 4th round pick. Suchý spent the 2004–05 NHL lockout with HK Aquacity ŠKP Poprad in the Slovak Extraliga.
In the 2005–06 season, Suchý played his only season with the Blue Jackets before leaving at season's end to sign with ZSC Lions of the NLA for the start of the 2006–07 season.