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BORIS VALABIK Up-To-Date Player Stats: Boris Valabik Position: D
t Super-sized defenseman has appeared in 80 career NHL games over parts of 3 seasons with Atlanta, posting 200-plus penalty minutes.
Shoots: Left Ht: 6-7 Wt: 255
t NHL firsts: game (March 19, 2008 vs. Carolina); point (assist, Dec. 10, 2008 vs. NY Rangers)
DOB: 2/14/86
t Originally drafted by the Atlanta Thrashers in the 1st round (10th overall) of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.
Birthplace: Nitra, Slovakia Acquired: Signed as an unrestricted free agent on July 3, 2011.
t Totaled 623 penalty minutes in 178 career American Hockey League games with Chicago and Providence. t Played 3 years with Kitchener of the Ontario Hockey League from 2003-06, recording 30 points (4G-26A) and 725 penalty minutes in 163 games with Kitchener. t Finished 2nd in voting for best defensive defenseman and hardest shot in 2005-06 OHL Western Conference Coaches Poll. Named to CHL All-Rookie Team (2003-04). t Played 1 junior season with Nitra in Slovakia (2002-03). t Signed through 2011-12 season.
CAREER STATISTICS PLAYOFFS
REGULAR SEASON YEAR 2002-03
TEAM
LEAGUE
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
+/-
PP
SH
GW
S
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
Nitra
Slov - Jr.
46
2
12
14
145
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--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
2003-04
Kitchener
OHL
68
3
13
16
278
--
--
--
--
--
5
0
0
0
8
2004-05
Kitchener
OHL
43
0
4
4
231
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--
--
--
--
15
0
0
0
56
2005-06
Kitchener
OHL
52
1
9
10
216
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--
--
--
5
0
2
2
14
2006-07
Chicago
AHL
50
2
7
9
184
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--
--
--
8
0
1
1
37
2007-08
Atlanta
NHL
7
0
0
0
42
-2
0
0
0
5
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--
--
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2008-09
Chicago
AHL
58
1
7
8
229
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--
--
--
24
3
1
4
71
Atlanta
NHL
50
0
5
5
132
-14
0
0
0
16
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--
--
21
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--
--
--
--
--
--
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Chicago
AHL
11
1
2
3
2009-10
Atlanta
NHL
23
0
2
2
36
2
0
0
0
22
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--
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2010-11
Chicago
AHL
49
0
9
9
165
-5
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--
--
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Providence
AHL
NHL TOTALS
10
0
2
2
24
-1
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--
--
--
--
--
--
80
0
7
7
210
-14
0
0
0
43
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