Vladimír Svitek

Vladimír Svitek (19 October 1962 – 17 February 2020) was a Slovak professional ice hockey player who played in the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League, Finnish Liiga, and Slovak Extraliga.^[1] Svitek was drafted in the seventh round of the 1981 NHL Entry Draft by the Philadelphia Flyers, but he never played professionally in North America.^[2] He spent the first ten seasons of his playing career with HC Košice and his final ten seasons in various European leagues.^[1]

Vladimír Svitek
Born	(1962-10-19)19 October 1962 Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia
Died	17 February 2020(2020-02-17) (aged 57) Košice, Slovakia
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb)
Position	Right Wing
Shot	Right
Played for	HC Košice HPK EK Zell am See HK Triglav Kranj HK Spišská Nová Ves HK Trebišov
National team	Czechoslovakia
NHL draft	137th overall, 1981 Philadelphia Flyers
Playing career	1980–2001