Boris Valábik

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


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team=Atlanta Thrashers
prospect_team = Chicago Wolves
prospect_league = AHL
former_teams =
league = NHL
position = Defence
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 7
weight_lb = 230
nickname =
nationality = SVK
birth_date = Birth date and age|1986|2|14|mf=y
birth_place = Nitra, CS
draft = 10th overall
draft_year = 2004
draft_team = Atlanta Thrashers
career_start = 2006

Boris Valábik (born February 14, 1986 in Nitra, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Chicago Wolves of the AHL.

He was drafted 10th overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft by the Atlanta Thrashers. After spending three seasons playing in the Ontario Hockey League for the Kitchener Rangers, Valábik joined the Thrashers organization in 2006, spending the season with the Chicago Wolves. Valábik made his NHL debut during the 2007-08 NHL season and played seven games in all, scoring no points and collecting 42 penalty minutes. He also won the Calder Cup with Chicago.

Playing career

*Member of 2003 Slovak Under-18 National Team
*Member of 2004 Slovak Under-18 National Team
*Played in 2004 CHL Top Prospects Game

Career statistics

ee also

*List of AHL seasons

External links

*nhlprofile|8471223
*eurohockey|59603
*hockeydb|76915