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Canadian-born Slovenian ice hockey player

Ice hockey player

Greg Kuznik
Born (1978-06-12) June 12, 1978 (age 46)Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Carolina Hurricanes
National team Slovenia
NHL draft 171st overall, 1996Hartford Whalers
Playing career 1998–2013

Gregory Kuznik ( KOOZ-nik;[1] Slovene: Greg Kužnik) (born June 12, 1978) is a Canadian-born Slovene former ice hockey player.

Kuznik was drafted 171st by the Hartford Whalers in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. In the 2000–01 NHL season, he played one game for the Carolina Hurricanes. Since 2003 he has played in Europe, spending two seasons in the British National League for the Fife Flyers and two seasons in Italy's Serie A league for Sportiva Hockey Club Fassa. In 2007, he moved to Slovenian team HDD Olimpija Ljubljana in the EBEL league.

He participated at the 2011 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Slovenia men's national ice hockey team.[2]

| | | Regular season | | Playoffs | | | | | | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | -- | - | - | --- | --- | | Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | | 1994–95 | Royal City Outlaws | BCJHL | 45 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | | 1995–96 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 70 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 149 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | | 1996–97 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 70 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 181 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 | | 1997–98 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 72 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 197 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | | 1998–99 | Florida Everglades | ECHL | 50 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 110 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 1998–99 | Beast of New Haven | AHL | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | | 1999–00 | Cincinnati Cyclones | IHL | 46 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | | 1999–00 | Dayton Bombers | ECHL | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | | 1999–00 | Florida Everglades | ECHL | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | | 2000–01 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | | 2000–01 | Cincinnati Cyclones | IHL | 73 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 72 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | | 2001–02 | Lowell Lock Monsters | AHL | 58 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | | 2002–03 | Lowell Lock Monsters | AHL | 61 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 74 | — | — | — | — | — | | 2003–04 | Fife Flyers | BNL | 36 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | | 2004–05 | Fife Flyers | BNL | 36 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | | 2005–06 | HC Fassa | Italy | 47 | 18 | 8 | 26 | 94 | — | — | — | — | — | | 2006–07 | HC Fassa | Italy | 32 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | | 2007–08 | Olimpija Ljubljana | EBEL | 42 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 107 | — | — | — | — | — | | 2007–08 | Olimpija Ljubljana | Slovenia | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | | 2008–09 | Olimpija Ljubljana | EBEL | 54 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 123 | — | — | — | — | — | | 2008–09 | Olimpija Ljubljana | Slovenia | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | | 2009–10 | Olimpija Ljubljana | EBEL | 37 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 73 | — | — | — | — | — | | 2009–10 | SG Pontebba | Italy | 13 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | | 2010–11 | Villacher SV | EBEL | 52 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 79 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | | 2011–12 | Villacher SV | EBEL | 48 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | | 2012–13 | HC Fassa | Italy | 38 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 64 | — | — | — | — | — | | NHL totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | | | | AHL totals | 146 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 147 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | | |

  1. ^ "Dec 13, 1997 Stephen Peat vs Greg Kuznik". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  2. ^ "SLO". Archived from the original on 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2011-05-16.

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