Filip Novak
Jersey Number: 46
Player information for Filip Novak
Position
Defense
Height
6'0" (183cm)
Born
May 7, 1982
Number
46
Shoots
Left
Weight
203 lbs (92kg)
Birthplace
České Budějovice, CZE
Years in Columbus
1
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Player Career Notes
- Collected two penalty minutes in six games in his lone season with Columbus in 2006-07.
- Made his Blue Jackets debut on Dec. 5, 2006 at Colorado.
- Finished his two-year NHL career with six penalty minutes in 17 contests with the Blue Jackets and Ottawa Senators from 2005-07.
- Made his NHL debut with Ottawa on Mar. 24, 2006 at Buffalo and played in 11 games with the club as a rookie in 2005-06.
- Added 24-105-129 and 313 penalty minutes in 259 career American Hockey League contests with the Syracuse Crunch, Binghamton Senators and San Antonio Rampage from 2002-07.
- Selected to play in three AHL All-Star Games (2003, 2006, 2007) and was named to the league’s All-Rookie Team in 2002-03.
- Went on to play 11 seasons in Europe from 2007-18, including stints in the Czech Republic, Latvia, Russia and Slovakia and retired after spending the 2017-18 campaign with HC Motor Ceske Budejovice in the Czech’s second league.
- Won the Kontinental Hockey League’s Gagarin Cup with Dynamo Moskva in 2012 and 2013.
- Represented the Czech Republic in the 2010 IIHF World Championships (gold), the 2002 IIHF World Junior Championships and the 1999 IIHF U18 World Championships.
- Played junior hockey for the Regina Pats in the Western Hockey League from 1999-2002, posting 36-128-164 with a plus-80 rating and 270 penalty minutes in 171 games.
- Also played two seasons of juniors in the Czech Republic, suiting up for the Motor Ceske Budejovice U18 in 1996-97 followed by HC Ceske Budejovice U18 and Motor Ceske Budejovice U20 in 1998-99.
CBJ Career Regular Season Stats
| Season | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-2007 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Totals | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Transaction History
- Drafted by the New York Rangers in the second-round, 64th overall, in the 2000 NHL Draft.
- Signed by Columbus as a free agent on Aug. 6, 2008.