SAMUEL HLAVAJ
International Goalie - PLZEN, CZECHIA
Final Rank:17Midterm Rank:
Position:GoalieCatches:Left
Height:6' 4"Weight:218
Born:May 29, 2001
Born in:Martin, SVK

• Ranked in the top five among all QMJHL goaltenders in 2019-20 (min. 15 GP) in wins (33; 2nd), goals-against average (2.24; 1st), save percentage (.915; 3rd) and shutouts (3; t-3rd)

• Won 11 consecutive games from Dec. 1, 2019 to Jan. 28, 2020

• Split the 2018-19 season between playing junior hockey in his home country of Slovakia (7 GP) and tending goal for the USHL’s Lincoln Stars (22 GP)

• Already a veteran internationally after representing Slovakia at the 2019 and 2020 World Junior Championship and 2018 and 2019 Under-18 World Championship

• Aims to be the fifth Slovakian-born goaltender to appear in an NHL game, in which he would join Jaroslav Halak (520 GP), Peter Budaj (368 GP), Rastislav Stana (6 GP) and Jan Lasak (6 GP).

• Models his style of play after Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy

STATISTICS

SEASONTEAMLEAGUEGPGAAMinSOSv%
2023-2024PLZENCZECHIA283.10151100.902
2023-2024SVK (2023 Deutschland Cup)ITLTOUR21.0012000.944
2023-2024SVK (2023 Kaufland Cup in Bratislava)ITLTOUR10.006011.000
2022-2023BRATISLAVASLOVAKIA182.55106010.915
2022-2023MODRE KRIDLA SLOVANSLOVAKIA-263.2537010.913
2022-2023SLOVAKIA (2023 IIHF World Championship)ITLTOUR32.2218900.932
2021-2022MODRE KRIDLA SLOVANSLOVAKIA-2153.2291320.909
2021-2022BRATISLAVASLOVAKIA92.3947620.907
2020-2021SHERBROOKEQMJHL203.17117410.895
2020-2021SLOVAKIA (2021 WJC Championships)ITLTOUR24.0311900.888
2019-2020SHERBROOKEQMJHL392.25229430.915
2019-2020SLOVAKIA (2020 WJC Championships)ITLTOUR55.3720000.851
2019-2020SVK U20 (2019 Summer Challenge in Poprad)ITLTOUR21.0012010.950
2018-2019LINCOLNUSHL224.58117800.862
2018-2019SLOVAKIA U20SLOVAKIA45.9521100.860
2018-2019SVK (2019 IIHF U18 World Championship)ITLTOUR44.4920000.893
2018-2019SLOVAKIA (2019 WJC Championships)NATOUR43.8318700.872
2018-2019SLOVAKIA U20 (SVK-2)SLOVAKIA-231.0111910.957
2017-2018MARTIN U18SLOVAKIA-JR. U18142.1800.920
2017-2018MARTIN JR.SLOVAKIA-JR. 283.1541800.916
2017-2018SLOVAKIA U20 (SVK-2)SLOVAKIA-253.6128200.876
2017-2018SLOVAKIA U20SLOVAKIA28.671300.714
2017-2018SVK U17 (5 Nations Tournament in Ostrava-Poruba 2017)ITLTOUR25.5012000.869
2017-2018SVK U18 (4-nations tournament in Fussen 2017)ITLTOUR23.841250
2017-2018SVK U20 (4 Nation Tournament in Hodonin 2018)ITLTOUR21.358900.967
2017-2018SVK (2018 IIHF U18 World Championship)ITLTOUR14.115800.888
2017-2018SVK U18 (2018 Vlado Dzurilla Tournament)ITLTOUR14.075800.800
2016-2017MARTIN U18SLOVAKIA-JR. U18332.22186440.926