International Goalie
SAMUEL
HLAVAJ
POSITION: G
SHOOTS: Left
HEIGHT: 6' 4"
Weight: 218
Born: 05/29/2001
Nationality: Slovakian
Club: PLZEN
League: CZECHIA

• 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