About Richard Pánik
Richard Pánik (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈrixart ˈpaːɲik]; born 7 February 1991) is a Slovak professional ice hockey right winger for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Pánik was drafted in the second round, 52nd overall, in the 2009 NHL entry draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning. == Playing career == === Junior === As a youth, Pánik played in the 2004 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team from Bratislava. Pánik played two years professionally for HC Oceláři Třinec of the Czech Extraliga (ELH) before being drafted in the second round, 52nd overall, of the 2009 NHL entry draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning. He attended the Lightning's training camp ahead of the 2009–10 season but was ultimately cut from their roster, after which he joined the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). Later that season, Pánik played for Slovakia at the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, where he scored two goals and three assists in five games. On 5 January 2010, the Spitfires sent Pánik to the Belleville Bulls in a blockbuster trade, along with Austen Brassard, Steve Gleeson, Paul Bezzo, a second-round pick in 2012, a third-round pick in 2010 and a seventh-round pick in 2012, in exchange for Philipp Grubauer, Marc Cantin and Stephen Johnson. === Professional === Turning professional in 2011–12, Pánik was a member of the Norfolk Admirals team that set the longest win streak in professional hockey in North America, winning a record-breaking 28 consecutive victories that season. Pánik also helped the Admirals capture the Calder Cup championship in a 4–0 sweep over the Toronto Marlies. Due to the 2012–13 NHL lockout that cancelled nearly half of the regular season, Tampa Bay assigned Pánik, as well as 17 others, to the Syracuse Crunch, the Lightning's new AHL affiliate for the 2012–13 season.
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