Petr Kanko

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
prospect_league =
prospect_team =
team = HC Oceláři Třinec
league = O2ELH
position = Right Wing
shoots = Left
height_ft = 5
height_in = 10
weight_lb = 190
nickname =
nationality = CZE
birth_date = Birth date and age|1984|2|7|mf=y
birth_place = Pribram, CZE
draft = 66th overall
draft_year = 2002
draft_team = Los Angeles Kings
career_start = 2003

Petr Kanko (born 7 February, 1984 in Pribram, Czech Republic) is a professional ice hockey right winger who currently plays for the HC Oceláři Třinec and formerly for Manchester Monarchs, the AHL affiliate of the Los Angeles Kings of the NHL.

Playing career

Petr Kanko came to North America in 2001 to play for the Kitchener Rangers of the OHL. He produced for the team right away, and was part of their Memorial Cup winning team of 2003. Five members of that team, including Kanko, have since gone on to play in the NHL. Also, he was drafted 66th overall by the Los Angeles Kings in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.

Kanko graduated from the Kitchener Rangers in 2004 after scoring 68 points in 55 games for them. He moved on to the Manchester Monarchs of the AHL. It took him a while to get his bearings in the pros, in part to his small stature, but in the 2005–06 season he played well enough to get called up to the Kings. In his first game in the NHL on 16 December, 2005 against the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Kanko scored the game-tying goal in the third period that enabled the Kings to advance to the shootout, which they would win to take the game 4–3.

Awards

Records

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2000–01	Sparta Praha	Cze.		6	1	0	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
2001–02	Kitchener Rangers	OHL		61	28	32	60	54		4	0	2	2	0
2002–03	Kitchener Rangers	OHL		60	33	34	67	123		20	11	16	27	17
2003–04	Kitchener Rangers	OHL		55	26	42	68	97		5	2	2	4	10
2003–04	Manchester Monarchs	AHL		6	1	3	4	0		6	1	3	4	2
2004–05	Manchester Monarchs	AHL		60	4	14	18	118		6	0	0	0	18
2005–06	Manchester Monarchs	AHL		60	15	12	27	52		7	1	1	2	5
2005–06	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		10	1	0	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
2006–07	Manchester Monarchs	AHL		58	11	8	19	57		11	1	1	2	12
1 season	NHL career			10	1	0	1	0

International play

*Played for Czech Republic in the 2004 World Junior Championships.

International Statistics

References

*hockeydb|57050