Jaroslav Kristek

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


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team=HC Energie Karlovy Vary
former_teams = Buffalo Sabres
league = Czech
position = Right Wing
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 0
weight_lb = 183
nickname =
nationality = CZE
birth_date = Birth date and age|1980|3|16|mf=y
birth_place = Gottwaldov, CS
draft = 50th overall
draft_year = 1998
draft_team = Buffalo Sabres
career_start = 2000
career_end =

Jaroslav Kristek (born March 16, 1980, in Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech ice hockey right wing. He was drafted in the second round, 50th overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. Currently, he is playing for HC Energie Karlovy Vary of the Czech Republic's Czech Extraliga.

Kristek played two seasons in the Western Hockey League with the Tri-City Americans before joining the Sabres' American Hockey League affiliate, the Rochester Americans, for the 2000–01 season. In three seasons with Rochester, Kristek appeared in 125 games and scored 23 goals. He also appeared in six NHL games with Buffalo during the 2002–03 season, recording no points.

Kristek returned to his native Czech Republic in 2003, and has played there since.

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