
First season as a Griffin…First year pro…Signed to an amateur tryout, 4/4/11…Signed to a three-year, entry-level contract by Detroit, 10/19/11…Assigned by Detroit, 9/14/12…Reassigned to Toledo (ECHL) by Detroit, 10/6/12…Reassigned from Toledo by Detroit, 10/7/12...Reassigned to Toledo by Detroit, 10/9/12...Reassigned from Toledo by Detroit, 10/29/12...Recalled by Detroit, 2/3/13...Assigned by Detroit, 2/18/13.
2011-12: Appeared in 50 games with the Ottawa 67’s and posted a 30-13-6 record, a 2.84 goals against average, a 0.917 save percentage and three shutouts…Ranked among the OHL’s goaltending leaders in wins (4th), GAA (9th), save percentage (8th), shutouts (T6th) and saves (1,577, 6th)…Paced the OHL with a 5-2 shootout record, stopping 31 of 39 attempts…Led Ottawa to the Eastern Conference Final, posting a 9-8 record with a 2.59 GAA and a 0.926 save percentage…Made more than 30 saves in 11 of his 17 postseason appearances, including a pair of 44-save wins and a 49-save overtime loss, 4/20/12 at Niagara…Starred for the Czech Republic at the World Junior Championship in Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta, earning a spot on the tournament’s All-Star Team, winning the IIHF Directorate Top Goaltender award and being named a top-three player on his team…Made 52 saves in a 5-2 win to help his country upset the United States, 12/30/11…Stopped 43 shots, 1/2/12 vs. Russia, nearly leading the Czechs into the medal round in a 2-1 overtime loss…Led his country with a 29-save effort against Slovakia in a 5-2 win to capture fifth place…Ranked fourth in the tournament with a 0.927 save percentage alongside a 2.49 GAA in six games…Debuted with the men’s national team at the World Championship in Finland and Sweden, allowing no goals in 9:12 of game action.
2010-11: Led all OHL goaltenders with a 0.920 save percentage and ranked near the top of the league with 33 wins (3rd), a 2.84 goals against average (5th), four shutouts (T2nd), 1,684 saves (2nd), four shootout wins (T2nd) and a 0.824 shootout percentage (3rd)…Led Ottawa to an East Division championship with a 33-15-3 record…Named to the OHL Third All-Star Team…Rattled off eight straight wins, 11/12/10-12/3/10, and lost just once in regulation from 11/12/10-1/9/11, going 15-1-1-1…Joined Grand Rapids on a tryout after his season ended but did not see game action.
2009-10: Topped all OHL rookies with a 3.00 goals against average, a 0.905 save percentage and three shutouts in 30 games with the Ottawa 67’s…Won the league’s F.W. “Dinty” Moore Trophy for the top rookie GAA and earned a spot on the OHL Second All-Rookie Team…Sported a 12-9-1 record…Took over the team’s starting role in the postseason, logging a 4-4 record with a 2.39 GAA and a 0.928 save percentage in eight contests.
2008-09: Split the season between the under-18 and under-20 level with HC Vitkovice and earned league championships at each level…Led the Czech under-18 league in both goals against average (1.99) and save percentage (0.946) while posting five shutouts…Posted even better numbers in four postseason games with a 0.93 GAA, a 0.972 save percentage and two shutouts…Sported a 2.49 GAA with a 0.924 save percentage with the under-20 team.
2007-08: Posted the best save percentage in the Czech under-18 circuit (0.932) alongside his 2.46 goals against average in 34 games with HC Vitkovice…Made his professional debut when he briefly appeared in a relegation contest with HC Vitkovice’s senior club.
2006-07: Logged 23 games for HC Vitkovice’s under-18 squad, posting a 2.40 goals against average, a 0.923 save percentage and two shutouts…Appeared in nine playoff games with a 1.85 GAA and a 0.942 save percentage.
Personal: Lives in Ostrava, Czech Republic…Has a Pomeranian named Misko…Has one sister…Best friends in hockey are Jakub Stepanek and Dominik Uher…Greatest hockey memories are playing for his country at the 2012 World Junior Championship and the 2012 World Championship…Began playing hockey at the age of four…Hockey nickname is Mrazo…Hockey idols as a youth were Dominik Hasek and Marc-Andre Fleury…Greatest influences on his hockey career are his parents and Petr Bolek, his goalie coach in the Czech Republic…Most exciting place he’s visited is Dubai…Also speaks Czech…Played tennis and golf growing up…Favorite food is chicken alfredo…Favorite movies are
The Italian Job and
The Hangover…Favorite TV show is
Prison Break…Enjoys watching golf and tennis.