Valdemar Jiruš
Valdemar Jiruš (born September 9, 1973 in Kolín, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech ice hockey coach and a former professional ice hockey player. He played defenceman for BK Mladá Boleslav in the Czech Extraliga in his final season. After the end of his playing career he coached the youth teams of HC Bílí Tygři Liberec. Since 2018 he has been assistant coach of HC Benátky nad Jizerou.
| Valdemar Jiruš | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born |
September 9, 1973 Kolín, CS | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||
| Weight | 211 lb (96 kg; 15 st 1 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| CZE team Former teams |
BK Mladá Boleslav TJ Slovan Děčín SK Kadaň HC Sparta Praha HC Liberec | ||
| Playing career | 1994–2010 | ||
Career
Jiruš started playing ice hockey in his hometown Kolín. Played with TJ Slovan Děčín and SK Kadaň (in the Czech First League and Czech Second League respectively) from 1994 to 2000. He spent the seasons 2001–2002 and 2002–2003 with Sparta Praha, and he won in this time the Extraliga in 2002. In 2003 Jiruš joined HC Liberec and left the club on April 25, 2009 after six-year to sign with BK Mladá Boleslav.[1]
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1992–93 | SC Kolín | Czech3 | 38 | 17 | 14 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | HC Děčín | Czech3 | — | 5 | 4 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | HC Děčín | Czech3 | — | 14 | 10 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | HC Děčín | Czech3 | — | 8 | 6 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | HC Děčín | Czech3 | — | 6 | 10 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | HC Děčín | Czech3 | — | 4 | 15 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | SK Kadaň | Czech2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | SK Kadan | Czech2 | 36 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Bili Tygri Liberec | Czech2 | 40 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 2000–01 | HC Sparta Praha | Czech | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2001–02 | HC Sparta Praha | Czech | 44 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 30 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2002–03 | HC Sparta Praha | Czech | 48 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2003–04 | Bili Tygri Liberec | Czech | 48 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Bili Tygri Liberec | Czech | 51 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 38 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2005–06 | Bili Tygri Liberec | Czech | 49 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | ||
| 2006–07 | Bili Tygri Liberec | Czech | 45 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2007–08 | Bili Tygri Liberec | Czech | 49 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | ||
| 2008–09 | Bili Tygri Liberec | Czech | 47 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2009–10 | BK Mlada Boleslav | Czech | 40 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Czech totals | 421 | 51 | 125 | 176 | 356 | 71 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 51 | ||||
Notes
- Druhou posilou do obrany Valdemar Jiruš! on www.bkboleslav.cz
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from The Internet Hockey Database
- Valdemar Jiruš on the official HC Liberec website