Lenka Čurmová

Lenka Čurmová (born 8 April 1997) is a Slovak ice hockey defender, currently playing with the Buffalo Beauts of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) and the Slovak national team. She and teammate Iveta Klimášová were the first Slovak players to play in the NWHL.[1]

Lenka Čurmová
Born (1997-04-08) April 8, 1997
Michalovce, Košice, Slovakia
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Position Defense
Shoots Left
NWHL team Buffalo Beauts
Played for SKP Bratislava
ZHK Sarisanka Presov
National team  Slovakia
Playing career 2009–present

Career

Čurmová began her career at age twelve (2009), debuting with ZHK Sarisanka Presov of the 1.liga žien, Slovakia’s top-tier women’s league. She played with Sarisanka for six seasons, before transferring to SKP Bratislava of the European Women's Hockey League (EWHL). She remained with SKP Bratislava until her relocation to North America in 2019 in order to play with the Buffalo Beauts of the NWHL.[2]

The Beauts‘ first game of the 2019–20 season, 5 October 2019 against the Connecticut Whale, was history making; Čurmová became the first Slovak player to ever score a goal in NWHL history when she netted the Beauts‘ opening goal, assisted by MJ Pelletier and Corinne Buie. Later that week, she was the first Slovak player to be named NWHL Player of the Week.[3] She was selected by Teahm Packer for the 2020 NWHL All-Star Game.[4] In May 2020, she re-signed with the team for the 2020–21 season.[5][6]

International play

Čurmová first played with the Slovak national under-18 team at the qualification tournament and final tournament of the 2013 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship – Division I. She went on to play with the team at the 2014 World Women's U18 Championship DI, where she was the highest scoring defenceman, and at the 2014 World Women's U18 Championship DI, where she was the Best Defenceman of the tournament as selected by the directorate.

Čurmová made her first appearance for the senior Slovak national team at age fifteen, playing all five games of the 2013 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I. She has continued to appear internationally with the senior team, including in the qualification games for the 2018 Winter Olympics, and served as team captain during the 2018–19 season.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
2009–10 ZHK Šarišanka Prešov 1.liga žien 15 0 3 3 16 – – – – –
2010–11 ZHK Šarišanka Prešov 1.liga žien 13 0 4 4 6 6 0 1 1 8
2011–12 ZHK Šarišanka Prešov 1.liga žien 12 0 4 4 16 8 0 2 2 4
2012–13 ZHK Šarišanka Prešov 1.liga žien 8 0 1 1 2 10 1 3 4 2
2013–14 ZHK Šarišanka Prešov 1.liga žien 14 1 4 5 10 7 2 3 5 10
2014-15 ZHK Šarišanka Prešov 1.liga žien 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 2
2014-15 ŠKP Bratislava EWHL 19 0 3 3 12 – – – – –
2015-16 ZHK Šarišanka Prešov 1.liga žien 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 2 2 2
2015-16ŠKP Bratislava EWHL 131562 –––––
2016-17ŠKP Bratislava EWHL 110778 –––––
2017-18ŠKP Bratislava EWHL 130668 –––––
2017-18 ŠKP Bratislava 1.liga žien 13 4 11 15 6 6 2 9 11 6
2019–20Buffalo BeautsNWHL 23381128 10000
1.liga žien totals 775283360 435202534
EWHL totals 561212230 –––––
NWHL totals 23381128 10000

International
Year Team Event Div. Result Rank   GP G A Pts PIM
2013 Slovakia WJC-18 1 5th 11th 5 0 1 1 2
2013 Slovakia WC 1A 3rd 11th 5 0 0 0 0
2014 Slovakia WJC-18 1 5th 13th 5 1 2 3 2
2015 Slovakia WJC-18 1 3rd 11th 5 1 5 6 8
2015 Slovakia WC 1B 1st 15th 5 0 0 0 0
2016 Slovakia WC 1A 6th 14th 5 0 0 0 8
2018 Slovakia WC 1A 6th 15th 5 1 1 2 2
2019 Slovakia WC 1A 5th 15th 5 0 0 0 4
Junior totals 15 2 7 9 14
Senior totals 25 1 1 2 14

References
  1. Callari, Jenna (3 March 2020). "Beauts duo enjoying journey from Slovakia to Buffalo". WKBW Buffalo. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  2. Prosnan, Martin (29 May 2020). "Američan nevidí prekážky. A nevie, že Chára je Slovák" (in Slovak). Pravda. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  3. Oliver, Nathaniel (11 October 2019). "Buffalo Beauts D Lenka Čurmová Is Making History". The Hockey Writers. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  4. Strollo, Leighann (7 February 2020). "2020 NWHL All-Star Weekend Preview". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  5. Rice, Dan (28 May 2020). "Buffalo Beauts: Lenka Čurmová and Cassidy MacPherson Re-Signed". The Hockey Writers. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  6. "V zámorí sa z nej stala vítaná posila: Buffalo ju nechce pustiť, na stole má novú zmluvu". Športky.sk (in Slovak). 28 May 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.


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