Editing Roman Turek

{{Short description|Czech ice hockey player}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| position = [[Goaltender]]
| catches = Right
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 4
| weight_lb = 220
| played_for = [[Motor České Budějovice|HC České Budějovice]]<br>[[Nürnberg Ice Tigers]]<br>[[Dallas Stars]]<br>[[St. Louis Blues]]<br>[[Calgary Flames]]
| league = [[Czech Extraliga]]
| ntl_team = Czechoslovakia
| ntl_team_2 = Czech Republic
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|5|21|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Strakonice]], [[Czechoslovak Socialist Republic|Czechoslovakia]]
| career_start = 1988
| career_end = 2010
| draft = 113th overall
| draft_year = 1990
| draft_team = [[Minnesota North Stars]]
| image = Roman Turek2007.jpg
| image_size = 230px
| caption = Turek with [[Motor České Budějovice|HC Mountfield]] in 2007
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Country | {{CSK}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IIHF European Junior Championships|European Junior Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1988 IIHF European U18 Championship|1988 Czechoslovakia]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|World Junior Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1989 United States]]|}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1990 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1990 Finland]]|}}
{{Medal|Country | {{CZE}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Ice Hockey Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1996 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1996 Austria]]|}}
}}
'''Roman Turek''' (born May 21, 1970) is a Czech former professional [[ice hockey]] [[goaltender]] who played for the [[Dallas Stars]], [[St. Louis Blues]] and [[Calgary Flames]] in a nine-year [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) career. He last played in the [[Czech Extraliga]] for [[HC České Budějovice]].

==Playing career==

===Dallas Stars===
Drafted 113th overall by the [[Minnesota North Stars]] in the [[1990 NHL Entry Draft]], Turek moved with the franchise to [[Dallas Stars|Dallas]], where he initially played as the third-string goaltender behind [[Andy Moog]] and [[Artūrs Irbe]] before serving as the backup to [[Ed Belfour]]. He won a [[Stanley Cup]] in this role in 1999. Despite his backup role, he achieved international glory with the Czech Republic national team, backstopping them to a gold medal at the 1996 World Championships. In this year, he also played in Germany for the [[Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers|Nürnberg Ice Tigers]].

===St. Louis Blues===
The Stars, fearing they would lose Turek to the [[Atlanta Thrashers]] in the upcoming expansion draft, traded him to the [[St. Louis Blues]] in the 1999 off-season, and Turek finally got his chance to shine as he topped the league with seven shutouts and won the [[William M. Jennings Trophy]] in his first season. He helped the Blues to the [[Presidents' Trophy]] that year and the Blues entered the [[2000 Stanley Cup playoffs|playoffs]] with high expectations. However, St. Louis was eliminated in seven games by the eighth-seeded [[San Jose Sharks]], with some aggravated Blues fans pinning responsibility on Turek because of some soft goals he allowed, including one in game 7 that was fired from centre ice by Sharks captain [[Owen Nolan]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-c10i6bw48 |title=Owen Nolans Red Line Goal on Turek - YouTube |website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=2016-11-26 |archive-date=2016-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411031735/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-c10i6bw48 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S10PdOL3A1Y Owen Nolan’s Center Ice Goal – Shark City Hockey on YouTube].  Retrieved January 24, 2021.</ref> However, he played a second season with the Blues while being challenged for the starting position by backup [[Brent Johnson]]. He put up good numbers again, this time helping the Blues reach the playoffs as the fourth seed, where they again faced the Sharks in the first round. This time, Turek helped the Blues eliminate the Sharks in six games and then helped them sweep the Dallas Stars, his former team, in the second round. However, in the third round against the [[Colorado Avalanche]], soft goals plagued him again (including one scored after an attempt to scoop the puck into his glove with his stick) and again in some fan circles bore the brunt of the blame for the Blues' third round 4–1 ouster.

===Calgary Flames===
[[File:Roman Turek.jpg|right|thumb|Turek with the [[Calgary Flames]] in 2004]]
In the off-season, Turek was traded to the [[Calgary Flames]].

In the 2003–04 season, Turek's status as the Flames' starting goaltender was altered drastically when, following an injury to Turek, [[Darryl Sutter]] traded a conditional draft pick to the San Jose Sharks for [[Miikka Kiprusoff]]. Though he struggled in San Jose, Kiprusoff's stellar performances in Calgary relegated Turek to the bench. However, Turek was a dependable backup, as Kiprusoff led the Flames to the [[2004 Stanley Cup Finals]] against the [[Tampa Bay Lightning]].

In 2004, Turek restructured his contract to substantially drop his salary from $5&nbsp;million plus bonuses for the 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons. The restructuring brought his salary to between $1&nbsp;million and $2&nbsp;million, with potential earnings relying heavily on performance bonuses. The restructuring saved the Calgary Flames organization between $3&nbsp;million and $4&nbsp;million in the 2004–05 season.<ref>{{cite news |title=Report: Turek re-works deal with Flames |url=http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=89653 |date=2004-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040822162853/http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=89653 |archive-date=2004-08-22}}</ref>

Turek announced his retirement from the NHL on August 9, 2005.

==Mask design==
* Turek's masks all featured [[Iron Maiden]] mascot "[[Eddie (mascot)|Eddie]]". The artwork was done by Ray Bishop of Bishop Custom Designs.

==International play==
* 1994 Played for Czech Republic at [[1994 Winter Olympics]]
* 1994 Played for Czech Republic at [[Ice Hockey World Championships|World Championships]]
* 1996 Won gold medal for Czech Republic at World Championships
* 1996 Played for Czech Republic at [[World Cup of Hockey]]

==Career statistics==

===Regular season and playoffs===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="width:75%; text-align:center;"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! colspan="10" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | [[Regular season]]
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! colspan="8" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | [[Playoffs]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP !! W !! L !! T !! OTL !! MIN !! GA !! [[Shutout#Ice hockey|SO]] !! [[Goals against average|GAA]] !! [[save percentage|SV%]]
! GP !! W !! L !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV%
|-
| 1987–88
| [[TJ Motor České Budějovice]]
| CSSR-JR
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1988–89
| [[VTJ Písek]]
| [[1st. Czech National Hockey League|CSSR-2]]
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-  
| 1989–90
| VTJ Písek
| CSSR-2
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1990–91 Czechoslovak Extraliga season|1990–91]]
| TJ Motor České Budějovice
| [[Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League|CSSR]]
| 26 || — || — || — || — || 1244 || 98 || 0 || 4.73 || .880
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-  
| 1991–92
| TJ Motor České Budějovice
| CSSR-2
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1992–93 Czechoslovak Extraliga season|1992–93]]
| HC České Budějovice
| CSSR
| 43 || — || — || — || — || 2555 || 121 || — || 2.84 || .923
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- 
| [[1993–94 Czech Extraliga season|1993–94]]
| HC České Budějovice 
| [[Czech Extraliga|CZE]]
| 44 || 23 || 15 || 6 || — || 2532 || 109 || 3 || 2.58 || .927
| 3 || 0 || 3 || 180 || 11 || 0 || 3.67 || .866 
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1994–95 Czech Extraliga season|1994–95]]
| HC České Budějovice 
| CZE
| 44 || 20 || 18 || 6 || — || 2586 || 118 || 2 || 2.74 || .920
| 9 || 5 || 4 || 501 || 26 || 0 || 3.11 || .915
|-  
| [[1995–96 DEL season|1995–96]]
| [[Nürnberg Ice Tigers]]
| [[Deutsche Eishockey Liga|DEL]]
| 48 || — || — || — || — || 2787 || 154 || — || 3.32 || —
| 5 || — || — || 338 || 14 || — || 2.48 || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1996–97 NHL season|1996–97]]
| [[Dallas Stars]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 6 || 3 || 1 || 0 || — || 263 || 9 || 0 || 2.06 || .930
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-  
| [[1996–97 IHL season|1996–97]]
| [[Michigan K-Wings]]
| [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|IHL]]
| 29 || 8 || 13 || 4 || — || 1555 || 77 || 0 || 2.97 || .905
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1997–98 NHL season|1997–98]]
| Dallas Stars
| NHL
| 23 || 11 || 10 || 1 || — || 1324 || 49 || 1 || 2.22 || .901
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-  
| [[1997–98 IHL season|1997–98]]
| Michigan K-Wings
| IHL
| 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || — || 119 || 5 || 0 || 2.52 || .928
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1998–99 NHL season|1998–99]]
| Dallas Stars
| NHL
| 26 || 16 || 3 || 3 || — || 1382 || 48 || 1 || 2.08 || .915
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-  
| [[1999–00 NHL season|1999–00]]
| [[St. Louis Blues]]
| NHL
| 67 || 42 || 15 || 9 || — || 3960 || 129 || 7 || 1.95 || .912
| 7 || 3 || 4 || 415 || 19 || 0 || 2.75 || .882
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2000–01 NHL season|2000–01]]
| St. Louis Blues
| NHL
| 54 || 24 || 18 || 10 || — || 3232 || 123 || 6 || 2.28 || .901
| 14 || 9 || 5 || 908 || 31 || 0 || 2.05 || .919
|-  
| [[2001–02 NHL season|2001–02]]
| [[Calgary Flames]]
| NHL
| 69 || 30 || 28 || 11 || — || 4081 || 172 || 5 || 2.53 || .906
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2002–03 NHL season|2002–03]]
| Calgary Flames
| NHL
| 65 || 27 || 29 || 9 || — || 3822 || 164 || 4 || 2.57 || .902
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-  
| [[2003–04 NHL season|2003–04]]
| Calgary Flames
| NHL
| 18 || 6 || 11 || 0 || — || 1031 || 40 || 3 || 2.33 || .914
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 19 || 0 || 0 || 0.00 || 1.000
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2004–05 Czech 1. Liga season|2004–05]]
| HC České Budějovice 
| [[1st Czech Republic Hockey League|CZE-2]]
| 15 || 13 || 2 || 0 || — || 859 || 23 || 3 || 1.61 || .924
| 6 || 6 || 0 || 360 || 3 || 4 || 0.50 || .979
|-  
| [[2005–06 Czech Extraliga season|2005–06]]
| HC České Budějovice 
| CZE
| 31 || 15 || 11 || 5 || — || 1832 || 69 || 1 || 2.26 || .924
| 10 || 5 || 5 || 618 || 19 || 1 || 1.84 || .941
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2006–07 Czech Extraliga season|2006–07]]
| [[HC Mountfield]]
| CZE
| 35 || 19 || 16 || — || 0 || 1995 || 88 || 2 || 2.65 || .911
| 11 || 5 || 6 || 609 || 29 || 1 || 2.86 || .914
|-   
| [[2007–08 Czech Extraliga season|2007–08]]
| HC Mountfield
| CZE
| 42 || 29 || 13 || — || 0 || 2494 || 89 || 6 || 2.14 || .929
| 11 || 7 || 4 || 641 || 17 || 3 || 1.59 || .945
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2008–09 Czech Extraliga season|2008–09]]
| HC Mountfield
| CZE
| 44 || 20 || 24 || — || 0 || 2463 || 104 || 4 || 2.53 || .921
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-  
| [[2009–10 Czech Extraliga season|2009–10]]
| HC Mountfield
| CZE
| 38 || 14 || 24 || — || 0 || 2286 || 109 || 4 || 2.86 || .906
| 5 || 2 || 3 || 298 || 22 || 0 || 4.43 || .872
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan=3 | CZE totals
! 278 !! 140 !! 121 !! 17 !! 0 !! 16,188 !! 686 !! 22 !! 2.54 !! .920
! 49 !! 24 !! 25 !! 2,847 !! 124 !! 5 !! 2.61 !! .919
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan=3 | NHL totals
! 328 !! 159 !! 115 !! 43 !! — !! 19,094 !! 734 !! 27 !! 2.31 !! .907
! 22 !! 12 !! 9 !! 1,343 !! 50 !! 0 !! 2.23 !! .908
|}

===International===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Event
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | 
! GP !! W !! L !! T !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV%
|-
| [[1988 IIHF European U18 Championship|1988]]
| [[Czechoslovakia men's national under-18 ice hockey team|Czechoslovakia]]
| [[IIHF European Junior Championships|EJC]]
| 5 || — || — || — || 273 || 9 || — || 1.98 || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1989]]
| [[Czechoslovakia national junior ice hockey team|Czechoslovakia]]
| [[World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|WJC]]
| 7 || 4 || 1 || 1 || 390 || 16 || 0 || 2.46 || —
|-  
| [[1990 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1990]]
| Czechoslovakia 
| WJC
| 6 || 4 || 2 || 0 || 326 || 14 || 0 || 2.58 || .906
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[Ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics|1994]]
| [[Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team|Czech Republic]]
| [[Ice hockey at the Olympic Games|OLY]]
| 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 120 || 3 || 0 || 1.50 || .931
|-
| [[1994 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1994]]
| Czech Republic
| [[Ice Hockey World Championships|WC]]
| 2 || — || — || — || 120 || 4 || 0 || 2.00 || .892
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1995 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1995]]
| Czech Republic
| WC
| 6 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 359 || 9 || 2 || 1.50 || .939
|-
| [[1996 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1996]]
| Czech Republic
| WC
| 8 || 7 || 0 || 1 || 480 || 15 || 1 || 1.88 || .952
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1996 World Cup of Hockey|1996]]
| Czech Republic
| [[World Cup of Hockey|WCH]]
| 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 82 || 10 || 0 || 7.32 || .833
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan=3 | Junior totals
! 18 !! — !! — !! — !! 989 !! 39 !! — !! 2.37 !! —
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan=3 | Senior totals
! 21 !! — !! — !! — !! 1161 !! 41 !! 3 !! 2.12 !! —
|}

==Awards and honours==
{| class="wikitable"
! Award
! Year
|-  ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" |[[National Hockey League|NHL]]
|-
| [[William M. Jennings Trophy]]
| 1999 (shared with [[Ed Belfour]]), 2000
|-
| [[Stanley Cup]] champion
| [[1999 Stanley Cup Finals|1999]]
|-
| [[National Hockey League All-Star Game|All-Star Game]]
| [[2000 National Hockey League All-Star Game|2000]]
|-
| [[NHL All-Star team|Second All-Star team]]
| 2000
|-  ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" |[[International Ice Hockey Federation|International]]
|-
| [[List of IIHF World Championship directorate award winners|Best Goaltender]]
| 1996
|-
| All-Star team
| 1995, 1996
|}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{icehockeystats|legends=18398}}

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{{succession box | before = [[Martin Brodeur]] | title = Winner of the [[William M. Jennings Trophy]] | years = [[1998–99 NHL season|1999]] (with [[Ed Belfour]]),<br>[[1999–2000 NHL season|2000]] | after = [[Dominik Hašek]]}}
{{succession box | before = [[Milos Holan]] | title = [[Golden Hockey Stick]] | years = 1994 | after = [[Jaromír Jágr|Jaromir Jagr]]}}
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