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Wikipedia / Petr Kanko

Petr Kanko (born 7 February 1984) is a Czech former ice hockey right winger. He played 10 games in the National Hockey League with the Los Angeles Kings during the 2005–06 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 2001 to 2022, was mainly spent in the Czech Extraliga and second-tier league.

Playing career

Petr Kanko came to North America in 2001 to play for the Kitchener Rangers of the OHL. He produced for the team right away, and was part of their Memorial Cup winning team of 2003. Five members of that team, including Kanko, have since gone on to play in the NHL. Also, he was drafted 66th overall by the Los Angeles Kings in the 2002 NHL entry draft.

Kanko graduated from the Kitchener Rangers in 2004 after scoring 68 points in 55 games for them. He moved on to the Manchester Monarchs of the AHL. It took him a while to get his bearings in the pros, in part to his small stature, but in the 2005–06 season he played well enough to get called up to the Kings. In his first game in the NHL on 16 December 2005 against the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Kanko scored the game-tying goal in the third period that enabled the Kings to advance to the shootout, which they would win to take the game 4–3.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season

Playoffs

Season

Team

League

GP

G

A

Pts

PIM

GP

G

A

Pts

PIM

1999–00

HC Sparta Praha

CZE U18

43

30

28

58

60

7

4

5

9

16

2000–01

HC Sparta Praha

CZE U18

3

5

5

10

4

2

1

0

1

2

2000–01

HC Sparta Praha

CZE U20

38

21

5

26

74

2

1

0

1

2

2000–01

HC Sparta Praha

CZE

6

1

0

1

0

—

—

—

—

—

2001–02

Kitchener Rangers

OHL

61

28

32

60

54

4

0

2

2

0

2002–03

Kitchener Rangers

OHL

60

33

34

67

123

20

11

16

27

17

2002–03

Kitchener Rangers

M-Cup

—

—

—

—

—

4

4

1

5

2

2003–04

Kitchener Rangers

OHL

55

26

42

68

97

5

2

2

4

10

2003–04

Manchester Monarchs

AHL

6

1

3

4

0

6

1

3

4

2

2004–05

Manchester Monarchs

AHL

60

4

14

18

118

6

0

0

0

18

2005–06

Los Angeles Kings

NHL

10

1

0

1

0

—

—

—

—

—

2005–06

Manchester Monarchs

AHL

60

15

12

27

52

7

1

1

2

5

2006–07

Manchester Monarchs

AHL

58

11

8

19

57

11

1

1

2

12

2007–08

Manchester Monarchs

AHL

36

3

4

7

47

4

1

0

1

2

2007–08

Reading Royals

ECHL

1

0

0

0

2

—

—

—

—

—

2008–09

HC Oceláři Třinec

CZE

38

6

12

18

24

3

0

1

1

4

2009–10

HC Oceláři Třinec

CZE

45

3

1

4

32

5

0

0

0

16

2010–11

HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi

CZE-2

24

3

7

10

65

—

—

—

—

—

2010–11

HC BENZINA Litvínov

CZE

1

0

0

0

0

—

—

—

—

—

2011–12

Orli Znojmo

EBEL

43

7

13

20

70

4

0

1

1

2

2012–13

HC Frýdek–Místek

CZE-3

16

4

7

11

0

—

—

—

—

—

2012–13

HC AZ Havířov 2010

CZE-3

23

10

8

18

30

8

2

5

7

8

2013–14

HC AZ Havířov 2010

CZE-2

39

3

5

8

46

4

2

0

2

2

2014–15

MsHK DOXXbet Žilina

SVK

52

10

13

23

6

—

—

—

—

—

2015–16

HC AZ Havířov 2010

CZE-2

47

25

17

42

10

8

1

4

5

14

2015–16

HC Oceláři Třinec

CZE

1

1

0

1

2

4

1

3

4

2

2016–17

HC Frýdek–Místek

CZE-2

23

6

6

12

12

—

—

—

—

—

2016–17

HC AZ Havířov 2010

CZE-2

28

13

14

27

8

—

—

—

—

—

2017–18

AZ Residomo Havířov

CZE-2

40

8

10

18

12

5

0

0

0

0

2018–19

HC RT TORAX Poruba 2011

CZE-2

53

19

10

29

12

—

—

—

—

—

2018–19

PSG Berani Zlín

CZE

1

0

0

0

0

—

—

—

—

—

2019–20

HC RT TORAX Poruba 2011

CZE-2

57

13

14

27

8

2

0

1

1

0

2020–21

HC RT TORAX Poruba 2011

CZE-2

29

4

10

14

6

11

2

2

4

0

2021–22

HC RT TORAX Poruba 2011

CZE-2

27

0

1

1

4

—

—

—

—

—

CZE-2 totals

367

94

94

188

183

30

5

7

12

16

NHL totals

10

1

0

1

0

—

—

—

—

—

International

Year

Team

Event

GP

G

A

Pts

PIM

2001

Czech Republic

WJC18

7

6

1

7

4

2004

Czech Republic

WJC

7

1

1

2

4

Junior totals

14

7

2

9

8