Martin Prusek

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BIOGRAPHY

BORN: December 11, 1975.
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HEIGHT: 6'1".
WEIGHT: 171 lbs.
UNIFORM #: 31 (Ottawa), 25 (Grand Rapids), 30 (Syracuse), 35 (Columbus).
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WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING:

"Czech veteran was brought over to adjust to NHL game." (Bruce Garrioch, The Hockey News Future Watch 2002)

"Prusek was a real surprise last season. He was drafted at age 23 and played in the Czech Republic before coming over to play in North America. He was an all-star during his AHL rookie season and won the starting role despite the Senators having two second-round picks - Chouinard and Lajeunesse - competing for the same job." (The Sports Forecaster 2002-03, p. 78)

"After two seasons as the backup to Patrick Lalime in Ottawa, Prusek became a free agent over the summer and signed with Columbus. He'll probably get into 25-30 games as the backup to Marc Denis, and is good enough to start multiple games if the need arises. At 29, Prusek could be entering his prime." (The Sports Forecaster 2005-06, p. 104)

TRANSACTIONS:

Selected by Ottawa Senators in sixth round (164th overall) of National Hockey League entry draft, June 26, 1999.
Re-signed to one-year contract by Ottawa, July 15, 2003.
Re-signed to one-year contract by Ottawa, July 15, 2004.
Signed with HC Vitkovice (Czech Extraleague) during NHL lockout, August 20, 2004.
Signed to one-year contract as unrestricted free agent by Columbus Blue Jackets, August 4, 2005.

ACCOLADES:

Named to American Hockey League All-Star First Team, 2001-02.
Shared (with Simon Lajeunesse and Mathieu Chouinard) Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Trophy (AHL - fewest goals against), 2001-02.
Winner, Baz Bastien Memorial Trophy (AHL - Best Goaltender), 2001-02.

INJURIES:

Back spasms; missed four games, December 9, 2003.
Strained left knee; missed one game, February 24, 2004.
Sore back; missed three games, March 18, 2004.

FIRSTS:

Martin made his National Hockey League debut on March 23, 2002, for the Ottawa Senators against the visiting Atlanta Thrashers. The Sens lost, 3-2 in overtime, when Atlanta defenseman Andy Sutton sent a wrist shot towards Prusek, who failed to control the rebound. Freshman Dany Heatley dove to poke the loose puck between his pads. All told, Martin made twelve saves on fifteen shots.

PENALTY SHOTS:

Stopped penalty shot (Glen Murray), November 9, 2002.
Stopped penalty shot (Dave Scatchard), November 12, 2002.

NHL SHOOTOUTS:

October 28, 2005 - defeated Minnesota, 2-1 (Pierre-Marc Bouchard save, Todd White goal, Wes Walz save, Brian Rolston save, Randy Robitaille save, Marc Chouinard save, Filip Kuba save, Alexandre Daigle save).

SEASON RECORDS:

REGULAR SEASON
Year  Team                        GP    Min   W   L   T  OL     GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
97-98 Vitkovice HC CZECH          50                                                             0   0    12
98-99 Vitkovice HC CZECH          37   1905                     85   2.68                        0   0     4               
99-00 Vitkovice HC CZECH          50                                                             0   0    20
00-01 Vitkovice HC CZECH          30                                                             0   0     0
01-02 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL   33   1903  18   8   5         58   1.83     830   .930     4   0   2     0
      Ottawa Senators NHL          1     62   0   1   0          3   2.90      15   .800     0   0   0     0    14.52  824.19
02-03 Ottawa Senators NHL         18    935  12   2   1         37   2.37     415   .911     0   0   0     0
      Binghamton Senators AHL      4    242   1   2   1          7   1.73      93   .925     1   0   0     5
03-04 Ottawa Senators NHL         29   1528  16   6   3         54   2.12     651   .917     3   0   1     0
04-05 Vitkovice HC CZECH          14    672   4   6   4         28   2.50     404   .931     0   0   0     0
      Znojemski Excalibur CZECH    8    453   3   5   0         18   2.38     268   .933     0   0   0     0
05-06 Syracuse Crunch AHL         23   1203  12   7       1     60   2.99     675   .911     2   0   1     0
      Columbus Blue Jackets NHL    9    373   3   3       0     20   3.22     165   .879     0   0   0     0
FOUR (4) NHL SEASONS              57   2898  31  12   4   0    114   2.36    1246  0.909     3   0   1     0

POST-SEASON
Year  Team                        GP    Min   W   L   GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
98-99 Vitkovice HC CZCEH           4                                                   0   0     0
01-02 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL    5    278   2   3   10   2.16      96   .896     0   0   0     2
03-04 Ottawa Senators NHL          1     40   0   0    1   1.50      15   .933     0   0   0     0
ONE (1) NHL POSTSEASON             1     40   0   0    1   1.50      15  0.933     0   0   0     0

NHL GAME DIRECTORY:

03/23/02: L (61m41s, 12/15) 2-3 OT defeat vs. Atlanta (Cassivi).
11/09/02: - (39m59s, 16/19) 1-7 defeat at Boston (Shields) [Replaced Lalime].
11/12/02: W (59m59s, 29/32) 5-3 victory at NY Islanders (Osgood).
11/23/02: W (60m, 37/39) 5-2 victory vs. Columbus (Labbe).
11/30/02: W (60m, 22/24) 4-2 victory vs. NY Islanders (Osgood).
12/10/02: W (60m, 26/28) 4-2 victory at Buffalo (Biron).
12/19/02: W (59m55s, 30/33) 9-3 victory vs. San Jose (Nabokov, Kiprusoff).
12/26/02: W (60m, 20/22) 3-2 victory at Buffalo (Biron).
01/02/03: W (13m07s, 5/5) 8-1 victory vs. Atlanta (Dafoe, Hnilicka) [Replaced by Lalime].
01/16/03: W (59m58s, 23/24) 3-1 victory vs. Anaheim (Gerber).
01/20/03: - (19m58s, 4/6) 2-6 defeat at Tampa Bay (Grahame) [Replaced Lalime].
01/25/03: W (62m15s, 21/24) 4-3 OT victory vs. Buffalo (Biron).
01/30/03: L (59m30s, 21/24) 0-3 defeat at Los Angeles (Storr).
02/06/03: T (64m54s, 28/30) 2-2 OT tie vs. Philadelphia (Cechmanek).
02/08/03: W (59m42s, 24/25) 3-1 victory vs. Atlanta (Nurminen).
02/20/03: L (59m30s, 23/27) 3-4 defeat vs. Florida (Luongo).
03/09/03: W (60m, 19/21) 4-2 victory vs. Pittsburgh (Caron).
03/15/03: - (15m52s, 7/8) 2-5 defeat vs. NY Islanders (Snow) [Replaced by Lalime].
04/05/03: W (60m, 23/24) 3-1 victory at Toronto (Kidd).
10/15/03: L (60m, 23/27) 3-4 defeat at Los Angeles (Cechmanek).
11/06/03: T (65m, 33/36) 3-3 OT tie vs. Edmonton (Salo).
11/17/03: L (59m11s, 23/25) 1-2 defeat vs. Buffalo (Biron).
11/23/03: - (13m43s, 6/6) 2-6 defeat at NY Rangers (Markkanen) [Replaced Lalime].
11/25/03: - (24m06s, 3/6) 6-3 victory at Atlanta (Nurminen) [Replaced by Lalime].
12/01/03: W (59m57s, 31/32) 4-1 victory vs. Philadelphia (Esche).
12/03/03: W (60m, 30/30) 4-0 victory at Florida (Luongo).
12/04/03: W (60m, 29/30) 4-1 victory at Tampa Bay (Grahame).
12/06/03: L (59m42s, 18/20) 1-2 defeat vs. New Jersey (Brodeur).
12/22/03: W (61m34s, 19/21) 3-2 OT victory vs. Florida (Luongo).
12/30/03: W (60m, 24/24) 3-0 victory at Boston (Raycroft).
01/03/04: W (60m, 14/16) 5-2 victory vs. Washington (Kolzig).
01/06/04: W (60m, 27/29) 5-2 victory vs. Tampa Bay (Khabibulin).
01/08/04: W (59m53s, 34/35) 7-1 victory at Toronto (Kidd).
01/17/04: W (60m, 20/20) 4-0 victory vs. Boston (Potvin).
01/19/04: L (60m, 18/23) 2-5 defeat at NY Islanders (DiPietro).
01/29/04: W (60m, 20/21) 4-1 victory at Phoenix (Boucher).
02/12/04: W (61m23s, 22/24) 3-2 OT victory vs. Boston (Potvin).
02/17/04: T (65m, 18/19) 1-1 OT tie at Washington (Kolzig).
02/22/04: W (60m, 23/26) 6-3 victory at Pittsburgh (Aubin).
03/05/04: - (1m45s, 0/0) 3-5 defeat at Philadelphia (Esche, Burke) [Replaced Lalime].
03/06/04: W (60m, 25/27) 4-2 victory vs. Nashville (Vokoun).
03/13/04: W (59m53s, 19/20) 2-1 victory at Vancouver (Hedberg).
03/14/04: L (40m, 13/16) 1-3 defeat at Edmonton (Conklin) [Replaced by Lalime].
03/27/04: T (58m42s, 21/23) 2-2 OT tie at Toronto (Belfour) [Replaced Lalime].
03/29/04: W (64m00s, 24/28) 5-4 OT victory at Tampa Bay (Khabibulin).
03/31/04: - (26m33s, 15/18) 5-4 victory at Florida (Luongo) [Replaced by Emery].
04/02/04: W (60m, 36/37) 3-1 victory at Philadelphia (Esche).
04/03/04: L (27m16s, 6/9) 0-6 defeat vs. Toronto (Belfour) [Replaced by Emery].
04/20/04: - (40m, 14/15) 1-4 defeat at Toronto (Belfour) [Replaced Lalime].
Signed as free agent by Columbus Blue Jackets, August 2005.
10/22/05: - (44m06s, 17/19) 0-6 defeat vs. Detroit (Legace) [Replaced Denis].
10/26/05: W (60m28s, 22/24) 3-2 OT victory vs. Nashville (Vokoun).
10/28/05: W (64m45s, 27/28) 2-1 SO victory (7/8) vs. Minnesota (Roloson).
10/29/05: L (59m53s, 21/24) 1-3 defeat at Minnesota (Fernandez).
11/13/05: L (5m43s, 2/5) 2-8 defeat vs. Los Angeles (Garon) [Replaced by Denis].
11/18/05: L (59m27s, 23/29) 3-6 defeat at Dallas (Turco).
11/20/05: - (6m14s, 0/0) 1-5 defeat at Phoenix (LeNeveu) [Replaced Denis].
11/25/05: - (12m49s, 2/2) 0-5 defeat vs. Colorado (Aebischer) [Replaced Leclaire].
11/26/05: W (59m58s, 31/34) 4-3 victory at St. Louis (Sanford).

AHL GAME DIRECTORY:

Assigned to Syracuse Crunch, October 2005.
10/08/05: W (60m, 27/30) 5-3 victory vs. Albany (Ahonen).
10/12/05: L (60m, 32/37) 2-5 defeat at Toronto (Aubin).
10/15/05: W (59m57s, 30/33) 4-3 victory vs. Torontio (Racine).
12/17/05: - (19m57s, 8/10) 4-3 SO victory vs. Philadelphia (Houle) [Replaced by Penner].
12/31/05: L (60m, 32/36) 1-4 defeat at Binghamton (Thompson).
01/04/06: L (50m54s, 20/23) 4-6 defeat at Hartford (Montoya) [Replaced Penner].
01/06/06: W (60m, 35/37) 4-2 victory at Albany (Doyle).
01/07/06: W (64m53s, 22/26) 5-4 SO victory (2/4) at Springfield (Coleman).
01/13/06: W (60m, 31/32) 4-1 victory at Hamilton (Danis).
01/16/06: L (58m49s, 18/21) 2-3 defeat vs. Wilkes-Barre (Sabourin).
01/18/06: L (57m13s, 16/21) 2-7 defeat at Wilkes-Barre (Sabourin) [Replaced Penner].
01/20/06: W (60m, 35/36) 3-1 victory vs. Cleveland (Schaefer).
01/21/06: W (60m, 45/48) 6-3 victory vs. Cleveland (Patzold).
01/27/06: L (29m54s, 19/23) 2-5 defeat at Rochester (Pelletier) [Replaced by Penner].
01/28/06: - (19m57s, 8/8) 5-3 victory vs. Manitoba (Flaherty) [Replaced by Penner].
02/04/06: L (60m, 33/40) 1-7 defeat at Grand Rapids (Howard).
03/08/06: W (59m57s, 24/24) 5-0 victory at Wilkes-Barre (Sabourin).
03/10/06: W (59m57s, 32/34) 5-2 victory vs. Rochester (Leighton).
03/17/06: W (61m52s, 43/44) 2-1 OT victory vs. Albany (Doyle).
03/18/06: W (60m, 32/32) 2-0 victory vs. Peoria (Beckford-Tseu).
03/24/06: W (34m51s, 26/27) 9-3 victory vs. Binghamton (Thompson, Guard) [Replaced by Penner].
03/31/06: - (20m, 7/11) 4-9 defeat at Rochester (Pelletier) [Replaced by Penner].
04/01/06: SOL (64m48s, 40/42) 2-3 SO defeat (4/6) vs. Rochester (Pelletier).

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