Marián Gáborík (; born 14 February 1982) is a
Slovak former professional
ice hockey
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right winger. He began his playing career in the
Slovak Extraliga
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with
Dukla Trenčín
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for two seasons before being drafted third overall in the
2000 NHL Entry Draft
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by the
Minnesota Wild
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, becoming the highest-drafted Slovak player in
National Hockey League
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(NHL) history until
Juraj Slafkovský
Juraj Slafkovský (born 30 March 2004) is a Slovak professional ice hockey forward for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected first overall in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft by the Canadiens, the highest-drafted ...
who was drafted 1st overall by the
Montreal Canadiens
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in the
2022 NHL Entry Draft
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. He was the Wild's first-ever draft pick and would score the team's first-ever regular season goal.
Gáborík spent eight seasons with the Wild, becoming the team's all-time leading goal scorer (
still holds that record as of the end of the
2020–21 NHL season
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), before signing with the
New York Rangers
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in 2009. He has also played for the
Columbus Blue Jackets
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,
Los Angeles Kings
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, and
Ottawa Senators
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in the NHL. Gáborík won the
Stanley Cup
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with the Kings, defeating his former team, the Rangers, in the
2014 Stanley Cup Finals.
Internationally, Gáborík is a two-time
Olympian with
Slovakia
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and has won a bronze medal at the
1999 World Junior Championships.
Playing career
Dukla Trenčín (1998–2000)
Gáborík played with
Dukla Trenčín
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's junior team and scored 59 points over 36 games in 1997–98. That same season, he appeared in one
Slovak Extraliga
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game with Dukla Trenčín's men's team, scoring a goal in his professional debut. The following season, in 1998–99, he joined Dukla Trenčín in the Slovak Extraliga full-time and registered 20 points over 33 games as a rookie. Gáborík then improved to 46 points in 50 games the following season in his draft year.
Minnesota Wild (2000–2009)
Gáborík was the first-ever draft pick for the expansion
Minnesota Wild
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, drafted with the third overall pick in the first round of the
2000 NHL Entry Draft
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after
Rick DiPietro and
Dany Heatley
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. Gáborík immediately showed promise during his rookie season with the Wild, scoring the team's first ever regular season goal en route to collecting 18 goals and 36 points for the expansion Wild. He elevated his game the following season, in
2001–02, notching his first 30-goal season and nearly doubling his rookie output to 67 points. He also recorded his first career NHL
hat-trick
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near the beginning of the season on 13 November 2001. In
2002–03, Gáborík was named to his first
NHL All-Star Game
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and won the fastest skater competition, lapping the rink in 13.713 seconds. He notched 30 goals for the second consecutive season, but more importantly helped lead the Wild to their first
Stanley Cup playoffs
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appearance. He capped off his third NHL season with 17 points in 18 games as part of a run to the
Western Conference Finals.
Contractual issues kept Gáborík from starting the
2003–04 season with the Wild, as his initial entry-level contract came to an end in the off-season. Holding out with Dukla Trenčín, his agent, Allan Walsh, asserted that Gáborík would not take less than $6.5 million a year. After switching agents three times, Gáborík eventually agreed to a three-year, $10 million contract with the Wild on 31 October 2003. Limited to 65 games that season, he recorded 18 goals and 40 points. Due to the
2004–05 NHL lockout
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The main dispute was the league's desire to implement a salary cap to ...
, Gáborík again returned to Dukla Trenčín, where he dominated with 52 points in 29 games. He also saw time with
Färjestad BK
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of the Swedish
Elitserien
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Elitserien leagues at present:
* Elitserien (badmin ...
.
As NHL play resumed in
2005–06, Gáborík took another step forward, becoming a point-per-game player with 38 goals and 66 points in a 65-game season limited by a groin injury. His season was shortened once more the following season in
2006–07, re-injuring his groin on 20 October 2006, against the
Anaheim Ducks
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. Despite a 10- to 14-day estimated recovery time, he did not return to the lineup until 6 January 2007, against the
Colorado Avalanche
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months later. Although Gáborík missed 34 games, he still managed a second consecutive 30-goal season to go with 57 points overall.
On 20 December 2007, Gáborík recorded a six-point game against the
New York Rangers
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with five goals and an assist. This made him the first player in Wild history to score
five goals in a game, as well as the first NHLer since
Sergei Fedorov
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of the
Detroit Red Wings
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did so, 11 years earlier (on 26 December 1996, against the
Washington Capitals
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). At mid-season, he was chosen to his second NHL All-Star Game and would go on to record personal bests of 42 goals, 41 assists and 83 points. Gáborík finished his career year as
team captain
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for the Wild in March 2008. It was the first time in his career he was chosen as part of the team's monthly rotating captaincy.
Entering the final year of his contract with the Wild in
2008–09, the Wild began negotiations early to re-sign Gáborík. A ten-year, $80 million deal was turned down by Gáborík, and the Wild consequently began entertaining trade offers from NHL teams.
His playing time with the Wild was limited in his final year after being sidelined early in the season with a lower-body injury
[ before undergoing hip surgery in January 2009. He returned to the lineup on 21 March 2009, against the ]Edmonton Oilers
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and finished the season with 23 points in 17 games.
Gáborík was unable to sign a new contract with the Wild in the 2009 off-season. He left the Wild after eight seasons as its last original player and as the club's all-time leader in goals, assists and points.
New York Rangers (2009–2013)
Leading up to the free agency period, Gáborík was speculated to have interest in signing with the Vancouver Canucks
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after ''The Province
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'' reported he had recently bought a home in West Vancouver
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in the 2009 off-season. Nevertheless, Gáborík signed as an unrestricted free agent with the New York Rangers
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on the first day of free agency on 1 July 2009. The Rangers signed him to a reported $37.5 million contract over five years.
Gáborík got off to a quick start with his new club, scoring 10 goals in his first 12 games. Nearly a month into the season, he suffered a knee injury after colliding with former Ranger Petr Průcha
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Playing career
Průcha led the Czech Republic Junior Lea ...
in a game against the Phoenix Coyotes
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on 26 October 2009. He missed two games, including what would have been his first game back in Minnesota against the Wild. Gáborík was injured for a second time in the season when his right leg was cut by team goaltender Henrik Lundqvist
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during a team practice on 9 February 2010. Though the Rangers missed the 2010 playoffs, Gáborík did not disappoint in his first season with the team; he played in 76 games, matching his career high with 42 goals, and set a new career high in points with 86.
Gáborík's second season with the Rangers, in 2010–11
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, was hampered by injury. Just three games into the season, he suffered a shoulder injury after receiving an illegal boarding hit in a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs
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. The injury caused him to miss nearly a month, and, upon his return, limited his playing style, which relies on his tremendous wrist shot. Perhaps due to lingering effects from his various ailments, Gáborík proved a streaky scorer throughout the season and finished with 22 goals and 26 assists in 62 games, though 12 of those goals came in four games. His best game of the season was on 19 January 2011, when Gáborík scored four goals and an assist in a 7–0 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. For the first time since Gáborík had joined the team, the Rangers qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 5–2 win over the rival New Jersey Devils
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in the final game of the season. Gáborík contributed an assist on the game-winning goal, and a plus-minus rating of +2 during the game.
On 29 January 2012, Gáborík was named the MVP of the 59th NHL All-Star Game in Ottawa
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.
On 3 May 2012, shortly after midnight, Gáborík scored a triple-overtime game winner against the Washington Capitals
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in game 3 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, giving the Rangers a 2-1 lead in the series, whilst ending one of the longest playoff games in Rangers history.
On the commencement of the lockout-shortened 2012–13 season, Gáborík, who remained idle during the labour dispute, struggled to recapture his previous scoring pace with New York, often overshadowed by the addition of Rick Nash to the Rangers.
Columbus Blue Jackets (2013–2014)
After scoring nine goals in 35 games, Gáborík was dealt at the trade deadline on 3 April 2013, along with minor league players Blake Parlett
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Parlett played Major Junior Hockey in the Ontario Hockey League, t ...
and Steven Delisle
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Delisle was drafted 107th ove ...
, to the Columbus Blue Jackets
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in exchange for Derick Brassard, Derek Dorsett
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, John Moore and a sixth-round draft pick. The following night, Gáborík made his debut with the Blue Jackets and immediately made an impact, scoring the game-winning goal and earning an assist in a victory over the Nashville Predators
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. Gáborík then scored for Columbus in their opening game of the 2013–14 season, a 4–3 loss to the Calgary Flames
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.
Los Angeles Kings and Ottawa Senators (2014–2018)
Gáborík was traded to the Los Angeles Kings
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on 5 March 2014, in exchange for forward Matt Frattin
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, a second-round draft pick and a conditional third-round pick in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft
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. The Kings' acquisition of Gáborík paid dividends in the 2014 playoffs, as he went on to lead the playoffs with 14 goals and contributed to the Kings' effort in capturing their second Stanley Cup
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in three years, prevailing over his former club, the New York Rangers.
On 25 June 2014, Gáborík, as a pending free agent, opted to remain with the Kings in signing a seven-year, $34.125 million contract. In the 2014–15 season, Gaborik would put up 27 goals for 47 points point in 69 games with the Kings. Over the next 3 seasons, his goal–scoring would drop and injuries would take their toll on him
On 15 December 2017, Gáborík played his 1,000th career NHL game. Gáborík recorded two points in a 4–2 win to the Rangers.
However, 2 months later, on 13 February 2018, Gáborík and Nick Shore
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were traded to the Ottawa Senators
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in exchange for Dion Phaneuf and Nate Thompson
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.
Gáborík underwent surgery to repair a herniated disk in his back on 5 April 2018. The 2017–18 season would prove to be his last, as he did not play the following three seasons after being placed on the injured reserve list.
On 27 December 2020, Gaborik's rights were traded along with goaltender Anders Nilsson from Ottawa to the Tampa Bay Lightning
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in exchange for defenseman Braydon Coburn
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, forward Cédric Paquette
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, and a 2022
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second-round draft pick. This was viewed as a move to allow Tampa Bay to be cap compliant for the 2020–21 NHL season
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.
On November 4, 2021, Gaborik officially announced his retirement from the NHL.
Charity
Gáborík has used his success to benefit Slovak ice hockey and player development. In 2005, he opened his ice rink Arena Mariána Gáboríka in his native city of Trenčín
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at a personal cost of approximately 50 million Slovak koruna
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. The ice rink provides the opportunity to both learn how to skate as well as play ice hockey for local youth, and also contains both a full fitness center for off-ice conditioning and accommodations so that participants in programs may stay overnight. The rink earned the distinction of 2005 Construction of the Year in Trenčín. Beginning in 2009, Gáborík's ice rink has also begun offering a hockey school program.
Of the rink, Gáborík says:
Gáborík spends a lot of personal time pursuing this endeavor during the off-season, as he personally attends each of his hockey school's summer camp sessions to meet the campers and pose for photographs.
Gáborík has also founded the Marian Gaborik Foundation, which also supports his mission of expanding access to youth hockey in Slovakia.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
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International
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1982 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Trenčín
Columbus Blue Jackets players
Färjestad BK players
HK Dukla Trenčín players
Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Los Angeles Kings players
Minnesota Wild draft picks
Minnesota Wild players
National Hockey League All-Stars
National Hockey League first-round draft picks
New York Rangers players
Olympic ice hockey players of Slovakia
Ottawa Senators players
Slovak ice hockey forwards
Stanley Cup champions
Slovak television presenters