Martin Gernát (born 11 April 1993) is a Slovak professional

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for

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of the

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(KHL).

Playing career

Gernát was drafted in the fifth round, 122nd overall, by the

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in the

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. After his draft selection, he would spend two seasons in the junior

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with the

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before signing a three-year entry-level contract with the Oilers on April 20, 2013. He spent the next three seasons playing in the

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for the

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and the

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before he was traded to the

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on February 29, 2016 for

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. He would play just five games for the Ducks' AHL affiliate the

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before signing for

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for the 2016–17 season. Gernát broke his contract with Sparta Praha in July 2017. On 7 June 2023, Gernát signed as a free agent to a one-year contract with Russian club, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the KHL, for the 2023–24 season.

International play

Gernát was selected to play for

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at the 2012 World Junior Championships.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

External links

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WHL Player Profile
1993 births Living people Bakersfield Condors (1998–2015) players Bakersfield Condors players Edmonton Oilers draft picks Edmonton Oil Kings players HC Košice players Ice hockey people from Košice Lausanne HC players Lokomotiv Yaroslavl players HC Oceláři Třinec players Oklahoma City Barons players HC Prešov players San Diego Gulls (AHL) players Slovak ice hockey defencemen HC Sparta Praha players Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Slovakia Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Slovakia Olympic medalists in ice hockey Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Canada Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in the Czech Republic Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Switzerland 21st-century Slovak sportsmen {{Slovakia-icehockey-bio-stub