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Marián Gáborík’s most valuable hockey talents quickly became famous throughout the NHL, and he benefited more effectively from them, especially with increasing experience. They were exceptional skating acceleration and accurate wrist shooting without preparation. At full speed. Gáborík’s hands, feet and talent were worth $ 7.5 million a year. On Thursday, Marián Gáborík announced the end of his career.
MARIÁN GÁBORÍK likes fast cars, but he was the fastest on the ice
“When he’s healthy, he has a 30 percent shooting success. During the match, he can get to 5 – 6 chances when he leaves his opponent behind. A comprehensive, exceptional hockey player, “ coach Július Šupler spoke about him, who led Gáborík as a young man in Dukla Trenčín and later in the national team.
THE HARDEST ROBOT
“He had to take the toughest robot there is in hockey. Repeatedly, each season to score as many goals as possible. In his case, it was not enough just to pass on to them, he had to make high numbers, ” claimed his former teammate Richard Lintner.
When Gáborík started in the NHL in Minnesota, the legendary Russian defender Viačeslav Fetisov noticed him as an assistant coach in New Jersey. “Without a foul, he is indefensible. He has speed from God and a fantastic shot. “
“However, Gáborík’s flight was relentlessly hampered by frequent injuries,” Sadly, coach Ján Filc stated that in 1999 he led Slovakia to bronze at the 20th World Championships in Winnipeg. Gáborík was then seventeen years old and in the same season he won bronze at the World Championships eighteen.
Longer outages later tortured him mentally. “Majo paid for the innate speed dispositions of the muscle structure. It has great articular mobility, which is associated with a higher release of ligaments. This carries the risk of tearing the abdominal muscles, “ Dalimír Jančovič, a former national team doctor, summarized his experience. Under 25, Gáborík had had two lane surgeries in his life, and his life was plagued by lingering injuries to his groin.
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Hossa, Gáborík, Demitra at the 2007 World Championships in Russia
Source: TASR
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ALWAYS WANTED TO PLAY BEFORE IT COULD
“He always wanted to play before he was 100 percent fit,” added Dalimír Jančovič. Slovak hockey legend Igor Liba played in the jerseys of both finalists of the Stanley Cup from 2014, when Gáborík also raised the coveted cup over his head. Winning Los Angeles Kings and defeated Rangers. “It simply came to our notice then. In LA I played with Gretzky, in Rangers with Lafleur. “
Before Christmas in 2007, Gáborík set a record in the NHL. In a Minnesota jersey, he scored five goals for the Rangers net. Gáborík’s teammates took him from the ice to the cabin on his shoulders. The moved Minnesota coach Lemaire compared him to Lafleur. “I am not personally friends with Gáborík, but I like him. That’s why, as he decided to build a training stadium at the age of 23. No big talk, but for big money, “ added hockey legend Igor Liba, who did not waste superlatives.
HOCKEYBALL UNTIL NIGHT
The Gáborík family lived in Marián for three years in the Sihoť housing estate in Trenčín. When their father finished the family house, they moved to the Behind Bridges neighborhood. “Hockey was also played there until night. He was looking forward to real ice hockey training, even though it was always early in the morning. And that later became the main reason why he decided to build a training hall himself, “ said his older brother Branislav Gáborík, after whom Marián also inherited the nickname “Brambor”.
It was originally invented by Pavol Bratranec, a gymnast and coach at a hockey school on Hodžova Street, Braňo. When he noticed the younger Marian in the gym years later, he automatically became a Potato too. Like the brothers Marián or Marcel Hoss, they called “Fery” in Trenčín after their father František.
My mother Silvia Gáboríková said that she always wanted to catch up with her brother, who, however, ended up playing hockey at the age of 22.
Marián Gáborík’s last step on the road to winning the Stanley Cup in 2014 was closely watched by his former teammates, coaches and family. While the mother and father Pavel enjoyed their son’s success in Los Angeles live, his brother and his friends drank on a boat in Croatia after the drama.
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Marián Gáborík brought the Stanley Cup to his native Trenčín
Source: SITA
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“My brother and I exchanged a few text messages. It was really nervous. I suffered in overtime, although otherwise I experience hockey matches quite peacefully. I have to praise my brother. He played well, he didn’t seem nervous to me, he handled key situations with tactics, “ evaluated then 41-year-old Branislav Gáborík, manager of the family business MG aréna in Trenčín.
CATCHED IN THE HANDBALL GATE
“Marián wanted to win from an early age. Always and everything. Whether it was hockey, football, handball. In addition to hockey, he always asked for the goal, where he was very mobile. I was eight and a half years older, but he was always hanging out in our game, trying to catch up with an older boy, “ added Branislav.
IN THE BENCH WITH MARCEL HOSS
“Marián and I sat on a common desk at school when I was young. When he called me after the Stanley Cup final match that he had finally lifted him over his head, he said he still couldn’t believe it. He had a happy voice like a little kid. I was soft with him. “ Marcel Hossa, a long-time teammate in the national team, was looking forward to it at the time.
“I was on Maja to watch a few games in the 1st round of the playoffs when the Kings played against San Jose. He was relaxed, the exchange to Los Angeles was good for him, he played well there. He played like the good old Majko, the living silver, “ Marcel added, mentioning how the last of the Kopecký, Marcel Hossa and Gáborík trio most often missed the last note. “At the time, I apologized to my teacher that he was a propeller. Later, this slowly developed into a diagnosis – hyperactivity, “ Silvia’s mother recalled.
The young “Potato” at the primary school was more enjoyed than studying mathematics by studying a fashion designer at the Trenčín clothing industry, where he graduated with honors. The final task for him at that time was to design a men’s jacket. In addition, his loved ones observed his artistic talent. He liked landscape painting.
According to Marcel Hoss, “potato” has always had a nose for goals, a shooter was born. “He didn’t look for physical thrashing in the corners, he always knew how to disengage at speed. We played for the students in a joint attack, beautiful times. “
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Marián Gáborík in the Los Angeles Kings jersey
Source: TASR
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TEAM TYPE
Coach Jindřich Novotný is pleased to have been involved in the upbringing of another Stanley Cup holder. After Tomáš Kopecký, Marián Hoss and Zden Chár, he once had Marián Gáborík in the youth team.
“He was modest. He knew exactly what he wanted to achieve in life. Like Marián Hossa, he played with a year older for his extraordinary talent. Although he had exceptional skating skills, he was a typical team player. Also for its pleasant, conflict-free nature, ” recalls Novotny, who had the opportunity to follow his beginnings in the NHL in a Minnesota jersey. Right in the first match, he scored the first goal of the then new club. The puck is still on display in a place of honor.
According to Novotný, Gáborík later received satisfaction in Los Angeles during the period when former New York Rangers coach John Tortorella swept with him as he wished. “In the Kings, they found him in an optimal position with Kopitar. Both players had a sense of play and orientation on the ice at speed. “
BIG GESTURE WITHOUT BIG WORDS
In the first seasons in Minnesota, Gáborík had a motivating contract as a newcomer. He also earned three million more in bonuses than his initial salary was. The NHL has already brought in hundreds of dollar millionaires, but none of them have made a gesture like Marián Gáborík.
In his 23 years without much speech, with the support of his father Pavel, brother Braň and a total of about three million dollars from his own account, he completed a cozy stadium on the premises of his former elementary school.
“The motivation for the construction of the winter was obvious to me. I wanted to make life easier with hockey for children in Trenčín. I myself had to get up in the dark for years to get to training. If I just needed to turn the money around, I would have to do it in safer and more profitable ways. The MG ring is a matter of the heart for me and my family. We employ 22 people and see children skating on ice all day, “ Marián Gáborík balances contentedly.
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Marián Hossa and Marián Gáborík after the Match of Stars.
Source: TASR
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FIVE-GOAL EXPLOSION
On December 20, 2007, an enthusiastic audience in Saint Paul chanted “Gabby, Gabby.” At that time, the 25-year-old Minnesota gunner Marián Gáborík exploded in a match against the New York Rangers with the famous Swede Henrik Lundqvist in goal. Gáborík took part in the 6: 3 victory with five goals and assistance. The first two were passed to him by a poor friend Pavol Demitra.
“I also scored five goals during my time in Slovakia, but this is completely different. I’m glad I did it in front of my own fans in Minnesota, ” evaluated at that time by Marián Gáborík.
His teammates carried him out of the ice on the shoulders as a sign of admiration. The lucky shooter revealed that he was inspired by a text message from a friend who dreamed of scoring five goals as Russian Pavel Bure at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.
His former coach Jacques Lemaire remembered Guy Lafleur again. Previously, Gáborík scored five goals in the Trenčín – Skalica (7: 1) match on September 26, 1999. In the Minnesota jersey, the Trenčín speed skater needed ten of the total number of 22 “savage” shots.
Until then, the NHL had been waiting for a player to score five goals for eleven years. Of the Slovaks in the NHL, Peter Bondr also managed to score five in the Washington jersey on February 5, 1994 in a 6: 3 match against Tampa.
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WHO IS MARIÁN GÁBORÍK
BORN: February 14, 1982 in Trenčín.
DRAFT NHL: 3rd place in 2000, Minnesota Wild
VALID AGREEMENT: with Tampa Bay until the end of the 2020/21 season.
CLUBS: Dukla Trenčín, Minnesota Wild, Färjestad BK, New York Rangers, Columbus Blue Jackets, Los Angeles Kings, Ottawa Senators.
LAST MATCH PLAYED: March 22, 2018 for Ottawa v Edmonton (1 shot, 1 assist).
NHL BALANCE SHEET: 1035 matches, 407 goals, 408 assists, 815 Canadian points, 95 plus points, 492 penalty minutes, 71 winning goals.
STANLEY CUP: 84 matches, 32 goals, 26 assists, 58 points.
SLOVAK EXTRALIGA: 142 matches, 82 goals, 71 assists, 153 Canadian points, average 1.08 points per match.
REPRESENTATION OF THE SR: 73 matches, 30 goals.
GREATEST SUCCESSES: winner of the Stanley Cup 2014 with Los Angeles Kings, bronze from the World Cup under 18 years of age 1999, bronze from the World Cup under 20 years of age 1999, best scorer of the Stanley Cup 2014, two-time participant in NHL Star Matches (2008, 2011)
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