Tomáš Kubalík (born May 1, 1990) is a Czech professional ice hockey forward who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He is the older brother to Dominik Kubalik who also plays professionally.
Playing career As a youth, Kubalik played in the 2003 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team from Chomutov. He later played with HC Plzeň 1929, before graduating to play three seasons with the men's team in the professional Czech Extraliga. He was selected by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 5th round (135th overall) of the 2008 NHL entry draft. He made his NHL debut with the Blue Jackets in the tail end of the 2010–11 season, finishing with 2 assists in 4 games.
During the following 2011–12 season, Kubalik scored his first NHL goal on January 13, 2012, against Jason LaBarbera of the Phoenix Coyotes.
On March 10, 2013, Kubalik was traded from Columbus to the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for Spencer Machacek.
On June 7, 2013, Kubalik left his short tenure with the Blue Jackets organization and returned to the Czech Republic to sign for the Kontinental Hockey League club, HC Lev Praha on a one-year deal.
After a one season in Finland with KalPa of the Liiga, Kubalik left as a free agent to sign his third consecutive one-year deal in a new league, in agreeing to terms with German club, ERC Ingolstadt of the DEL on May 4, 2015.
Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2006–07 HC PlzeňELH2310118————— 2007–08 HC PlzeňELH20213810000 2008–09 HC PlzeňELH3211264171018 2009–10Victoriaville TigresQMJHL583342759516410148 2010–11Springfield FalconsAHL7624295343————— 2010–11Columbus Blue JacketsNHL40220————— 2011–12Springfield FalconsAHL5011122342————— 2011–12Columbus Blue JacketsNHL81126————— 2012–13Springfield FalconsAHL541462050————— 2012–13St. John's IceCapsAHL1003310————— 2013–14HC Lev PrahaKHL11213680004 2014–15KalPaLiiga48415193060222 2015–16ERC IngolstadtDEL471413274020000 2016–17HC Slovan BratislavaKHL181346————— 2016–17SportLiiga191566————— 2017–18HC Dukla JihlavaELH32571214————— 2017–18HC PlzeňELH61014502229 NHL totals 12 1 3 4 6 — — — — —
International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2007 Czech Republic WJC18 9th 6 1 1 2 4 2008 Czech Republic WJC18-D1 11th 5 6 6 12 8 2009 Czech Republic WJC 6th 6 0 2 2 4 2010 Czech Republic WJC 7th 6 4 5 9 8 Junior totals 23 11 14 25 24
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