Jozef Kohut is a Slovakian ice hockey player from Trenčín, Slovakia.

The First Decade

During the 93/94 season Kohut made his debut for the Trenčín senior team and his consistent performances in the juniors earned him a place on the 1993 Slovakian European Junior championships team. A year later he was included in the World Junior championships team whilst continuing to make his mark in the Trenčín first team until his move Liga 1 side Senica in 1996. Where he put up more than 1 point per game, with the exception of a 1 year stay at HC Polygón Prievidza. In 2000 Kohut made the move back to Extraliga side HK 32 Liptovský Mikuláš where he struggled for points at the higher level.

Move to the U.K.

In 2004 Kohut arrived in Guildford to play for the Flames scoring at just under a point per game with 66 points. A year later he would top the team points standings with 74. The first two years with the Flames were played in shirt number 28, which was subsequently changed to 38 at his request for the 05/06 season. Over the next 3 years Kohut would become Guildford's most prolific goal scorer at over a goal a game, but despite injury restricting him to playing only 38 matches of the 05/06 season, he was still among the EPL's top ten points scorers. Once again injury restricted him to playing only 30 games for the Flames in 07/08, although this did not stop him scoring 56 points. He currently sits at 10th in the Flames All-time points-scorers. Although he was offered a contract for the 08/09 season, he rejected it, it is widely believed by Flames fans that the contract was on a pay per game basis due to Kohut's ongoing injury problems.

After Guildford

Kohut took sometime before finding a new club for the 08/09 season settling on Zagłębie Sosnowiec in Poland and scoring 1 goal and 1 assist in his first game. The season appeared to be going well for Kohut with 25 points in 27 games for the Polish club, but in December 2009 it was rumoured that the Swindon Wildcats

Swindon Wildcats

The Swindon Wildcats are a professional ice hockey team based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. They are member of the English Premier Ice Hockey League . Since their inception, the Wildcats have played their home games at the 2800 capacity Link Centre. The club was founded in 1986, as the Swindon...

 were interesting in making a move for the player. On the 7th of January it was announced that Kohut had signed a deal with the club to stay until 2010. His first match was at home to his previous team, the Guildford Flames attracting 2,124 fans. The Pole was an instant hit for the Wiltshire based outfit, receiving the 'Best Forward of the Season' award despite only being at the club for the previous two months.

Playing Record

Year by Year Record

Includes Play-Offs

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes. All Stats from either eurohockey.net, eliteprospects.com or Guildford Flames' websites

Club	Year	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Team Slovakia	1993	EJC	3	5	2	7	??
HK Dukla Trenčín	1993-94	Extraliga	4	0	0	0	??
HK Dukla Trenčín	1994-95	Extraliga	3	0	0	0	0
Team Slovakia	1995	WJC	7	4	2	6	14
HK Dukla Trenčín	1995-96	Extraliga	4	1	4	5	0
HK Dukla Trenčín B	1995-96	Liga. 1	19	7	5	12	22
HC Dukla Senica	1996-97	Liga. 1	26	16	13	29	74
HC Polygón Prievidza	1997-98	Liga. 1	39	13	12	25	86
HC Dukla Senica	1998-99	Liga. 1	33	16	21	37	170
HC Dukla Senica	2000-01	Liga. 1	18	12	12	24	10
HK 32 Liptovský Mikulás	2001-02	Extraliga	48	2	9	11	28
HK 32 Liptovský Mikulás	2002-03	Extraliga	43	8	13	21	68
Guildford Flames	2003-04	EPIHL	67	36	30	66	132
Guildford Flames	2004-05	EPIHL	67	39	35	74	147
Guildford Flames	2005-06	EPIHL	40	43	34	77	124
Guildford Flames	2006-07	EPIHL	41	43	30	73	195
Guildford Flames	2007-08	EPIHL	30	27	26	53	77
ZSME Zagłębie Sosnowiec	2008-09	PLH	27	14	11	25	51
Swindon Wildcats	2008-09	EPL	20	17	12	29	44
Swindon Wildcats	2009-10	EPL	56	33	36	69	86
Swindon Wildcats	2010-11	EPL	10	8	4	12	14
Totals (Multiple Seasons)			GP	G	A	Pts.	PiMs
Extraliga Totals			102	11	23	34	??
Liga. 1 Totals			135	64	63	127	362
EPL Totals			321	238	203	441	805