János Vas
Encyclopedia
János Vas is a professional Hungarian ice hockey
left wing currently playing in Tingsryds AIF
of the Swedish
Division 1 (ice hockey).
Vas was drafted by the Dallas Stars
of the National Hockey League
. Vas has also played for the Iowa Stars
of the American Hockey League
, the Idaho Steelheads
of the ECHL
, and the Malmö Redhawks
of the Elitserien. Additionally, Vas has represented the Hungarian national team in several international competitions.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
left wing currently playing in Tingsryds AIF
Tingsryds AIF
Tingsryds AIF, also known as just Tingsryd or TAIF, is an ice hockey club based in Tingsryd, Sweden. The club was founded in 1923. Since the 2010–11 season, Tingsryd is playing in Sweden's second highest division, HockeyAllsvenskan. The club has been quite successful and played in Division I when...
of the Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
Division 1 (ice hockey).
Vas was drafted by the Dallas Stars
Dallas Stars
The Dallas Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in Dallas, Texas. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The team was founded during the 1967 NHL expansion as the Minnesota North Stars, based in Bloomington, Minnesota. The...
of the National Hockey League
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
. Vas has also played for the Iowa Stars
Iowa Stars
The Iowa Chops were a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. The club was based in Des Moines, Iowa at the Wells Fargo Arena.-History:...
of the American Hockey League
American Hockey League
The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...
, the Idaho Steelheads
Idaho Steelheads
The Idaho Steelheads are an American professional minor league ice hockey team based in Boise, Idaho. The team began playing in 1997 and has been a member of the ECHL since 2003....
of the ECHL
ECHL
The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States...
, and the Malmö Redhawks
Malmö Redhawks
The Malmö Redhawks is an ice hockey club from Malmö, Sweden. The team is currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan. Malmö has played 16 seasons in the top Swedish league Elitserien .-History:...
of the Elitserien. Additionally, Vas has represented the Hungarian national team in several international competitions.
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... | A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... | Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... | PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1999–00 | Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák | Hungary | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Malmö Redhawks Jr. | Sweden Jr. J20 SuperElit J20 SuperElit is a junior ice hockey league composed of 20 teams in Sweden. It is the highest-level junior ice hockey league in Sweden. The teams are divided in two groups, or divisions, Norra and Södra , and are usually associated with a professional team in either Elitserien or HockeyAllsvenskan... |
23 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Malmö Redhawks U18 | Sweden U18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Malmö Redhawks Jr. | Sweden Jr. | 36 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 52 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 4 | ||
| 2002–03 | Malmö Redhawks Jr. | Sweden Jr. | 17 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | IF Troja/Ljungby | Sweden-2 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Malmö Redhawks Malmö Redhawks The Malmö Redhawks is an ice hockey club from Malmö, Sweden. The team is currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan. Malmö has played 16 seasons in the top Swedish league Elitserien .-History:... |
Elitserien Elitserien Elitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden... |
14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Malmö Redhawks U18 | Sweden-U18 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 33 | ||
| 2003–04 | Malmö Redhawks | Elitserien | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | IK Pantern Malmö | Sweden-3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Halmstad Hammers HC | Sweden-2 | 39 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2005–06 2005–06 AHL season The 2005–06 AHL season was the 70th season of the American Hockey League. Twenty-seven teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Hershey Bears won the Calder Cup, defeating the Milwaukee Admirals in the finals.... |
Iowa Stars Iowa Stars The Iowa Chops were a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. The club was based in Des Moines, Iowa at the Wells Fargo Arena.-History:... |
AHL American Hockey League The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League... |
35 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2005–06 | Idaho Steelheads Idaho Steelheads The Idaho Steelheads are an American professional minor league ice hockey team based in Boise, Idaho. The team began playing in 1997 and has been a member of the ECHL since 2003.... |
ECHL ECHL The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States... |
10 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 2006–07 AHL season The 2006–07 AHL season was the 71st season of the American Hockey League. Twenty-seven teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Hamilton Bulldogs won their first Calder Cup, defeating the defending champions, the Hershey Bears in the finals.... |
Iowa Stars | AHL | 72 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2007–08 2007–08 AHL season The 2007–08 AHL season is the 72nd season of the American Hockey League. Twenty-nine teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Chicago Wolves won their second Calder Cup, defeating the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in the Calder Cup Final.-Team changes:... |
Iowa Stars | AHL | 80 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 2008–09 Elitserien season The 2008–09 Elitserien season was the 34th season of Elitserien. It began on September 15, 2008, with the regular season ending February 28, 2009. The playoffs of the 85th Swedish Championship ended on April 8, with Färjestads BK taking the championship... |
Brynäs IF Brynäs IF Brynäs IF is a professional Swedish ice hockey team from Gävle. The club plays in the highest Swedish league , and has done so since 1960.-History:... |
Elitserien | 52 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Elitserien totals | 72 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| AHL totals | 187 | 32 | 46 | 78 | 111 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| ECHL totals | 10 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Hungary | EJC-C | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 31 |
| 2001 2001 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships -Championship:Final standings# # # # # # # # # # # # # # — relegated to Division I for 2002# — relegated to Division I for 2002# - Group A :Group A was played in Grenoble, France between April 16 and April 22, 2001... |
Hungary | WC Ice Hockey World Championships The Ice Hockey World Championships are an annual ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation . First officially held at the 1920 Summer Olympics, it is the sport's highest profile annual international tournament. The IIHF was created in 1908 while the European... |
5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 2002 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred as the 2002 World Junior Hockey Championships , was the 26th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships... |
Hungary | WJC-C | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 2002 2002 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships The 2002 Men's Ice Hockey Championships were held between April 26 and May 11, 2002 in Gothenburg, Karlstad and Jönköping, Sweden.It was the 66th annual event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation .- Championship :... |
Hungary | WC-B | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2004 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships The 2004 Men's Ice Hockey Championships were held April 24-May 9, 2004, in Prague and Ostrava, Czech Republic. Games for this Ice Hockey World Championships tournament were played at Sazka Arena and ČEZ Aréna... |
Hungary | WC-B | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 18 |
| Junior int'l totals | 8 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 41 | ||
| Senior int'l totals | 15 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 26 | ||
- All statistics taken from NHL.com