Ronald Knot
| Ronald Knot | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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File:RonaldKnot (cropped).jpg Knot with the Tucson Roadrunners in 2023 | |||
| Born |
August 3, 1994 Prague, Czech Republic | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||
| Weight | 208 lb (94 kg; 14 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| team Former teams |
Free agent HC Slavia Praha BK Mladá Boleslav Piráti Chomutov HC Bílí Tygři Liberec Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk HIFK | ||
| National team | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2012–present | ||
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Ronald Knot (born August 3, 1994) is a Czech professional ice hockey player. He is currently an unrestricted free agent who most recently played for HIFK of the Liiga.
Playing career
[edit | edit source]Knot made his Czech Extraliga debut playing with HC Slavia Praha[1] during the 2012–13 Czech Extraliga season[2] and has also played for BK Mladá Boleslav and Piráti Chomutov.
Following two seasons with HC Bílí Tygři Liberec, Knot left the ELH for the first time in his professional career, agreeing to a one-year contract with Russian club HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), on 18 May 2021.[3]
In the following 2021–22 season, Knot added size and a physical presence to the Neftekhimik blueline, contributing 4 goals and 17 points through 49 regular-season games. He made three playoff appearances as Neftekhimik bowed out in the first-round sweep to Traktor Chelyabinsk.
As a free agent following the conclusion of his contract with Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, Knot left the KHL and secured a one-year, two-way contract with the Arizona Coyotes of the National Hockey League (NHL) on 1 June 2022.[4] In the 2022–23 season, Knot played exclusively with the Coyotes American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Tucson Roadrunners. As a fixture on the blueline, he recorded 4 goals and 17 points through 63 regular-season games.
As a pending free agent from the Coyotes, without having featured in the NHL, Knot opted to return to his native Czech Republic, linking up with former club HC Bílí Tygři Liberec of the ELH, on a three-year contract on 9 May 2023.[5]
After just one season in his return to the ELH, Knot opted to terminate his agreement with Liberec and signed a one-year deal with Finnish club, HIFK of the Liiga, on 16 May 2024.[6]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]Regular season and playoffs
[edit | edit source]| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2008–09 | HC Slavia Praha | CZE U18 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | HC Slavia Praha | CZE U18 | 42 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2010–11 | HC Slavia Praha | CZE U18 | 39 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | HC Slavia Praha | CZE U20 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | HC Slavia Praha | CZE U18 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | HC Slavia Praha | CZE U20 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | HC Slavia Praha | CZE U20 | 32 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | HC Slavia Praha | ELH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | HC Slavia Praha | CZE U20 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | ||
| 2013–14 | HC Slavia Praha | ELH | 32 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | HC Slavia Praha | CZE U20 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | HC Slavia Praha | ELH | 34 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | HC Slavia Praha | Czech.1 | 47 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 | ||
| 2016–17 | HC Slavia Praha | Czech.1 | 49 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | ||
| 2017–18 | BK Mladá Boleslav | ELH | 26 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | HC Slavia Praha | Czech.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | Piráti Chomutov | ELH | 21 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | Piráti Chomutov | ELH | 51 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | Bílí Tygři Liberec | ELH | 50 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | HC Benátky nad Jizerou | Czech.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Bílí Tygři Liberec | ELH | 51 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 36 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 2021–22 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | KHL | 49 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | Tucson Roadrunners | AHL | 64 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2023–24 | Bílí Tygři Liberec | ELH | 40 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2024–25 | HIFK | Liiga | 50 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| ELH totals | 306 | 24 | 47 | 71 | 244 | 29 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| KHL totals | 49 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
International
[edit | edit source]| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Czech Republic | IH18 | 6th | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2012 | Czech Republic | U18 | 8th | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2014 | Czech Republic | WJC | 6th | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2022 | Czech Republic | OG | 9th | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2023 | Czech Republic | WC | 8th | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Junior totals | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Senior totals | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or ESPN.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database, or ThePWHL.com
- 1994 births
- Living people
- 21st-century Czech sportsmen
- BK Mladá Boleslav players
- Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Russia
- Czech expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Czech ice hockey defencemen
- HC Benátky nad Jizerou players
- HC Bílí Tygři Liberec players
- HIFK (ice hockey) players
- HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk players
- HC Slavia Praha players
- Ice hockey people from Prague
- Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Olympic ice hockey players for the Czech Republic
- Piráti Chomutov players
- Tucson Roadrunners players