Milan Bartovič (born April 9, 1981) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey left winger, who last played for HK Dukla Trenčín in the Slovak Extraliga. He was drafted 35th overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1999 NHL entry draft.
Playing career After playing junior hockey in the Western Hockey League for the Tri-City Americans and Brandon Wheat Kings, Bartovič began his professional career in 2001–02 with the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League. Through 2004–05, Bartovič played in the National Hockey League for the Buffalo Sabres for a total of 26 games. On October 24, 2005, the Sabres traded Bartovič to the Chicago Blackhawks for goaltender Michael Leighton.
After playing 24 games for the Blackhawks and an additional 49 games with the Norfolk Admirals of the AHL, Bartovič became a free agent on July 1, 2006, and elected to play in Sweden for the 2006–07 season. In the summer of 2007, he signed a one-year deal with the Atlanta Thrashers before leaving to return to Europe the following season with Malmö IF of the Elitserien in Sweden.
On May 31, 2010, Bartovič signed a one-year contract as a free agent with Atlant Moscow Oblast of the Russian KHL.
Milan was a member of the Slovakia team that competed at the 2006 World Championships, and also was a member of the Slovakia men's national team inline hockey team that competed at the 2007 Men's World Inline Hockey Championships.
Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1995–96 Dukla Trenčín SVK U18 46691541 — — — — —1996–97 Dukla Trenčín SVK U185221335432 — — — — —1997–98 Dukla Trenčín SVK U202626827 — — — — —1998–99 Dukla Trenčín SVK U204636357162 — — — — — 1999–2000 Tri–City Americans WHL 18 8 9 17 12 — — — — — 1999–2000Brandon Wheat KingsWHL3818224028 — — — — — 2000–01Brandon Wheat KingsWHL341525404061238 2000–01Rochester AmericansAHL2112040112 2001–02Rochester AmericansAHL731511265620000 2002–03Rochester AmericansAHL741810288430000 2002–03Buffalo SabresNHL31010 — — — — — 2003–04Rochester AmericansAHL521811295220002 2003–04Buffalo SabresNHL2318918 — — — — —2004–05Rochester AmericansAHL6910182883903322 2005–06Norfolk AdmiralsAHL4910142434300082005–06Chicago BlackhawksNHL241678 — — — — — 2006–07Malmö IFSEL2414526 — — — — — 2006–07ZSC LionsNLA122352 3 0 1 1 0 2007–08Bílí Tygři LiberecELH2942622 11 1 1 2 102008–09 Bílí Tygři LiberecELH3613112420 3 0 0 0 22009–10 Bílí Tygři Liberec ELH4520153538 14 7 4 11 4 2010–11Atlant Moscow OblastKHL2324616 — — — — —2010–11 Bílí Tygři Liberec ELH16931212 7 2 4 6 62011–12 Bílí Tygři Liberec ELH3716143054 11 2 4 6 28 2012–13 HC Slovan Bratislava KHL47981720 4 0 1 1 2 2013–14 HC Slovan Bratislava KHL5413152846 — — — — — 2014–15 HC Slovan Bratislava KHL5410112122 — — — — — 2015–16 HC Slovan Bratislava KHL 60 8 12 20 28 4 0 0 0 0 2016–17 Bílí Tygři Liberec ELH 46 11 12 23 26 16 5 2 7 4 2017–18 Bílí Tygři Liberec ELH 19 1 1 2 10 — — — — — 2017–18 HC Vítkovice Ridera ELH 18 1 4 5 10 4 0 0 0 4 2018–19 HK Dukla Trenčín SVK 54 15 25 40 40 6 2 0 2 0 2019–20 HK Dukla Trenčín SVK 45 7 11 18 66 — — — — — AHL totals 319 72 65 137 309 23 0 4 4 34 NHL totals503141726————— KHL totals17834387210440112
International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 1999SlovakiaWJC18752762000SlovakiaWJC 9th702202001SlovakiaWJC 8th712362006SlovakiaWC 8th724682009SlovakiaWC 10th600022010SlovakiaWC 12th622422012SlovakiaWC 103036 2014Slovakia OG 11th401102015SlovakiaWC 9th710116 Junior totals 21661212 Senior totals 40871534
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