{"id":128045,"date":"2026-07-19T11:57:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T11:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/128045\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T11:57:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T11:57:13","slug":"bude-mat-slovensko-dalsieho-obrancu-v-nhl-viliam-kmec-mal-prelomovu-sezonu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/128045\/","title":{"rendered":"Bude ma\u0165 Slovensko \u010fal\u0161ieho obrancu v NHL ? Viliam Kmec mal prelomov\u00fa sez\u00f3nu"},"content":{"rendered":"

K\u00fdm Juraj Slafkovsk\u00fd a \u0160imon Nemec z hokejov\u00e9ho ro\u010dn\u00edka 2004 u\u017e naplno br\u00e1zdia \u013eady NHL, v syst\u00e9me Vegas Golden Knights vyr\u00e1stol \u010fal\u0161\u00ed elitn\u00fd slovensk\u00fd obranca. Viliam Kmec m\u00e1 za sebou prelomov\u00fd prv\u00fd kompletn\u00fd ro\u010dn\u00edk v profesion\u00e1lnom seniorskom hokeji a na farme v Hendersone patril k najvy\u0165a\u017eenej\u0161\u00edm hr\u00e1\u010dom. Spolo\u010dnos\u0165 v Nevade mu rob\u00ed ko\u0161ick\u00fd krajan Jakub Demek, ktor\u00fd v\u0161ak pre\u017eil diametr\u00e1lne odli\u0161n\u00fa sez\u00f3nu.<\/p>\n

Na rozdiel od sl\u00e1vnej\u0161\u00edch reprezenta\u010dn\u00fdch rovesn\u00edkov nepre\u0161iel Viliam Kmec<\/a> draftom do NHL. Nov\u00e1\u010dikovsk\u00fa zmluvu s organiz\u00e1ciou Vegas Golden Knights si musel vybojova\u0165 spo\u013eahliv\u00fdmi v\u00fdkonmi v kanadskej juniorskej WHL v drese Prince George Cougars a n\u00e1slednou tvrdou pr\u00e1cou v rozvojov\u00fdch kempoch.<\/p>\n

Dnes s\u00fa jeho akcie v \u0161trukt\u00fare \u201ezlat\u00fdch rytierov\u201d na maxim\u00e1ch. V\u010faka dvojcestn\u00e9mu kontraktu platn\u00e9mu do konca sez\u00f3ny 2026\/27 a platovej z\u00e1\u0165a\u017ei na \u00farovni 909 166 dol\u00e1rov predstavuje pre vedenie klubu mimoriadne cenn\u00fd a cenovo dostupn\u00fd defenz\u00edvny artikel.<\/p>\n

\"Po\"Po<\/a><\/p>\n

Slovensk\u00fd hokejista Jakub Demek zost\u00e1va v organiz\u00e1cii Vegas Golden Knights. Hoci v uplynulej sez\u00f3ne pre zdravotn\u00e9 komplik\u00e1cie odohral vo farm\u00e1rskej AHL iba \u0161tyri z\u00e1pasy, vedenie \u201ezlat\u00fdch rytierov\u201d vo\u010di 23-ro\u010dn\u00e9mu \u00fato\u010dn\u00edkovi nestratilo d\u00f4veru a podp\u00edsalo s n\u00edm nov\u00fd ro\u010dn\u00fd dvojcestn\u00fd kontrakt. Ko\u0161ick\u00fd odchovanec po mimoriadne n\u00e1ro\u010dnom obdob\u00ed hl\u00e1si n\u00e1vrat na \u013ead a je pripraven\u00fd op\u00e4\u0165 zabojova\u0165 o svoj debut v profilige.<\/p>\n

Ko\u0161ick\u00e9 duo v Nevade: Jeden \u017eiaril, druh\u00fd bojoval so zraneniami<\/p>\n

Viliam Kmec<\/a> nie je v \u0161t\u00e1te Nevada jedin\u00fdm odchovancom ko\u0161ick\u00e9ho hokeja. Na farme v Hendersone p\u00f4sob\u00ed aj o rok star\u0161\u00ed \u00fato\u010dn\u00edk Jakub Demek<\/a>, ktor\u00e9ho si Vegas vybralo v drafte 2021 z celkov\u00e9ho 128. miesta. Hoci maj\u00fa obaja rovnak\u00fd cie\u013e, ich uplynul\u00e1 sez\u00f3na priniesla obrovsk\u00fd kontrast.<\/p>\n

Zatia\u013e \u010do 22-ro\u010dn\u00fd Viliam Kmec<\/a> sa stal pilierom defenz\u00edvy Silver Knights, Jakub Demek<\/a> bojoval so zdrav\u00edm. Pre pretrv\u00e1vaj\u00face zranenie a oper\u00e1cie \u010dlenka odohral v uplynulom ro\u010dn\u00edku len 4 s\u00fa\u0165a\u017en\u00e9 z\u00e1pasy, v ktor\u00fdch zaznamenal jednu asistenciu. V\u00e1\u017ene zdravotn\u00e9 probl\u00e9my ho prin\u00fatili str\u00e1vi\u0165 v\u00e4\u010d\u0161inu roka v rehabilita\u010dn\u00fdch centr\u00e1ch namiesto na \u013eade.<\/p>\n

\u201eMent\u00e1lne to bolo ve\u013emi n\u00e1ro\u010dn\u00e9. Spoluhr\u00e1\u010di hrali a ja som sa na nich mohol iba pozera\u0165. Nebola to sranda, ale teraz som u\u017e sp\u00e4\u0165 a rob\u00edm v\u0161etko pre to, aby som bol pripraven\u00fd na nov\u00fa sez\u00f3nu. Rekonvalescencia e\u0161te prebieha, ale je to na dobrej ceste. Netr\u00e1pim sa t\u00fdm, \u010do bolo, ale pozer\u00e1m sa dopredu,\u201d uviedol Jakub Demek<\/a> pre port\u00e1l Ko\u0161ice Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Mlad\u00fd \u00fato\u010dn\u00edk priznal, \u017ee v naj\u0165a\u017e\u0161\u00edch momentoch mu v\u00fdrazne pomohla pr\u00edtomnos\u0165 bl\u00edzkeho kamar\u00e1ta z rodn\u00e9ho mesta: \u201eVilo je v\u00fdborn\u00fd chalan a navz\u00e1jom sme sa povzbudzovali. Rovnako ma v\u0161ak podporovali aj v\u0161etci ostatn\u00ed spoluhr\u00e1\u010di a som im za to v\u010fa\u010dn\u00fd.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Vyrastal\"Vyrastal<\/a><\/p>\n

Zatia\u013e \u010do svetl\u00e1 reflektorov po\u010das draftu 2022 mierili na Juraja Slafkovsk\u00e9ho a \u0160imona Nemca, v ich tieni vyr\u00e1stol \u010fal\u0161\u00ed siln\u00fd slovensk\u00fd talent ro\u010dn\u00edka 2004. Ko\u0161ick\u00fd rod\u00e1k Viliam Kmec si cestu do NHL raz\u00ed svojsky \u2013 ako nedraftovan\u00fd hr\u00e1\u010d, ktor\u00fd si zmluvu s Vegas Golden Knights tvrdo vybojoval. Dnes, vo veku 22 rokov, patr\u00ed k defenz\u00edvnym opor\u00e1m Hendersonu Silver Knights v AHL a jeho akcie prudko st\u00fapaj\u00fa.<\/p>\n

Suver\u00e9n na farme a odmena na majstrovstv\u00e1ch sveta<\/p>\n

K\u00fdm Jakub Demek<\/a> n\u00fatene st\u00e1l, Viliam Kmec<\/a> sa zaradil medzi najvy\u0165a\u017eenej\u0161\u00edch hr\u00e1\u010dov AHL. V drese Hendersonu odohral v z\u00e1kladnej \u010dasti a play-off dokopy 71 z\u00e1pasov s bilanciou 5 g\u00f3lov a 12 asistenci\u00ed. Vybojoval si pevn\u00e9 miesto v elitnej obrannej dvojici, naskakoval do presiloviek aj oslaben\u00ed a jeho priemern\u00fd \u010das na \u013eade pravidelne prekra\u010doval 19 min\u00fat.<\/p>\n

\u201eMoja prv\u00e1 mu\u017esk\u00e1 sez\u00f3na ma nau\u010dila ve\u013emi ve\u013ea. Za\u010diatky v AHL neboli \u013eahk\u00e9, ale postupne som sa prisp\u00f4sobil a sez\u00f3nu som zakon\u010dil s dobr\u00fdm pocitom. Hokej tu bol fyzickej\u0161\u00ed, r\u00fdchlej\u0161\u00ed a priamo\u010diarej\u0161\u00ed. Nasko\u010di\u0165 k mu\u017eom nebolo automatick\u00e9, ale zvykol som si,\u201d zhodnotil Viliam Kmec<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kon\u0161tantn\u00e9 v\u00fdkony v z\u00e1mor\u00ed neunikli ani pozornosti reprezenta\u010dn\u00e9ho tr\u00e9nera Vladim\u00edra Orsz\u00e1gha. Viliam Kmec<\/a> sa prebojoval do z\u00e1vere\u010dnej nomin\u00e1cie na m\u00e1jov\u00e9 majstrovstv\u00e1 sveta vo \u0160vaj\u010diarsku. V siedmich dueloch turnaja uk\u00e1zal defenz\u00edvnu istotu a proti N\u00f3rsku strelil svoj premi\u00e9rov\u00fd g\u00f3l v seniorskom n\u00e1rodnom t\u00edme.<\/p>\n

\u201eV\u017edy som chcel hra\u0165 za seniorsk\u00fa reprezent\u00e1ciu. Majstrovstv\u00e1 sveta boli pre m\u0148a \u00fa\u017easnou sk\u00fasenos\u0165ou, za ktor\u00fa som v\u010fa\u010dn\u00fd,\u201d poznamenal slovensk\u00fd zad\u00e1k.<\/p>\n

Napriek raketov\u00e9mu vzostupu si zachov\u00e1va chladn\u00fa hlavu. Namiesto \u0161tatistick\u00fdch cie\u013eov sa s\u00fastred\u00ed na poctiv\u00fa ka\u017edodenn\u00fa pr\u00e1cu: \u201eNed\u00e1vam si konkr\u00e9tne bodov\u00e9 ciele, podstatn\u00e9 je napredova\u0165 herne. Ostatn\u00e9 veci potom pr\u00eddu automaticky. D\u00f4le\u017eit\u00e9 je by\u0165 pripraven\u00fd a ak pr\u00edde \u0161anca, naplno ju vyu\u017ei\u0165.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Nestihol\"Nestihol<\/a><\/p>\n

PRIAMO ZO \u0160TADI\u00d3NA – Slovensko zv\u00ed\u0165azilo aj vo svojom druhom z\u00e1pase na majstrovstv\u00e1ch sveta 2026 proti Taliansku, ktor\u00e9 zdolalo 4:1. Hokejisti spod Tatier tak maj\u00fa po dvoch dueloch u\u017e \u0161es\u0165 bodov. D\u00f4le\u017eit\u00fdm g\u00f3lom prispel k v\u00fdhre Slovenska 22-ro\u010dn\u00fd Jozef Villiam Kmec, ktor\u00fd si tak prip\u00edsal prv\u00fd presn\u00fd z\u00e1sah v seniorskej reprezent\u00e1cii.<\/p>\n

Kedy pr\u00edde pozv\u00e1nka z prv\u00e9ho t\u00edmu Golden Knights?<\/p>\n

Dosta\u0165 sa do prv\u00e9ho t\u00edmu Vegas Golden Knights je pre mlad\u00fdch hr\u00e1\u010dov jedna z najn\u00e1ro\u010dnej\u0161\u00edch v\u00fdziev v celej NHL. Organiz\u00e1cia z Nevady zaklad\u00e1 svoju filozofiu na okam\u017eitom \u00faspechu a jej k\u00e1der je pln\u00fd drah\u00fdch, sk\u00fasen\u00fdch hviezd. Mana\u017ement v minulosti viackr\u00e1t dok\u00e1zal, \u017ee sa neboj\u00ed obetova\u0165 n\u00e1dejn\u00fdch nov\u00e1\u010dikov za hotov\u00fdch hr\u00e1\u010dov pripraven\u00fdch vyhra\u0165 Stanleyho poh\u00e1r.<\/p>\n

Pre Viliama Kmeca<\/a> s Jakubom Demekom<\/a> to znamen\u00e1, \u017ee v predsez\u00f3nnom kempe mus\u00ed ma\u0165 ka\u017ed\u00e9 ich striedanie maxim\u00e1lne parametre. V ove\u013ea v\u00fdhodnej\u0161ej poz\u00edcii sa aktu\u00e1lne nach\u00e1dza Viliam Kmec<\/a>. V\u00fdkonmi v Hendersone si vybudoval poz\u00edciu prv\u00e9ho defenz\u00edvneho n\u00e1hradn\u00edka, po ktorom klub siahne pri zraneniach v prvom t\u00edme. V\u00fdborn\u00e1 bilancia +12 v hodnoten\u00ed +\/- dokazuje, \u017ee z neho rastie moderne zm\u00fd\u0161\u013eaj\u00faci a defenz\u00edvne mimoriadne spo\u013eahliv\u00fd obranca, ktor\u00fd je pripraven\u00fd na najsl\u00e1vnej\u0161iu ligu sveta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"K\u00fdm Juraj Slafkovsk\u00fd a \u0160imon Nemec z hokejov\u00e9ho ro\u010dn\u00edka 2004 u\u017e naplno br\u00e1zdia \u013eady NHL, v syst\u00e9me Vegas…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128046,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[13],"tags":[270,40779,37599,5927,1464,43,5904,5067,40,39,42,41,69,68,3939],"class_list":["post-128045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sport","tag-ahl","tag-henderson-silver-knights","tag-jakub-demek","tag-jozef-viliam-kmec","tag-nhl","tag-sk","tag-slovaci-v-ahl","tag-slovaci-v-nhl","tag-slovak","tag-slovakia","tag-slovencina","tag-slovensko","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-vegas-golden-knights"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@sk\/116946524555287754","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}