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Žiga Pešut

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Žiga Pešut
Pešut with Slovenia in 2015
Born (1992-10-05) 5 October 1992 (age 32)
Maribor, Slovenia
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 191 lb (87 kg; 13 st 9 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
Ligue Magnus team
Former teams
Les Aigles de Nice
Grums IK
NED Hockey Nymburk
HDD Olimpija
EHC Bayreuth
Olimpija Ljubljana
Herlev Eagles
National team  Slovenia
Playing career 2009–present

Žiga Pešut (born October 5, 1992) is a Slovenian professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing for the Les Aigles de Nice of the French Ligue Magnus and Slovenia national team.[1]

Pešut started playing hockey for his hometown team HDK Maribor. At age 16 he moved to Sweden to play for Grums IK of the Division 2. From 2010 to 2013 Pešut spent three seasons playing in the Czech Republic[2] before signing a deal with Erste Bank Hockey League (EBEL) team HDD Olimpija.[3] After four seasons he joined German club EHC Bayreuth of the DEL2.[4] From 2018 to 2021 he played for Olimpija Ljubljana.[5] At the beginning of 2022, he signed for Herlev Eagles in the top Danish division and at the beginning of 2023, he signed for the French team Les Aigles de Nice.

Youth career

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In 2007, Pešut began playing for the U19 team of his hometown HDK Maribor. Next season he played also for HDK Maribor's second team and represented Slovenia at the U18 World Championship Division II.

He experienced playing abroad for the first time in 2009/10 season in which he played for Grums IK U18, U20 and first selection. At the U18 World Championship Division II he was Slovenia's best scorer.[6]

From 2010 until 2012 Pešut played for Czech U20 teams HC Slezan Opava and BK Mladá Boleslav. In both seasons he was part of Slovenia's U20 team at the 2011 World Junior Championship Division I and 2012 World Junior Championship Division I.

Professional career

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In 2012-13 he was loaned to NED Hockey Nymburk. Next season Pešut returned to his home country and played first professional year as a member of HDD Olimpija helping them to win the national title.[7][8] 2014-15 was the season he was called to the senior national team for the first time.

The following season, 2015–16, Pešut was HDD Olimpija's leading scorer by points and goals scored in Erste Bank Hockey League.[9] In the same season HDD Olimpija won Slovenian Ice Hockey League and Slovenian Ice Hockey Cup.[10][11] In 2016 he was part of the Slovenian national ice hockey team which gained promotion from World Championship Division I to Ice Hockey World Championships at the tournament in Poland.[12]

After another season in Ljubljana, he signed contract for the 2017–18 with the DEL2 team EHC Bayreuth.

In 2018, Olimpija Ljubljana announced they have signed Pešut.[13] In this season they beat HC Pustertal in the AHL finals 4-3 after trailing 1-3 after first four games.[14] Pešut also won the Slovenian national championship with the team, having scored in both finals games.[15] At the beginning of the 2019–20 season Olimpija Ljubljana won Slovenian Ice Hockey Cup.[16] In 2020-21 the club won AHL once again, with Pešut providing most points for the team in the finals against Asiago Hockey 1935.

Career statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2007–08 HDK Maribor U19 SLO-U19 23 10 18 28 46 5 2 1 3 2
2008–09 HDK Maribor II SLO 29 19 11 30 55
2008–09 HDK Maribor U19 SLO-U19 24 28 27 55 10 4 0 2 2 6
2009–10 Grums IK U18 J18 29 16 7 23 14
2009–10 Grums IK U20 J20 9 7 8 15 4
2009–10 Grums IK Div 2 6 7 1 8 6
2010–11 HC Slezan Opava U20 CZE U20 39 14 13 27 10
2011–12 BK Mladá Boleslav U20 CZE U20 35 12 9 21 12
2012–13 NED Hockey Nymburk CZE 3 1 0 0 0 0
2013–14 HDD Olimpija EBEL 54 9 22 31 20
2013–14 HDD Olimpija SLO 4 0 4 4 4
2014–15 HDD Olimpija EBEL 54 9 13 22 26
2014–15 HDD Olimpija SLO 1 0 0 0 2 6 2 5 7 27
2015–16 HDD Olimpija EBEL 46 13 14 27 28
2015–16 HDD Olimpija SLO 6 3 3 6 8
2016–17 HDD Olimpija EBEL 35 13 11 24 20
2016–17 HDD Olimpija SLO 7 5 2 7 2
2017–18 EHC Bayreuth DEL2 9 3 2 5 2
2018–19 Olimpija Ljubljana AHL 20 3 3 6 2 14 7 1 8 10
2018–19 Olimpija Ljubljana SLO 5 3 7 10 12 3 2 1 3 2
2019–20 Olimpija Ljubljana AHL 40 13 18 31 22
2019–20 Olimpija Ljubljana SLO 9 4 2 6 4 2 1 0 1 0
2020–21 Olimpija Ljubljana AHL 4 5 3 8 0 9 5 4 9 0
2020–21 Olimpija Ljubljana SLO 5 0 1 1 0
2021–22 Herlev Eagles DAN 7 2 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 0
2022–23 Nice FRA 4 1 2 3 0

International

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Year Team Comp   GP G A Pts PIM
2008–09 Slovenia U18 (Div II) 5 1 3 4 2
2009–10 Slovenia U18 (Div II) 5 10 13 23 4
2010–11 Slovenia U20 (Div I) 1 0 0 0 0
2011–12 Slovenia U20 (Div I) 5 3 1 4 4
2014–15 Slovenia International 6 0 0 0 0
2015–16 Slovenia WC (Div I) 5 0 0 0 0
2015–16 Slovenia International 8 0 0 0 0
2016–17 Slovenia International 3 1 0 1 0
2020–21 Slovenia International 4 1 2 3 0

Awards and honours

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Award Year
Alps Hockey League
Champion (Olimpija) 2019, 2021
Slovenian Ice Hockey League
Champion (Olimpija) 2014, 2016, 2019
Slovenian Ice Hockey Cup
Champion (Olimpija) 2016, 2020
World Championship Division I
Gold medal (Slovenia) 2016
World U20 Championship Division I
Silver medal (Slovenia) 2011
World U18 Championship Division II
Gold medal (Slovenia) 2010
Points leader 2010
Goals leader 2010
Silver medal (Slovenia) 2009

References

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  1. ^ "Matjaž Kopitar dopolnil zasedbo za tivolski turnir". Siol.net. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Elite Prospects Žiga Pešut". Elite Prospects. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Olimpija močnejša za tri Slovence". Delo. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Bayreuth verpflichtet Ziga Pesut". DEL2. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Pešut na preizkušnji v Tivoliju". RTV SLO. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  6. ^ "WJC-18 D2 2009-10". World U18 Championship Division II. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Olimpijo okrepili še trije domači hokejisti". RTV SLO. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Olimpija v Tivoliju zlahka potrdila tretji zaporedni naslov". RTV SLO. 3 April 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Skater stats 2015-16". Elite Prospects. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Olimpija v zadnji tretjini prebila železarski oklep". RTV SLO. 11 April 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  11. ^ "Prva pokalna lovorika v vitrino Telamacha Olimpije". RTV SLO. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  12. ^ "Risi po odličnih obrambah Krošlja nazaj med elito". RTV SLO. 29 April 201. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  13. ^ "Obvestilo medijem". Olimpija Ljubljana. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  14. ^ "Ljubljana clinched the Alps Hockey League trophy". Alps Hockey League. 21 April 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  15. ^ "Nepopustljivi zmaji za trojno krono zrežirali še en preobrat". RTV SLO. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  16. ^ "SŽ Olimpija kaznovala številne napake Jeseničanov in ubranila pokalni naslov". RTV SLO. 7 September 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2020.