Petr Kanko (born 7 February 1984) is a Czech former ice hockey right winger. He played 10 games in the National Hockey League with the Los Angeles Kings during the 2005–06 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 2001 to 2022, was mainly spent in the Czech Extraliga and second-tier league.

Petr Kanko
Kanko with the Manchester Monarchs in 2006
Born (1984-02-07) February 7, 1984 (age 40)
Příbram, Czechoslovakia
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Right wing
Shot Left
Played for HC Sparta Praha
Los Angeles Kings
HC Oceláři Třinec
HC Litvinov
Orli Znojmo
NHL draft 66th overall, 2002
Los Angeles Kings
Playing career 2001–2022

Playing career

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Petr Kanko came to North America in 2001 to play for the Kitchener Rangers of the OHL. He produced for the team right away, and was part of their Memorial Cup winning team of 2003. Five members of that team, including Kanko, have since gone on to play in the NHL. Also, he was drafted 66th overall by the Los Angeles Kings in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.

Kanko graduated from the Kitchener Rangers in 2004 after scoring 68 points in 55 games for them. He moved on to the Manchester Monarchs of the AHL. It took him a while to get his bearings in the pros, in part to his small stature, but in the 2005–06 season he played well enough to get called up to the Kings. In his first game in the NHL on 16 December 2005 against the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Kanko scored the game-tying goal in the third period that enabled the Kings to advance to the shootout, which they would win to take the game 4–3.

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
1999–00 HC Sparta Praha CZE U18 43 30 28 58 60 7 4 5 9 16
2000–01 HC Sparta Praha CZE U18 3 5 5 10 4 2 1 0 1 2
2000–01 HC Sparta Praha CZE U20 38 21 5 26 74 2 1 0 1 2
2000–01 HC Sparta Praha CZE 6 1 0 1 0
2001–02 Kitchener Rangers OHL 61 28 32 60 54 4 0 2 2 0
2002–03 Kitchener Rangers OHL 60 33 34 67 123 20 11 16 27 17
2002–03 Kitchener Rangers M-Cup 4 4 1 5 2
2003–04 Kitchener Rangers OHL 55 26 42 68 97 5 2 2 4 10
2003–04 Manchester Monarchs AHL 6 1 3 4 0 6 1 3 4 2
2004–05 Manchester Monarchs AHL 60 4 14 18 118 6 0 0 0 18
2005–06 Los Angeles Kings NHL 10 1 0 1 0
2005–06 Manchester Monarchs AHL 60 15 12 27 52 7 1 1 2 5
2006–07 Manchester Monarchs AHL 58 11 8 19 57 11 1 1 2 12
2007–08 Manchester Monarchs AHL 36 3 4 7 47 4 1 0 1 2
2007–08 Reading Royals ECHL 1 0 0 0 2
2008–09 HC Oceláři Třinec CZE 38 6 12 18 24 3 0 1 1 4
2009–10 HC Oceláři Třinec CZE 45 3 1 4 32 5 0 0 0 16
2010–11 HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi CZE-2 24 3 7 10 65
2010–11 HC BENZINA Litvínov CZE 1 0 0 0 0
2011–12 Orli Znojmo EBEL 43 7 13 20 70 4 0 1 1 2
2012–13 HC Frýdek–Místek CZE-3 16 4 7 11 0
2012–13 HC AZ Havířov 2010 CZE-3 23 10 8 18 30 8 2 5 7 8
2013–14 HC AZ Havířov 2010 CZE-2 39 3 5 8 46 4 2 0 2 2
2014–15 MsHK DOXXbet Žilina SVK 52 10 13 23 6
2015–16 HC AZ Havířov 2010 CZE-2 47 25 17 42 10 8 1 4 5 14
2015–16 HC Oceláři Třinec CZE 1 1 0 1 2 4 1 3 4 2
2016–17 HC Frýdek–Místek CZE-2 23 6 6 12 12
2016–17 HC AZ Havířov 2010 CZE-2 28 13 14 27 8
2017–18 AZ Residomo Havířov CZE-2 40 8 10 18 12 5 0 0 0 0
2018–19 HC RT TORAX Poruba 2011 CZE-2 53 19 10 29 12
2018–19 PSG Berani Zlín CZE 1 0 0 0 0
2019–20 HC RT TORAX Poruba 2011 CZE-2 57 13 14 27 8 2 0 1 1 0
2020–21 HC RT TORAX Poruba 2011 CZE-2 29 4 10 14 6 11 2 2 4 0
2021–22 HC RT TORAX Poruba 2011 CZE-2 27 0 1 1 4
CZE-2 totals 367 94 94 188 183 30 5 7 12 16
NHL totals 10 1 0 1 0

International

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Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
2001 Czech Republic WJC18 7 6 1 7 4
2004 Czech Republic WJC 7 1 1 2 4
Junior totals 14 7 2 9 8
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