Andrej Podkonick� is a Slovak ice hockey player, currently playing for HC B�l� Tyg?i Liberec. Podkonick� was drafteed 196th overall by the St. Louis Blues in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. After two seasons with the American Hockey League's Worcester IceCats, he was traded to the Florida Panthers for Eric Boguniecki on December 17, 2000 and played six games for the Panthers during the 2000?01 NHL season, scoring one goal. Podkonick� then moved to Europe and played for HIFK in Finland's SM-liiga, HC Slovan Bratislava in the Slovak Extraliga and the Iserlohn Roosters in Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga. He signed with the Washington Capitals in 2003 and was assigned to the AHL's Portland Pirates, playing just two games for the Capitals. Podkonick� then moved back to the Czech Republic and signed for HC B�l� Tyg?i Liberec. He spent the 2007?08 season in Russia for Vityaz Chekhov before returning to Liberec. He played for Slovakia at the 2007 and 2008 IIHF World Championship. [More at Wikipedia]

May 9th, 1978 in Zvolen (Age 46)