Samuel Knazko

Born on: August 7, 2002
Birth place: Trencín, Slovakia
Defenseman, shoots left
6 ' 1" (186 cm) | 190 lb (86 kg)

Drafted by: Columbus Blue Jackets, 3. round (#78 overall), in 2020 NHL Entry Draft

Championships & Medals

	Age	Year	Team	Event	Tournament Location / Series Result
	19	2022	Team Slovakia	Olympics - Beijing	Beijing, China
Olympic Medals

		Overall						Time on Ice				Goals					Assists					Points						per 60 All Situations			per 60 Even-Strength			per 60 Power-Play			Shots		Defensive		Faceoffs
Date	Game	Score	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	TOI	ES	PP	SH	ESG	PPG	SHG	GWG	OTG	ESA	PPA	SHA	GWA	OTA	ESP	PPP	SHP	GWP	OTP	PPP%	G/60	A/60	P/60	ESG/60	ESA/60	ESP/60	PPG/60	PPA/60	PPP/60	SOG	SH%	HITS	BS	FOW	FOL	FO%
Apr 13, 2023	PIT @ CBJ	(2-3)	0	0	0	0	1	9:35	9:35	0:00	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Apr 14, 2023	BUF @ CBJ	(5-2)	0	0	0	0	-1	21:42	20:44	0:00	0:58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00%
	GAME LOG

Rows Seasons		Overall								Goals			per Game			Shots
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
2016‑17	Team Slovakia U16		14	3	0	2	2	4	3	0	0	0	0.000	0.667	0.667
2017‑18	Team Slovakia U17		15	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	0.0
2017‑18	Team Slovakia U18		15	12	4	4	8	6	5	2	0	0	0.333	0.333	0.667	11	36.4
2018‑19	Team Slovakia U18		16	20	3	5	8	12	-3	2	0	1	0.150	0.250	0.400
2019‑20	Team Slovakia U20		17	10	0	2	2	4	-6	0	0	0	0.000	0.200	0.200
2019‑20	Team Slovakia U18		17	7	2	1	3	2	1	0	0	2	0.286	0.143	0.429	17	11.8
2020‑21	Team Slovakia U20		18	7	0	2	2	36	-2	0	0	0	0.000	0.286	0.286
2020‑21	Team Slovakia		18	10	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
2021‑22	TPS Turku	Liiga	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	0.0
2021‑22	Seattle Thunderbirds	WHL	19	27	5	15	20	12	14	1	0	1	0.185	0.556	0.741	45	11.1
2021‑22	Team Slovakia U20		19	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.500	0.500	7	0.0
2021‑22	Team Slovakia		19	13	0	1	1	2	-2	0	0	0	0.000	0.077	0.077	21	0.0
2022‑23	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	0.0
2022‑23	Cleveland Monsters	AHL	20	50	1	20	21	17	-15	0	0	0	0.020	0.400	0.420	43	2.3
2022‑23	Team Slovakia		20	7	0	3	3	2	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.429	0.429	3	0.0
2023‑24	Cleveland Monsters	AHL	21	44	2	10	12	12	-6	0	0	0	0.045	0.227	0.273	36	5.6
2024‑25	Cleveland Monsters	AHL	22	55	4	12	16	14	-6	0	0	0	0.073	0.218	0.291	48	8.3
2024‑25	Team Slovakia		22	9	0	4	4	4	-2	0	0	0	0.000	0.444	0.444	10	0.0
2025‑26	HC Vitkovice Steel	ELH	23	42	2	13	15	20	-5	1	0	1	0.048	0.310	0.357	53	3.8
2025‑26	Team Slovakia		23	1	0	1	1	0		0	0	0	0.000	1.000	1.000
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
	AHL Totals			149	7	42	49	43	-27	0	0	0	0.047	0.282	0.329	127	5.5
	Czech ExtraLiga Totals			42	2	13	15	20	-5	1	0	1	0.048	0.310	0.357	53	3.8
	WHL Totals			27	5	15	20	12	14	1	0	1	0.185	0.556	0.741	45	11.1
	NHL Totals			2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0
	Liiga Totals			1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0

Playoff Stats

Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
2021‑22	Seattle Thunderbirds	WHL	19	25	1	5	6	2	2	0.040	0.200	0.240	23	4.3
2023‑24	Cleveland Monsters	AHL	21	2	0	1	1	2	0	0.000	0.500	0.500	2	0.0
2024‑25	Cleveland Monsters	AHL	22	3	0	2	2	0	1	0.000	0.667	0.667	4	0.0
2025‑26	HC Vitkovice Steel	Czech ExtraLiga	23	3	1	0	1	2	-1	0.333	0.000	0.333	4	25.0
	WHL Totals			25	1	5	6	2	2	0.040	0.200	0.240	23	4.3
	AHL Totals			5	0	3	3	2	1	0.000	0.600	0.600	6	0.0
	Czech ExtraLiga Totals			3	1	0	1	2	-1	0.333	0.000	0.333	4	25.0

National Team Stats - Major Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
Team Slovakia - U18 World Championship 2018	15	5	2	1	3	0	7	0	0	0	0.400	0.200	0.600	6	33.3
Team Slovakia - Hlinka Gretzky Cup 2018	15	4	0	2	2	4	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.500	0.500
Team Slovakia - U18 World Championship 2019	16	7	0	0	0	4	-6	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	8	0.0
Team Slovakia - Hlinka Gretzky Cup 2019	16	4	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	8	0.0
Team Slovakia - U20 World Championship 2020	17	5	0	1	1	4	-8	0	0	0	0.000	0.200	0.200	6	0.0
Team Slovakia - U20 World Championship 2021	18	4	0	1	1	14	-4	0	0	0	0.000	0.250	0.250	10	0.0
Team Slovakia - World Championship 2021	18	8	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	9	0.0
Team Slovakia - U20 World Championship Cancelled Tournament 2022	19	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.500	0.500	7	0.0
Team Slovakia - Olympics ‑ Beijing 2022	19	7	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.143	0.143	9	0.0
Team Slovakia - World Championship 2023	20	7	0	3	3	2	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.429	0.429	3	0.0
Team Slovakia - World Championship 2025	22	6	0	2	2	2	-3	0	0	0	0.000	0.333	0.333	6	0.0
Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
World Championship Totals		21	0	5	5	4	-5	0	0	0	0.000	0.238	0.238	18	0.0
U18 World Championship Totals		12	2	1	3	4	1	0	0	0	0.167	0.083	0.250	14	14.3
U20 World Championship Totals		11	0	3	3	18	-12	0	0	0	0.000	0.273	0.273	23	0.0
Hlinka Gretzky Cup Totals		8	0	2	2	6	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.250	0.250	8
Olympics Totals		7	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.143	0.143	9	0.0

National and Regional Team Stats - Miscellaneous Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
Team Slovakia - U16 4‑Nations 2016	14	3	0	2	2	4	3	0	0	0	0.000	0.667	0.667
Team Slovakia - U17 4‑Nations 2017	15	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	0.0
Team Slovakia - U18 5‑Nations 2017	15	4	2	2	4	6	0	2	0	0	0.500	0.500	1.000	5	40.0
Team Slovakia - U18 4‑Nations 2018	15	3	0	1	1	0	-2	0	0	0	0.000	0.333	0.333	0	0.0
Team Slovakia - Hlinka Gretzky Cup Exhibition Games 2018	15	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Slovakia - U18 4‑Nations 2018	16	3	2	2	4	2	2	2	0	1	0.667	0.667	1.333	6	33.3
Team Slovakia - U18 5‑Nations 2018	16	4	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.250	0.250	6	0.0
Team Slovakia - U18 Worlds Exhibition Games 2019	16	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.000	1.000
Team Slovakia - U20 4‑Nations 2019	17	3	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0.333	0.333	4	0.0
Team Slovakia - U20 Worlds Exhibition Games 2019	17	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Slovakia - U18 4‑Nations 2020	17	3	2	1	3	0	3	0	0	2	0.667	0.333	1.000	9	22.2
Team Slovakia - U20 Worlds Exhibition Games 2020	18	1	0	0	0	22	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Slovakia - U20 2‑Nations 2021	18	2	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	0.500	0.500	6	0.0
Team Slovakia - Men 2‑Nations 2021	18	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Slovakia - 2022 Olympic Qualification 2021	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	2	0.0
Team Slovakia - Deutschland Cup 2021	19	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	10	0.0
Team Slovakia - 2026 Olympic Qualification 2024	22	3	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.667	0.667	4	0.0
Team Slovakia - Deutschland Cup 2025	23	1	0	1	1	0		0	0	0	0.000	1.000	1.000
Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
U18 Men Totals		19	7	7	14	10	3	4	0	3	0.368	0.368	0.737	26
Men Totals		12	0	3	3	2	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.250	0.250	16
U20 Men Totals		8	0	2	2	22	4	0	0	0	0.000	0.250	0.250	10
U17 Men Totals		3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0
U16 Men Totals		3	0	2	2	4	3	0	0	0	0.000	0.667	0.667