Born	February 7, 1984 (1984-02-07) (age 25), Pribram, CZE
Height Weight	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position	Right Wing
Shoots	Left
O2ELH team	HC Oceláři Třinec
NHL Draft	66th overall, 2002 Los Angeles Kings
Pro career	2003 – present

Petr Kanko (born 7 February 1984 in Pribram, Czech Republic) is a professional ice hockey right winger who currently plays for the HC Oceláři Třinec and formerly for Manchester Monarchs, the AHL affiliate of the Los Angeles Kings of the NHL.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Awards 3 Records 4 Career statistics 5 International play 6 References

[edit] Playing career

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.

[edit] Awards

[edit] Records

[edit] Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2000–01	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
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	Manchester Monarchs	AHL		60	15	12	27	52		7	1	1	2	5
2005–06	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		10	1	0	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
2006–07	Manchester Monarchs	AHL		58	11	8	19	57		11	1	1	2	12
1 season	NHL career			10	1	0	1	0

[edit] International play

• Played for Czech Republic in the 2004 World Junior Championships.

International Statistics

Year	Team	Event	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2004	Czech	WJC	7	1	1	2	4

[edit] References

• Petr Kanko's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database