Valdemar Jiruš (born September 9, 1973, in Kolín, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech ice hockey coach and a former professional ice hockey player. He played defenceman for BK Mladá Boleslav in the Czech Extraliga in his final season. After the end of his playing career he coached the youth teams of HC Bílí Tygři Liberec. Since 2018 he has been assistant coach of HC Benátky nad Jizerou.
Career Jiruš started playing ice hockey in his hometown Kolín. Played with TJ Slovan Děčín and SK Kadaň (in the Czech First League and Czech Second League respectively) from 1994 to 2000. He spent the seasons 2001–2002 and 2002–2003 with Sparta Praha, and he won in this time the Extraliga in 2002. In 2003 Jiruš joined HC Liberec and left the club on April 25, 2009, after six-year to sign with BK Mladá Boleslav.Druhou posilou do obrany Valdemar Jiruš! on www.bkboleslav.cz
Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1992–93 SC Kolín Czech3 38 17 14 31 — — — — — — 1994–95 HC Děčín Czech3 — 5 4 9 — — — — — — 1995–96 HC Děčín Czech3 — 14 10 24 — — — — — — 1996–97 HC Děčín Czech3 — 8 6 14 — — — — — — 1997–98 HC Děčín Czech3 — 6 10 16 — — — — — — 1998–99 HC Děčín Czech3 — 4 15 19 — — — — — — 1998–99 SK Kadaň Czech2 5 1 0 1 0 — — — — — 1999–00 SK Kadan Czech2 36 9 8 17 32 — — — — — 2000–01 Bili Tygri Liberec Czech2 40 12 25 37 36 11 0 4 4 6 2000–01 HC Sparta Praha Czech — — — — — 9 0 2 2 6 2001–02 HC Sparta Praha Czech 44 1 13 14 30 13 0 1 1 0 2002–03 HC Sparta Praha Czech 48 7 18 25 26 10 0 0 0 4 2003–04 Bili Tygri Liberec Czech 48 9 12 21 34 — — — — — 2004–05 Bili Tygri Liberec Czech 51 4 10 14 38 11 0 3 3 4 2005–06 Bili Tygri Liberec Czech 49 5 21 26 34 2 0 0 0 27 2006–07 Bili Tygri Liberec Czech 45 11 12 23 28 6 1 2 3 4 2007–08 Bili Tygri Liberec Czech 49 8 11 19 34 11 3 6 9 2 2008–09 Bili Tygri Liberec Czech 47 2 21 23 54 1 0 0 0 2 2009–10 BK Mlada Boleslav Czech 40 4 7 11 78 — — — — — Czech totals 421 51 125 176 356 71 5 15 20 51
References
External links
Valdemar Jiruš on the official HC Liberec website