Jan Růžička

Jan Růžička (born on February 23, 1997 in Mladá Boleslav) is a Czech ice hockey goaltender currently playing with the BK Mladá Boleslav of the Tipsport Extraliga.

Club career
Růžička began his junior career with the BK Mladá Boleslav organisation. He made his senior debut during the 2013-14 season when he played 1 regular season game and 1 Tipsport Extraliga qualification game with the BK Mladá Boleslav of the 1. Liga. He was also the second goalie of the team in the play-offs. In this season, Růžička became the 1. Liga champion and helped the BK Mladá Boleslav gain the promotion to the Tipsport Extraliga. In the same season, he also played 35 games with the BK Mladá Boleslav under-18 team and 7 games with the BK Mladá Boleslav under-20 team.

In the 2014-15 season, Růžička played 2 games with the BK Mladá Boleslav under-18 team, 46 regular season games and 8 play-off games with the BK Mladá Boleslav under-20 team and 2 games with the BK Mladá Boleslav of the Tipsport Extraliga.

In 2015 - 2017 played Růžička with the Des Moines Buccaneers of the USHL.

In 2017, Růžička returned to Czechia. In the 2017-18 season played Růžička 19 regular season games and 3 relegation games with the BK Mladá Boleslav of the Tipsport Extraliga and 12 games on loan with the HC Slovan Ústí nad Labem of the WSM Liga (formerly 1. Liga).

In the 2018-19 season played Růžička only 9 regular season games and 7 play-off games with the BK Mladá Boleslav of the Tipsport Extraliga and 8 games on loan with the HC Slavia Praha of the Chance Liga (formerly WSM Liga).

In the following season Růžička did not play much more games. He played only 4 games with the BK Mladá Boleslav of the Tipsport Extraliga and 1 game on loan with the HC Slovan Ústí nad Labem of the Chance Liga.

In the 2020-21 season, Růžička finally played more games then in the seasons before. He played 34 regular season games and 11 play-off games with the BK Mladá Boleslav of the Tipsport Extraliga and 1 game on loan with the HC Slovan Ústí nad Labem of the Chance Liga.

Růžička is currently signed with the BK Mladá Boleslav of the Tipsport Extraliga until the end of the 2021-22 season.

International career
Růžička represented Czechia at the 2015 World U18 Championship but only as the second goalie and did not intervene in any game.