height_ft birth_date career_start shoots draft_year image_size image ntl_team weight_lb birth_place ntl_team_ draft_team draft played_for career_end position league height_in article_title
5 05 may 1972 1990 left 1991 230px zpalffy.png czechoslovakia 180 skalica , czechoslovakia slovakia new york islanders 26th overall new york islanders los angeles kings pittsburgh penguins 2013 right wing extraliga 10 Žigmund pálffy

Žigmund pálffy

Žigmund `` ziggy '' pálffy -lrb- ; born may 5 , 1972 -rrb- is a retired slovak professional ice hockey player .
he played right wing for the new york islanders , los angeles kings and pittsburgh penguins between 1993 -- 2006 .
he announced his retirement in january 2006 , and his comeback from retirement in the summer of 2007 .
pálffy signed a contract to play for his boyhood club hk 36 skalica in the 2007-08 season and continued to do so until the end of his career .
he also retracted his decision from 2005 never to play for the slovak national team again by participating at the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver .
in july 2013 he announced his definite retirement .
