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Jersey Number 8
Maxim Štrbák
- Class:
- Junior
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 200
- Hometown:
- Košice, Slovakia
- Prev School:
- Sioux Falls (USHL)
- Pronunciation:
- MAX-im STIR-back
- NHL Draft:
- BUF 2023 (2/45)
Bio
2024-25 (Sophomore)
Academic All-Big Ten ... Skated in 33 games on MSU's top defensive pair, missing four games due to his participation for Team Slovakia at the World Junior Championship, his IIHF-record fourth appearance ... Doubled his freshman season points total with 19 points on three goals and 16 assists ... +6 with 31 blocks, also a career best ... 16 PIM ... Posted a pair of assists at LSSU (10/5) ... Tied his career best with five blocked shots against Boston College (10/12), and had five in the series ... Picked up a pair of assists, three blocked shots, and was a +2 in the Canisius series (10/25-26) ... Had an assist on Daniel Russell's shorthanded game-winner in the Big Ten opener against Ohio State (11/8-9) ... Posted a pair of assists in the second game against Notre Dame (11/16) ... Had a goal and an assist in MSU's dramatic comeback victory over Minnesota (12/14) ... Returned to the lineup for the Penn State series after World Juniors (1/10-11) and had an assist ... Had a career-best four-assist game (+3) in a home win over Minnesota (1/24) ... Delivered an assist and was +2 in MSU's win at Ohio State ... Posted his second goal of the season - the game-tying marker - in the opener of the Penn State series (2/21) ... Delivered a goal and an assist in the final series at Notre Dame (2/28-3/1) ... Had an assist on Karsen Dorwart's goal against Cornell in the NCAA Tournament (3/27).
2023-24 (Freshman)
Skated in 32 games on the Spartan blueline ... Compiled a 2-7-9 scoring line (+7) with 27 blocked shots ... Made his collegiate debut in the opener against Lake State (10/7) ... Recorded his first career goal against Canisius, and had a goal and an assist with four blocked shots in the series (10/19-20) ... Had an assist in the opening game at Ohio State (11/3) ... Picked up an assist in both of the wins over No. 1 Wisconsin (11/17-18) ... Assisted on the first and game-winning goals in a dramatic come-from-behind win over Minnesota (1/26) ... Had a goal and an assist (+2) in MSU’s second win of the season at Michigan (2/9).
With Team Slovakia
Four-time World Junior Championship participant for Team Slovakia in 2022 (Edmonton) , 2023 (Nova Scotia), 2024 (Sweden) and 2025 (Ottawa), sharing an IIHF record ... Was selected as one of Slovakia’s top three performers of the tournament at the 2024 WJC ...Played for Team Slovakia at the 2023 Men’s U18 World Championships in Switzerland, finishing fourth and serving as an alternate captain … Played in the Ivan Hlinka Tournament on Slovakia’s 2022 squad.
Prior to MSU
Drafted in the second round (45th pick overall) by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft ... Played his final junior season for the Sioux Falls Stampede (2022-23), where he had 18 points (5g, 13a) and 51 PIMs … Played juniors for Jokerit (Finland) from 2019-2022, where he was +17 with 26 PIM in his final year (2021-22), posting a goal and seven assists in 39 games.
Personal
Son of Martin and Lubica Strbak … Has one brother, Martin, who studies at Erasmus University in Rotterdam … Father, Martin, played for Slovakia in the Vancouver Olympics in 2010 and won titles in Slovakia, Czechia, and Russia in addition to a gold, silver, and bronze medal in World Championships … Father also played in the NHL for the LA Kings and Pittsburgh … Enjoys reading, playing chess, and video games ... Advertising management major.
Academic All-Big Ten ... Skated in 33 games on MSU's top defensive pair, missing four games due to his participation for Team Slovakia at the World Junior Championship, his IIHF-record fourth appearance ... Doubled his freshman season points total with 19 points on three goals and 16 assists ... +6 with 31 blocks, also a career best ... 16 PIM ... Posted a pair of assists at LSSU (10/5) ... Tied his career best with five blocked shots against Boston College (10/12), and had five in the series ... Picked up a pair of assists, three blocked shots, and was a +2 in the Canisius series (10/25-26) ... Had an assist on Daniel Russell's shorthanded game-winner in the Big Ten opener against Ohio State (11/8-9) ... Posted a pair of assists in the second game against Notre Dame (11/16) ... Had a goal and an assist in MSU's dramatic comeback victory over Minnesota (12/14) ... Returned to the lineup for the Penn State series after World Juniors (1/10-11) and had an assist ... Had a career-best four-assist game (+3) in a home win over Minnesota (1/24) ... Delivered an assist and was +2 in MSU's win at Ohio State ... Posted his second goal of the season - the game-tying marker - in the opener of the Penn State series (2/21) ... Delivered a goal and an assist in the final series at Notre Dame (2/28-3/1) ... Had an assist on Karsen Dorwart's goal against Cornell in the NCAA Tournament (3/27).
2023-24 (Freshman)
Skated in 32 games on the Spartan blueline ... Compiled a 2-7-9 scoring line (+7) with 27 blocked shots ... Made his collegiate debut in the opener against Lake State (10/7) ... Recorded his first career goal against Canisius, and had a goal and an assist with four blocked shots in the series (10/19-20) ... Had an assist in the opening game at Ohio State (11/3) ... Picked up an assist in both of the wins over No. 1 Wisconsin (11/17-18) ... Assisted on the first and game-winning goals in a dramatic come-from-behind win over Minnesota (1/26) ... Had a goal and an assist (+2) in MSU’s second win of the season at Michigan (2/9).
With Team Slovakia
Four-time World Junior Championship participant for Team Slovakia in 2022 (Edmonton) , 2023 (Nova Scotia), 2024 (Sweden) and 2025 (Ottawa), sharing an IIHF record ... Was selected as one of Slovakia’s top three performers of the tournament at the 2024 WJC ...Played for Team Slovakia at the 2023 Men’s U18 World Championships in Switzerland, finishing fourth and serving as an alternate captain … Played in the Ivan Hlinka Tournament on Slovakia’s 2022 squad.
Prior to MSU
Drafted in the second round (45th pick overall) by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft ... Played his final junior season for the Sioux Falls Stampede (2022-23), where he had 18 points (5g, 13a) and 51 PIMs … Played juniors for Jokerit (Finland) from 2019-2022, where he was +17 with 26 PIM in his final year (2021-22), posting a goal and seven assists in 39 games.
Personal
Son of Martin and Lubica Strbak … Has one brother, Martin, who studies at Erasmus University in Rotterdam … Father, Martin, played for Slovakia in the Vancouver Olympics in 2010 and won titles in Slovakia, Czechia, and Russia in addition to a gold, silver, and bronze medal in World Championships … Father also played in the NHL for the LA Kings and Pittsburgh … Enjoys reading, playing chess, and video games ... Advertising management major.
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