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Samuel Knažko
Самуэль Князько
- Position: defender
- Player status: active player
- Gender: male
- Nationality: Slovakia
- Birth date: 07.08.2002 (23 years)
- Birth place: Trencin, Slovakia
- Height: 185 cm / 6' 1"
- Weight: 86 kg / 190 lbs
- Shoots: left
- Draft 1: Columbus Blue Jackets, year: 2020, round: 3, position: 78
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- Trivia:
Drafted 2019, 1 #59 overall by Vancouver Giants in the CHL Import Draft
Drafted 2020, 1 #21 overall by Seattle Thunderbirds in the CHL Import Draft
Player national stats
| Season | Team | League | # | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Slovakia | IIHF European Cup of Nations | 22 (C) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-25 | Slovakia | National team games | |||||||
| 2024-25 | Slovakia | World Championship | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -3 |
| 2024-25 | Slovakia | Olympic Qual. | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022-23 | Slovakia | World Championship | 22 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -1 |
| 2022-23 | Slovakia | National team games | 12 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 2021-22 | Slovakia | Olympics | 22 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
| 2021-22 | Slovakia | WJC Cancelled (U20) | 12 (C) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-22 | Slovakia | National team games | 22 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 |
| 2021-22 | Slovakia | Olympic Qual. | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020-21 | Slovakia | World Championship | 22 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| 2020-21 | Slovakia | National team games | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | |
| 2020-21 | Slovakia | U20 National team games (U20) | |||||||
| 2020-21 | Slovakia | WJC (U20) | 20 (C) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | -4 |
| 2019-20 | Slovakia | WJC (U20) | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -8 |
| 2019-20 | Slovakia | U20 National team games (U20) | 15 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 2018-19 | Slovakia | WJC18 (U18) | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -6 |
| 2018-19 | Slovakia | U18 National team games (U18) | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 2017-18 | Slovakia | U17 National team games (U17) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | |
| 2017-18 | Slovakia | WJC18 (U18) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |
| 2017-18 | Slovakia | U18 National team games (U18) | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -4 | |
| 2017-18 | Slovakia | U16 National team games (U16) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Player club stats
| Season | Team | League | # | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 |  Vitkovice | Tipsport extraliga | 12 | ||||||
| 2024-25 |  Cleveland Monsters | AHL (Play-off) | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-25 | Cleveland Monsters | AHL | 20 | 55 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 14 | -6 |
| 2023-24 | Cleveland Monsters | AHL (Play-off) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2023-24 | Cleveland Monsters | AHL | 20 | 44 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 12 | -6 |
| 2022-23 | Cleveland Monsters | AHL | 50 | 1 | 20 | 21 | 17 | -15 | |
| 2022-23 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 62 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-22 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL (U20, Play-off) | 25 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2021-22 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL (U20) | 27 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 14 | |
| 2021-22 |  TPS Turku | Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20) | 20 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 6 |
| 2021-22 | TPS Turku | CHL | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021-22 | TPS Turku | Liiga | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020-21 | TPS Turku | Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20, Play-off) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2020-21 | TPS Turku | Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20) | 23 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 19 | |
| 2019-20 | TPS Turku | Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20, Play-off) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019-20 | TPS Turku | Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20) | 48 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 6 | 10 | |
| 2018-19 | TPS Turku | Jr. B SM-sarja (U18, Play-off) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2018-19 | TPS Turku | Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20) | 49 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2017-18 | Trenčín | Extraliga U20 (U20, Play-off) | 17 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | |
| 2017-18 | Trenčín | Extraliga U20 (U20) | 21 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 17 | |
| 2017-18 | Trenčín | Extraliga U18 (U18, Play-off) | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | |
| 2017-18 | Trenčín | Extraliga U18 (U18) | 24 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 33 | |
| 2016-17 | Trenčín | Slovakia U16 (U16, Play-off) | 13 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 12 | |
| 2016-17 | Trenčín | Extraliga U18 (U18, Play-off) | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2016-17 | Trenčín | Extraliga U18 (U18) | 43 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 41 | |
| 2016-17 | Trenčín | Slovakia U16 (U16) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2015-16 | Trenčín | Extraliga U18 (U18) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
Note: All games might not be included
| Date | League | Teams | Score | G | A | PIM | +/- | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov. 06 2025 12:15 | IIHF European Cup of Nations | Group A | Austria Slovakia | 2-6 | | | | | 1 | | | | |
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