Officially he had been a member of the club since 1983 and that time he had started to develop a famed on-ice relationship with right winger Krisztián Palkovics.

After long-time captain, Balázs Kangyal had left the team, he became his successor, but due to some difficulties at the end of the 2008-09 EBEL regular season, he decided to give up this position.

[citation needed] In 2004, he was diagnosed with a heart disease and sidelined for four months, but later received a medical permission to continue his career.

[1] He died of a heart attack in Budapest late on 24 March 2009, aged 33, three days after helping his side win its tenth Hungarian title.

[2] After the shocking news of his death, both his club and the Hungarian Federation has decided to retire his famous #19 jersey from their teams.