František Procházka

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František Procházka
Born (1962-01-25)25 January 1962
Brno, Czechoslovakia
Died 27 April 2012(2012-04-27) (aged 50)
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for
ESG Füchse Sachsen
Ayr Scottish Eagles
National team  Czechoslovakia
Playing career 1980–2000
Olympic medal record
Ice hockey
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Albertville Ice hockey

František Procházka (25 January 1962 – 27 April 2012) was a Czech ice hockey defenseman who played on the 1992 bronze medal-winning Olympic ice hockey team for Czechoslovakia.

Career

Procházka began his career with

SM-liiga with Jokerit for one season before joining EHC Freiburg of the Eishockey-Bundesliga in Germany
.

In 1993, Procházka joined

ESG Füchse Sachsen of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga before moving to the United Kingdom the following year, playing for the Ayr Scottish Eagles of the Ice Hockey Superleague
.

In 1997, Procházka returned to Litvínov for one season before finishing his career in Germany's third-tier league the Oberliga, with single-season spells at ERC Haßfurt and ESC Dresden.

Procházka was also a member of the Czechoslovakia national team, playing in four Ice Hockey World Championships as well as the 1992 Winter Olympics where he won a bronze medal.

Following his playing career, he worked as a

Czech 1.liga team HC Teplice for some time. Procházka died on 27 April 2012 at aged 50 following a long illness.[1]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

   
Regular season
  Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1980–81
TJ CHZ Litvínov
TCH 5 0 1 1 4
1982–83
TS Topoľčany
SVK II
1983–84 TJ CHZ Litvínov TCH 34 1 4 5 20
1984–85 TJ CHZ Litvínov TCH 42 4 7 11 44
1985–86 TJ CHZ Litvínov TCH 44 12 11 23 26
1986–87 TJ CHZ Litvínov TCH 24 2 3 5 36
1987–88 TJ CHZ Litvínov TCH 41 13 12 25 24
1988–89 TJ CHZ Litvínov TCH 39 16 18 34 56
1989–90 TJ CHZ Litvínov TCH 52 19 7 26
1990–91 Jokerit Liiga 32 6 4 10 38
1991–92 EHC Freiburg 1.GBun 43 25 15 40 30 4 1 0 1 4
1992–93 EHC Freiburg 1.GBun 37 13 17 30 50
1993–94 HC Devils Milano
ITA
22 10 8 18 8
1994–95 HC Devils Milano ITA 5 1 1 2 6
1995–96
ESG Füchse Sachsen
DEL 37 12 12 24 24
1996–97 Ayr Scottish Eagles GBR 41 5 7 12 20 7 0 5 5 2
1997–98 HC Chemopetrol, a.s. ELH 47 9 3 12 56 4 0 0 0 2
1998–99 ERC Haßfurt DEU III 42 10 11 21 48
1999–2000 ERC Haßfurt DEU III 42 8 15 23 36
TCH totals 281 68 62 190 210

International

Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
1986
Czechoslovakia
WC
10 3 1 4 28
1989
Czechoslovakia WC 10 2 0 2 6
1990
Czechoslovakia WC 10 2 0 2 16
1992 Czechoslovakia OG 8 1 1 2 4
1992
Czechoslovakia WC 8 3 2 5 18
Senior totals 46 11 4 15 72

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